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An easy way to do this is to apply a couple of booster layers. It will stretch the rubber a little bit per layer.

I've just tried the Pimplepark Epos rubber, and this one has a good grip and a medium sponge with a moderate catapult effect. It's supposed to be developed for the modern defender/allround player. I think that it's very nice and have really good control and at the same time gives you good...

I think it's not boosted (H8). It's just a paper-ish thing, and not attached to the sponge. It just lays loose over the sponge.

I have used Yinhe V14 PRO, DHS Power G5X, DHS Power G9, Sanwei HC-5S and some other more stiff blades. They work fine, for me, with Chinese hard sponged rubbers. What I found out is that with these kind of rubbers, you'll get better effect using them with stiffer blades. I guess the sponge...

It might be that it works better with a softer blade than mine then? It could be that the soft sponge didn't go so well with my harder blades?

I mentioned in another post that I think Yinhe Big Dipper 38deg is a really nice backhand rubber. You get both control, speed and spin from this one. About H8-80. I tried this one in 38deg and sure it's a wonderful rubber if you are aiming for controlled short game, pushes and blocks. But this...

Big Dipper is really nice in 38/39 deg. The 40 deg is too hard I guess. I just lost a lot of effect with that one. Tried BD4 as well. It was slower and had less spin capabilities. Haven't tested BD2 yet. LOKI Arthur Europe is totally different, harder and heavier. I didn't like that as much as...

Great play :) I wonder... I play with similar ALC blades as the TB ALC, but with Chinese rubbers that has harder sponges. Now, some rubbers and blades don't mix so well, but according to a lot of reviews these should work great together. I think your forehand loops have great technique, and...

Could it be the gluing gone bad?

When I started to play about five years ago, after a 30 year break :) I had a couple of old bats. One with Tackiness C and Tackiness D and one with black Mark V and an old Friendship rubber. The Butterfly rubbers still work quite fine. These two I think you could play really good with right now...

Yep. You're right. Sure, something a Mark V GPS perhaps or the 729 Focus III Snipe. Something that doesn't make the ball bounce too much anyways. The F3S might not be as durable as Mark V, but it's less spin sensitive, light weight and a quite cheap rubber.

I think that Yasaka Rakza 7 Soft gives you more control, dwell time and spin than Rigan. Some other very nice soft spinny rubbers are Andro Hexer Grip SFX and for a more linear choice, 729 Focus III Snipe, 44deg which is really wonderful control wise and it gives you good spin, but not as grippy...

I'm using Yinhe Big Dipper 38° on bh now, and N80 isn't so far away from that. I use a couple of layers of Haifu Seamoon Booster as well. That makes it a bit softer I guess. For me N80 isn't as good for backhand as Big Dipper, but I think it's easier to use and more controllable than H3N 39°...

I tried the LOKI Arthur Asia for a while, but I think it was too hard, and the tack vanished quickly. Sounds fun that the Arthur China seems like a better replacement for H3N, so I might try that one out some day. I have used the Arthur Europe as well. Good spin. Not so bouncy and you'll have...

Best durability will be Chinese rubbers like DHS Hurricane series, DHS Skyline series, and Yinhe Big Dipper is really durable as well, and a softer touch than the DHS rubbers. But it's nothing close to the type of rubber Tenergy is. Keep them clean with water or a good cleaning mixture like TT...

Try the REvolution No. 3 Bio Cleaner and Rejuvenator to get the grip and tack back. It's quite good.

I think that the combination of blade, sponge, top sheet and how you hit the ball sums up in the ability of creating spin with that specific combination. What I have discovered is that a hard stiff blade with a hard sponged Hurricane 3 NEO H41 rewards hard and fast brushed strokes.My belief is...

Yes. Bloom Power H47 is really nice on forehand. :)

Rxton 5 is harder both in top sheet and sponge. N80 is more like Big Dipper, but a bit softer. More soft feeling with N80. More direct feeling with Rxton 5.

I feel that the Rxton III is closer to H3N than Rxton V in some way. It has a bit softer sponge, and still really good spin. T3 was working like a fast backhand blocking rubber for me. It's impossible to create spin as with H3 and Rxton with this one. Yep. A Big Dipper H38 with a couple of...