Promoting uncured tack and cured adhesion for tire component rubber compositions including a tread strip

A method of promoting building tack for a surface of an uncured, sulfur curable rubber composition is disclosed. The method comprises providing an uncured rubber composition surface and providing a coating of at least one of liquid rosin ester and liquid hydrogenated rosin ester to the uncured rubber composition surface. Also, a composite comprising such a coating and a tire comprising a component comprising such a coating is disclosed.