Stiga Lacquer

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This is what I use: Minwax Wipe on Poly. The advantage to it is this. You wipe it on with a lint free cloth. It dries fast. It ends up being a very thin coat which is all you want so that it protects the wood without changing the playing characteristics of the blade. It dries fast. You put on a second coat. That dries fast as well. And it sort of looks like the wood has just been barely brushed by the coating. It has the look of wood that has just had wax rubbed in. It works very well. It is very easy to touch up. You do not need to put paper down to prevent a mess. There is no mess. I got the idea for this product from Greg Letts at About.com. I cannot remember which article had the info on Minwax Wipe on Poly but here is his article on how to seal your blade: http://tabletennis.about.com/od/blades/a/sealing_blade.htm

A lot of the things that sound fussy and that he says you need to do, you don't need to do with Minwax Wipe on Poly though. I got a can of it over 2 years ago. I have sealed 30-40 blades with it and the can is still half full. I have sealed the blades of many friends. :) They come out perfect every time. Very easy. Takes about 5 minutes to put on each coat.
 
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The Stiga Offensive NCT is already pre-sealed I think. There is no need to varnish it. :)
 
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The Stiga Offensive NCT is already pre-sealed I think. There is no need to varnish it. :)

I actually put a coat of Minwax on my Ebenholz NCT VII to make the rubbers stay on better. The NCT surface was so hard and smooth that the rubbers did not always stay on so well. But if it is an NCT blade, then you might not need to seal it as DaFaiGai said. If you do seal it you would only need one or two coats of sealant.
 
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Do you really think so DaFaiGai? Do you still varnish your Stiga offensive wood NCT or not?

Here is a thread on that:

http://mytabletennis.net/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=47138&PID=585528

And here is a quote from a review of that blade:

"AspitDemon said this on April 15, 2010:

Cons - Possibly splinters across the head of the blade. Recommend blade sealing.

Pros - By far the best blade I've use for the price. Not outrageously fast (I have added Tenergy 05 with it), and control was easier than expected. Stiffness wasn't hard, and exceptionally good for something like this."

That review comes from here: http://www.tabletennisdb.com/blade/stiga-offensive-wood-nct.html

I think sealing is a personal choice. You only seal if you want to. Not everybody does. I like my blades sealed. With the Ebenholz where there is definitely a coating on the outside of the wood and the wood is hard, smooth and seems almost polished, I chose to seal anyway, and not for the reason's I usually seal a blade.
 
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Here is a thread on that:

http://mytabletennis.net/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=47138&PID=585528

And here is a quote from a review of that blade:

"AspitDemon said this on April 15, 2010:

Cons - Possibly splinters across the head of the blade. Recommend blade sealing.

Pros - By far the best blade I've use for the price. Not outrageously fast (I have added Tenergy 05 with it), and control was easier than expected. Stiffness wasn't hard, and exceptionally good for something like this."

That review comes from here: http://www.tabletennisdb.com/blade/stiga-offensive-wood-nct.html

I think sealing is a personal choice. You only seal if you want to. Not everybody does. I like my blades sealed. With the Ebenholz where there is definitely a coating on the outside of the wood and the wood is hard, smooth and seems almost polished, I chose to seal anyway, and not for the reason's I usually seal a blade.

Thank you so much Carl Horowitz.
 
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I actually put a coat of Minwax on my Ebenholz NCT VII to make the rubbers stay on better. The NCT surface was so hard and smooth that the rubbers did not always stay on so well. But if it is an NCT blade, then you might not need to seal it as DaFaiGai said. If you do seal it you would only need one or two coats of sealant.

If you cant get the rubbers to stick on a NCT blade, I can recommend using a LKT waterbased glue that comes in a tube. I'm using a Rosewood V myself and have no problems using this glue.
 
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