Trouble Maker Carl said:
Breath and hand, sweat from shirt, water, a sponge with water. You don't need anything else. Tap water works fine.
I happen to know that Der_Echte's real secret weapon is that the oils from his sweat have natural rubber boosting properties.
Try yours out. They may have the same.
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My sweat might have something. Anyone seeing my physique will know I carry around some Bear Fat and I sweat 100x more than a pig.
Der_Echte actually wipes his rubber with the sweat on his shirt, wipes it off, waves it around, puts it in Nexy Bat Case, zips it up, and calls it a day. You do that, your rubber will last long enough until you gotta replace it.
If I run into some seriously dirty rubbers, I do a cleaning with Olive Oil and Lemon Juice 50/50. It both cleans and restores elasticity.
If a sticky Chinese rubber loses tack, do the olive Oil cleaning, then moisten the rubber with breath or a real fine mist, put on a rubber protective cover, then let it sit overnight. When you peel off the rubber, it will have original PLUS tackiness. YES, more than original tack.
If your rubber is oxidized, either keep playing with it o replace it.
If your rubber has lost grip, play a spinless game or replace it.
If you want to REALLY clean your rubber REAL good, get an industrial strength rubber roller cleaner designed to clean all the crap from the huge rubber rollers they use to print newspapers. Paddle Palace in USA actually sold the stuff in the 80s. Now, you gotta get the stuff from amazon or somewhere, it is not as common. IF YOU USE such a cleaner, rub a little oil into the topsheet to help keep it supple, the harsh solvents in the cleaner will dry Ur rubber up.
KOREANS, I have observed, no one is as meticulous in cleaning their bat and treating the setup like a baby Pokemon. Koreans carry 12 accessories with them at all times, 7 of them are for cleaning. You name it, they sell it or they get it.
