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What is the best way of prolonging the life of Tenergy?
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I personally think cleaners of any kind makes the topsheet hard over time , I have used tenergy and used plain tap water to clean after every game and put a regular non sticky plastic , it used to last just fine ...
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Tenergy lasts longer than pretty much any of the tensor type rubbers. You don't have to do much for it to last.
What Monster said is all you need to know.
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I use donic's rubber cleaner. Using the second sheet of T05 these days the first one was good for about 4 months.
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I have been playing Tenergys for a long time now and I have figured out that they last longer the less you play with them. So reducing your training increases their durability.
If you don't want to do that I'd recommend to still do nothing special.
If you don't want to do that I'd recommend to still do nothing special.
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Lol no sh*t . Doesnt all rubber last longer when you play them lesser xD
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Monster actually pointed out that most of the rubber cleaners have chemicals in them that cause the rubber molecules to break down and lose their elastic qualities. He said it differently. But that is the case. So a chemical put on to the rubber surface for cleaning will make the topsheet become brittle more quickly.
Well, the ones that are factory tuned have a significant drop-off in playing characteristics whether you use them or not. So I get what Xylit meant.
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A film of plastic whether adhesive or not is okay. It actually does do something to protect the topsheet by making it so less oxygen comes in contact with the topsheet. When rubber breaks down, it is usually from a process of the molecules becoming oxygenated.
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+1 with monster comment
You can use a simple transparency sheet, the one use in overhead projectors. Afta cleaning with sponge and tap water let it dry for a few mins then carefully place the sheet slowly removing bubbles
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You can use a simple transparency sheet, the one use in overhead projectors. Afta cleaning with sponge and tap water let it dry for a few mins then carefully place the sheet slowly removing bubbles
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I use a clean sponge sprayed with distilled water and then place the paddle in a zip-lock bag to keep air out as much as possible.
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point is clean the topsheet off the dust with something that is not going to react with the rubber and prevent further oxidation when you are storing it , I would presume water is the best and most easily available in this case , whether you use soap or alcohol based products they will react to the rubber .... the only thing I have against the sticky plastic sheets is that they accumulate dust over time and it will affect the rubber one way or the other ... so I would go with anything non sticky and clean , clean sponge and water ... I like the ziploc solution , its simple and effective ...
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Whatever you do to protect the rubber it always get covoured with fat /grease/ well messed with salty sweat and dust.
It not only helps degradation, but significantly corupts the thin top structure of rubbers with a "dynamic friction" or kind of that layer.
To clean my rubbers I use a drop of dish-washer liquid desolved in some 50 ml of water. After that rinse well. Soap layer is not good too.
It not only helps degradation, but significantly corupts the thin top structure of rubbers with a "dynamic friction" or kind of that layer.
To clean my rubbers I use a drop of dish-washer liquid desolved in some 50 ml of water. After that rinse well. Soap layer is not good too.
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I remember having a big discussion on this a year ago or so, so i won't start it all over again...
Anybody who is interested can read through the thread.
https://www.tabletennisdaily.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?14136-Cleaning-rubbers
All i will say is that i use some foam cleaner for my T05 and Reach rubber wash or Kokutaku bluetenkirsche for my tacky rubbers plus plastic sheets and my coach said that my T05 is still usable. After eight(!!) months with 2 - 5 times playing per week. But i usually change my bh rubber every six months.
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I remember having a big discussion on this a year ago or so, so i won't start it all over again...
Anybody who is interested can read through the thread.
https://www.tabletennisdaily.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?14136-Cleaning-rubbers
All i will say is that i use some foam cleaner for my T05 and Reach rubber wash or Kokutaku bluetenkirsche for my tacky rubbers plus plastic sheets and my coach said that my T05 is still usable. After eight(!!) months with 2 - 5 times playing per week. But i usually change my bh rubber every six months.
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Yep, in the end, it does not matter what you do. And Tenergy lasts longer than most, everything that is not tacky. Tacky rubbers can last forever compared to non-tacky rubbers.
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I saw that discussion Suga D, but I am not really a fan of Spin Refresh ... it does increase the grip on the topsheet for a while but it does wear out the rubber faster. One thumb rule I have seen using these products is that they make the topsheet brittle faster and the topsheet starts falling off pimple by pimple from the edges
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I don't now how much this statistics can be trusted
http://www.tabletennisdb.com/top-rubber/durability-desc.html
http://www.tabletennisdb.com/top-rubber/durability-desc.html
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