Method for applying a bladder release agent between a green tire and a bladder in a tire curing machine

A method for indirectly applying bladder release agent to a green tire and curing the green tire, the method comprising the steps of:

• directly applying bladder release agent on to a deposition bladder;
• inflating the deposition bladder within the green tire in order to deposit the bladder release agent on to an inner surface of the green tire;
• providing a pre-cure bladder deposition machine disposed along a conveyor system between a tire building machine and a curing bladder, the deposition bladder being part of the pre-cure bladder deposition machine;
• and
• subsequently curing the green tire with bladder release agent deposited therein.