This paper describes the use of natural rubber and rubber seed oil as binders for paints. Binder in paint is a polymeric material or a pre-polymer, which polymerizes in to a polymeric network on the surface after application. Methyl methacrylate grafted natural rubber latex can be used as a partial substitute for costly synthetic polyvinyl acetate latex in emulsion paints. The authors also describe use of chlorinated rubber and cyclised rubber, prepared from low protein natural rubber, for the production of quick drying chemical resistant paints. Alkyd resins prepared form rubber seed oil is reported to be in use by the paint industry in Sri Lanka. seed oil after reacting with maleic anhydride is used in printing inks. Epoxidised rubber seed oil could be used as a plasticizer/stabilizer for chlorinated polymers and as a plasticizer in certain alkyd resin formulations.