Is epoxy coating really forbidden?

[igorponger]

China lower leagues little care about equipment in use by players. And some china hucksters selling treated pimples with free rein. You can get some from hands to hands.

 

[haggisv]

Clickbait...

 

[Der_Echte]

Clickbait...

You know Der_Echte would call it some other kind of bait that would be heavily edited or deleted by the Admin/Mods.

 

[igorponger]

A GOOD QUESTION, ANYWAY.

We are now asked a question from a local manufacturer of which particular ITTF Rule includes prohibition of the rubber topsheets with an extra coating.

For an answer please look into the Iater edition of ITTF M4 Racket Coverings document, re-named from ITTF T4.

Go to this page directly and then skip to the M4 document.
https://equipment.ittf.com/#/equipment/manuals

M4 document states as follows

2.4 APPEARANCE

The rubber surface of the racket coverings shall be
⚫ uniform
⚫ without coating
⚫ matt

SOME VEXED CRITICISM ON THE DOCUMENT USABILITY FROM MYSELF.

-- Regretfully, the cross navigation over the later edition M4 set my ass on fire. The document has got far worse layout, totally unreadable and inconvenient for readers to use.

The editor in chiefe should have a better knowledge of preparing .pdf files.

 

[haggisv]

I don't know why you're bringing this up again. This was all decided when the frictionless pimple ban came in, nothing has changed.