I was having a hard time finding any latex of rubber coating paints, I thought I would give this a try, it is a screen painting paint. Only needed to put on three thin coats and then you can heat lock the paint in a low temp oven 110 to 130 deg cent for 5-8 min. Seems to be quite strong and flexible I have trooped 6 times with them and no cracking as yet. Here's a pic of the paint         Karin's hand guards     Here they are painted and heat fixed in