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  1. Expanding your rubber?

    That's for sure, but I always wait for the glue to completely dry. Else it doesn't hold. And I haven't used booster before, so there's nothing that should expand the rubber then I think?
  2. Expanding your rubber?

    Well. The original 729 V-6 blade is a smaller one, but I'm always careful so I don't stretch new rubbers when putting them on. What I have experienced is that softer sponged rubbers tend to shrink more. I mean the first 3-5 times I move the rubbers, there's no problem. Usually when I put it in a...
  3. Advice for a first custom paddle

    If you have played with pips-out, there will be a massive difference if you go with Rakza 7/7 Soft. This is a very spinny rubber compared to pips-out. Perhaps you should check out 729 Focus III Snipe in 42/44 deg hardness before you go to Rakza or similar. This one is lighter, and not that spin...
  4. Expanding your rubber?

    Well. I tried this setup for about half an hour yesterday. Yinhe EC-14 carbon blade and Stiga DNA PRO M (boosted three layers). It was quite nice. Not unplayable at all and it just felt a bit faster than before, and still very controllable. Now the EC-14 blade is pretty fast, but the feeling was...
  5. Yinhe Apollo 5

    Yes. I tried this one. I recall it was quite spinny, but not like H3N, and fast for a Chinese rubber. I found it very consistent, but I played it on a 729 V6 blade (I think). Very good for flat hard hits as well, so not just for brushing and so...
  6. Xiom Tau II

    Yes. Let us know :)
  7. Racket for 7-yr-old kid? Racket for 55-yr-old dad of the kid?

    I think that the best would be some all wood allround blade, not so heavy and a lighter linear rubber like 729 Focus III Snipe 42/44deg. Really good start setup for a younger player, I think. https://www.stigasports.com/eu/allround-classic-table-tennis-blade...
  8. Expanding your rubber?

    I glued it on a Yinhe blade this morning, but I was a bit tired, so I started from the bottom. Anyway, the picture is taken a bit from the side and as you see there's about up to 2mm of rubber missing in some places. But if I start glueing from the top instead and just stretched it a little, it...
  9. Expanding your rubber?

    Yep. That might be the case, but I don't think that I should have played with it anyway in the size it was, so... :)
  10. Expanding your rubber?

    I never press much when rolling on the rubber, so I don't think so. I've noticed that some rubbers just shrink, often when they have a softer sponge. My H3N's never shrink, but I have some Andro Rasanter R37 and Heger Grip SFX that gets smaller every time I glue them :)
  11. Difference between Haifu Seamoon Booster and Haifu Booster?

    The Haifu Booster is more than double the price of Haifu Seamoon Booster. Anyone know the difference between these two, and if it's worth the buck?
  12. Expanding your rubber?

    Just added the third layer now, and it has grown much bigger overnight.
  13. Expanding your rubber?

    Yeah sure, but it's so ugly ;) Thanks.
  14. Xiom Tau II

    Thank you for the tip. I've never used it, but it sounds like a very comfortable glue. I will definitely try it out. :)
  15. Expanding your rubber?

    Hi. After using ESN rubbers, taking them on and off a couple of times, they shrink so much. For example. I have a Stiga DNA M that was glued onto a 729 V6 blade, and this blade is smaller than normal blades. If I would like to use the DNA on another, slightly bigger blade, it's a bit small from...
  16. Xiom Tau II

    Hi. I use Stiga Attach Power Glue. It worked fine actually, but I put it under pressure for a couple of hours after glueing. :)
  17. Xiom Tau II

    Yes I should buy one of those, but for now I found a 5kg piece of a stone bench to keep it down while it attach to the blade. Hope it works :)
  18. Xiom Tau II

    Yep. That makes perfectly sense. I received my Haifu Seamoon Booster a couple of days ago, and have boosted a H3 41deg three times now. Hopefully the dome has come down enough this evening so the rubber is glueable. It's a bit tricky playing when a couple of centimeters around the edges isn't...
  19. Xiom Tau II

    Yep. The bounce is higher, but the loop kick is less...
  20. Xiom Tau II

    Now I received my reg Xiom TAU II. Well... I instantly got the feeling of H3N, but after playing a while I felt the softness that the H3N doesn't have. As much as I want TAU II to be a better version of H3N, I can't really get that catapult kick that H3N gives. The thing about this rubber, is...
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