·        After five years, workers tap the liquid called LATEX from trees by use of knives.

·        A slanting  'V-Shaped' cut is made on  the tree trunk and a milky substance in the name latex collects in.

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·        Tappers start their work early in the morning and tap about 300 trees each.  The latex runs  out into small cups attached to the tree.

·        The cups containing latex are collected in the evening,  when there is rain, tapping is not done.

·        The latex collected is then diluted with water and then poured in aluminium tankers.

·        Formic or acetic is added to make the latex coagulated into  soft spongy blocks called coagulant rubber.

·        The coagulant rubber is then  passed through rollers to squeeze out water and later produce sheet rubber(crepe rubber)

·        This is later cut into standard sizes. 

·        The rubber sheets are later smoked in special smoked houses for several days in order to preserve them.

·        It is later on parked and exported  through Monrovia Port.