Camouflage foamed polymer with colored pattern mass

A foamed elastomeric material having a nonrepetitive, visual camouflage appearance on its surface and throughout its internal mass, made from cross-linked elastomeric polymers by a curing and foaming process, which comprises:

• a) compounding in a mixing means various batches of materials comprising
• (1) uncured cross-linkable elastomeric polymer pieces,
• (2) a coloring agent, each said batch having a single, uniform color,
• (3) a blowing agent, which during a curing step forms dispersed bubbles within the elastomeric polymer pieces, and
• (4) a cross-linking agent;
• b) cutting the compounded batches of uncured polymer into small pieces,
• c) feeding into a curing means said small pieces of uncured, compounded elastomeric polymer, each of said small pieces having a single, uniform color with different pieces having different colors,
• d) curing said small pieces of uncured, compounded elastomeric polymer by simultaneously foaming and cross-linking the uncured cross-linkable elastomeric polymer pieces by compressing the materials in the curing means at a pressure of up to about 2500 psi while heating the materials to a temperature of between about 100.degree. C. and about 500.degree. C. to create a cured elastomeric polymer;
• e) depressurizing the cured elastomeric polymer to remove excess blowing agent bubbles and to foam the material;
• f) recovering a cured foamed material;
• and
• g) removing the outer skin of the cured foamed material to obtain a nonrepetitive, visual camouflage appearance.