I had a similar experience with a newly bought Stiga case. But I was lucky, no staining in the rubber, and I was able to clean the oil by foam cleaner. However, it took about a month to get oil-free bag even with washing dishwasher detergents.
Textreme is the trade mark of a carbon cloth made by unidirectional carbon fibers arranged as tape. The quality of carbon fibers used are the same with other carbon materials. You can go to a shop and buy some unidirectional carbon fiber, cut them as 1-2 cm wide tapes and weave a cloth as...
Thanks P1ngPOng3r,
Those patents are all on a method of producing a clothing with similar texture shown on the Stiga's advertisement (they are unrelated with their use in table tennis blades). Tape Weaving Sweden Ab seems to be holder of those patents. They have found a novel and inventive...
I think I can clarify some issues on the celluloid free table tennis balls.
Patent issue: Patents are valid only in countries where it has been granted. The patent holder has the right to prevent others to manufacture/use the patented product/process only within that country.
Indeed there is a...
I personally did not notice any inventive step that could be granted with a patent in Stiga's newly advertised blade. So, I am really curious about the mentioned patent. I searched the European patent office database and was unable to find a patent granted to Stiga for a blade similar to the one...
Hi mahomedy13,
I can recommend two shops. They are both located in the Anatolian (Asia) site of Istanbul, and very close to each other. The first one is Spin Spor, the second one is Deta Sport. You can reach their web sites easily by using google search function, and have an idea on the goods...