Plastic covers or not ?

snotvod · Jul 28, 2011

Hello All,

Today was not a good day. After one hour of training I went for a short ball, close to the net. Hit the corner of the table and ripped my FH sheet

After launching a list of foul words not to be used here, I continued the training, but the trainer was very clear : the damage was too big for judges to let me play in competition. Ill tempered I went for a drink after the training and their was this dude, teaching the world how to play table tennis and what rubbers are the best and blablablabla.
Then the discussion came to a point where rubbers would benefit using a plastic covering sheet. They would last longer, no more dust or dirt on them, the list of advantages was huge.
So why doesn't only 10 out of our the 150 players in our club use them ???
Is it really to cover your sheet with a plastic cover after every match ???
Big discussion. Not much to be found on the web, I did however recall a thread somewhere but don't remember what's in it or where it is ?

So question remains : plastic or not ?

dici · Jul 28, 2011

To me yes, since I'm chinese tacky rubber all the way, the dust on the rubber can be easily seen any time when the plastic cover is taken off from the rubber. I do know some people where I'm playing with does not using plastic cover. But most of them just put their paddle into plastic bag before they put it into their paddle bag lol...

Charlie · Jul 28, 2011

i use it on my huriccane to because it picks up everything cos it is so tacky but dont bother with my tenergy doesnt seem to pick much dust up

azlan · Jul 28, 2011

Absolutely...I use them to cover all my rubbers after cleaning and when not in use...

UpSideDownCarl · Jul 29, 2011

This is how I see it. I like to use the sheets. I think, to get the dust off the tacky sheet you can simply clean the rubber. I think, from that standpoint it does not matter too much but, it does make it so that, while you are not using the rubber dust is not going to gather on the topsheet. It also keeps air from contacting some of the surface of the topsheet. Do the plastic sheets protect the rubber? A little. Not a big deal if you did not use them but it does a little. Why do I use them. It makes it so I can put my blade into my racket case and pull it back out, knowing that what is sliding on the inside surface of the racket case is not my topsheet.

So I put one on the Tenergy and one on the tacky Skyline rubber.

I use the clear plastic cover from old report covers. I just cut them to size.

YosuaYosan · Jul 29, 2011

I used it, but its a branded one from Tibhar.
If a rather cheap cover could well, say prolong the live of the rubber, why not ?

snotvod · Aug 2, 2011

Carl Horowitz said:
This is how I see it. I like to use the sheets. I think, to get the dust off the tacky sheet you can simply clean the rubber. I think, from that standpoint it does not matter too much but, it does make it so that, while you are not using the rubber dust is not going to gather on the topsheet. It also keeps air from contacting some of the surface of the topsheet. Do the plastic sheets protect the rubber? A little. Not a big deal if you did not use them but it does a little. Why do I use them. It makes it so I can put my blade into my racket case and pull it back out, knowing that what is sliding on the inside surface of the racket case is not my topsheet. So I put one on the Tenergy and one on the tacky Skyline rubber.

I use the clear plastic cover from old report covers. I just cut them to size.

Hehe, did some handy work and I have cut out two covers from an old report cover. Next on the list ... a new rubber !!
The same one or something new or thicker or ....
Damn, every time the same agony to go through, which rubber to take

WiWa · Aug 2, 2011

@snotvod
Since ur signature says Tenergy 05, assuming u are looking for a cheaper but similar rubber I'd recommend Xiom Vega Pro.

UpSideDownCarl · Aug 3, 2011

I tried Xiom Omega 3 Europe the other day and it was pretty amazing. As good as anything I have felt.

zZTimoBollZz · Aug 3, 2011

I would recommend using plastic sheets from Table Tennis Specialists. If you have tacky rubbers use normal plastic. However if your rubbers are not tacky use sticky plastic. Two examples where to get sticky and non-sticky plastic are: Tessport or Bribar.

WiWa · Aug 3, 2011

trying out the text layout features?

Wrighty67 · Sep 8, 2022

I use the slightly sticky Nittaku sheets on all my rubbers - they work very well but need a clean periodically.

DukeGaGa · Sep 8, 2022

Wrighty67 said:
I use the slightly sticky Nittaku sheets on all my rubbers - they work very well but need a clean periodically.

Same here.

Also, I just bought two of these fancy ones https://www.tabletennis11.com/other_eng/nittaku-rubber-protection-pita-eco-sheet-5-blue, they're much more rigid, so if you don't have a padded paddle case this might be a good choice.

pilami · Sep 8, 2022

The plastic sheets are supposed to slow down rubber oxidation by isolating it from air.
I use them on my chinese rubbers after cleaning them and they seem to last longer.
Also when the sheet does not longer stick to the rubber it's usually a good indication that all stickiness is gone and rubber should be replaced.

Wrighty67 · Sep 8, 2022

DukeGaGa said:
Same here.

Also, I just bought two of these fancy ones https://www.tabletennis11.com/other_eng/nittaku-rubber-protection-pita-eco-sheet-5-blue, they're much more rigid, so if you don't have a padded paddle case this might be a good choice.

Those look great.

DukeGaGa · Sep 9, 2022

Wrighty67 said:
Those look great.

They do look nice, but they're a pain to use, as they're not transparent at all, so it's kind of hard to position it right the first time, I was hoping it was kind of translucent 😂

jammmail · Sep 14, 2022

Is the thinking still Non-sticky sheets for tacky rubbers and sticky sheets for non-tacky rubbers. If so where do hybrids fit

or does it matter? There grippy rather than tacky - does the grip wear off with using sticky sheets?

Wrighty67 · Sep 14, 2022

jammmail said:
Is the thinking still Non-sticky sheets for tacky rubbers and sticky sheets for non-tacky rubbers. If so where do hybrids fit or does it matter? There grippy rather than tacky - does the grip wear off with using sticky sheets?

I never thought if it like that, I just went for sticky sheets (Nittaku) on all my rubbers because I like the fact they don't fall off!

jammmail · Sep 14, 2022

Wrighty67 said:
I never thought if it like that, I just went for sticky sheets (Nittaku) on all my rubbers because I like the fact they don't fall off!

Yeah it always was the way to try to stop the stickiness wearing off - but in practice im not sure it does that much

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