Snapple Fun Fact #906

So I’m in southern Illinois this week helping my Brother in-law with planting season and it’s lunchtime, I’m setting in the truck and open a Snapple tea and I always look at the inside of the cap for my daily Snapple Fun Fact. Today’s, #906 says that “rubber bands last longer when refrigerated”, who knew? So that’s got me thinking about traction tires, aren’t they also made of rubber? Never thought about them having a shelf life but I have some spares on had if needed. Maybe I need to put them in the fridge, second shelf right behind the jar of pickles. Just some advice that you might find helpful so I thought I would pass it along.
Ralph

 

Will do!
Ralph

 

Update! It’s actually Snapple “real fact” #906. My apologies to Snapple and anyone else who may have been confused by my thread title.
Ralph

 

As opposed to those fake facts from Nestea...

 

Are either rubber bands or traction tires actually made out of rubber?

 

NorsemanJack, that's a good question! Most things are synthetic now days or as some say "faux".

 

Oh ....... great ....... I'll need a sand timer to measure the tire life on my GS4.

...... greetings from Australia...

 

Synthetic/natural doesn’t matter.

It’s still going to be a polymer, and the cross-linking of the polymer chains will continue at room temperature for years. This means they will harden up and become less elastic over time.

Refrigeration would slow down the cross-linking process, and increase shelf life.

 

Thanks MountainMan, I didn't think Snapple would lie to me.
Ralph