Any effect on freshly glued rubber?

[Yurifi]

recently I got back into table tennis and when I stopped playing it was still era of speed glueing the rubbers ... so I am in process of finding right material for me and was wondering - does the current water based glue add speed or not? or, better but - does it affect playability?

I was using Gewo Hydrotec first (small bottle) and now have the Butterfly Free Chack Pro II (well, when I was playing professionally in the 90's an 00's we were using Free Chack )

 

[Tyce]

Nope, and you need to let it dry before sticking the rubber, too.

 

[NetProphet]

I think with 2 layers of water based you cannot notice anything in playability.
I watched an Anders Lind vid a few wks ago where he said that extra layers can slow the rubbers a little

 

[Yurifi]

Nope, and you need to let it dry before sticking the rubber, too.

thanks. yeah, that is still the same as it was - you have to wait for the glue to dry up, except, now it is easier to determine if glue actually dried up or not ...

 

[Yurifi]

I think with 2 layers of water based you cannot notice anything in playability.
I watched an Anders Lind vid a few wks ago where he said that extra layers can slow the rubbers a little

yeah, that's why I am asking, because I got some Xiom rubber to test and had to put two layers of glue (somehow it wouldn't stick properly to the blade) and it was very peculiar rubber to play (extremely low arch, no speed) ... but it was also quite worn, with a noticeable layer of old glue on the sponge.

and also, sometimes I change rubber mid-session, so that I know if what I am learning/feeling is proper touch.

in the "old days", only one layer of speed glue would turn things upside down ...

 

[Tyce]

There's no chemical effect influencing the rubber, sponge or blade with water based glues. So except for mechanical wear and tear, you can theoretically reglue rubber indefinitely.
Drenching a blade repeatedly in water based glue supposedly has a chance of damage over time, but VOC glue wasn't necessarily better in that regard. I like to think thick glues are better for that, too.

 

[NetProphet]

yeah, that's why I am asking, because I got some Xiom rubber to test and had to put two layers of glue (somehow it wouldn't stick properly to the blade) and it was very peculiar rubber to play (extremely low arch, no speed) ... but it was also quite worn, with a noticeable layer of old glue on the sponge.

and also, sometimes I change rubber mid-session, so that I know if what I am learning/feeling is proper touch.

in the "old days", only one layer of speed glue would turn things upside down ...

A couple of things.
Did you put a layer of glue on the blade and also on the rubber?
Apply to both and allow to dry.
Many folk advise two layers on the rubber. I've done with one and two layers and never had an issue with sticking.
Also I would remove all the old glue from the rubber before gluing.