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I recently bought a bunch of rubber roads but the painting on them isn't so great so I'd like to touch them up a bit. Can I use normal acrylic paint to do so? I'm worried about the paint peeling off because the material is quite bendy.

I remember some prop makers use rubber cement mixed with paint to paint rubber masks and stuff. i have no idea of the process though but it should create a flexible paint layer.

might be something to look into though i would test it on something first.

Thanks. I'll look into it.

Silicone rubber usually only sticks to silicone rubber (what is usually used for the rubber roads).

I've used silicone caulking thinned with white spirit and mixed with oil paints to paint some of my stuff (which was donated to a former club from the days before digital cameras).

That technique came from friends who work in the FX modelling industry - because it's what they do. There are other ways to paint polyurethane rubbers, too.

It really depends on the type of rubber they are made from.
Latex, silicone or PU rubbers all take different techniques.