Process for the production of a coated rubber item and rubber item

A process for the production of a coated rubber item, comprising the following steps:

• (i) providing a semifinished product having a main shape of a rubber item to be coated, wherein the semifinished product is composed of a rubber composition comprising at least one rubber and at least one crosslinking agent;
• (ii) coating the semifinished product with a solvent-free coating composition comprising at least one monomer amenable to free-radical polymerization, a friction reducing additive and optionally at least one thermal initiator, and
• (iii) crosslinking of the rubber composition and polymerization of the solvent-free coating composition, to give a coated rubber item;
• characterized in that the boiling point of the at least one monomer amenable to free-radical polymerization is ≥150° C. and the crosslinking of the rubber composition takes place at the same time as the polymerization of the coating composition.