OP' Q: What is the best way to prolong the life of Tenergy?
Distilled water is a step up in the water cleaner arena, but the bear sweat emitting from Der_Echte is legendary and proven by Goon-Squad back, top secret backdoor crack-house experiments.
Seriously, I wipe my rubbers with my sweat, palm it almost dry a few wipes, wave it around, and toss it in my case. I got 500+ hours out of a sheet of Karis and it waz still kickin' when another TTD member got it.
For daily cleaning, you are barking up the right tree and have a great point for lazy peoples.
For built up gunk on rubbers, especially Chinese rubbers, I have seen nothing beat 50/50 lemon juice/Olive Oil. Takes only 10-12 drops for a sheet, wipe over with hand, rub off with clean or sweaty towel. Repeat. Does a great job to restore lost grip. Wont help with oxidation.
Old School Newspaper print roller spray cleaner is the absolute instant gratification there is out there, Paddle Palace use to pimp the stuff even in the 80s. It works great, but it doesn't leave the rubber much natural oil to work with to keep the rubber's natural elasticity over time.
Awh, but what the heck !!! That takes a while and if you have a strong impact and play often, a good rubber usually lasts only 100 hrs before it is a candidate to be replaced, it takes almost that long to destroy a sheet of rubber with daily cleaning so the aerosol freeks can have at it all day long.
Heck, keep a can of that stuff on your night stand... imagine how effective a burglar would be if he gets a blast of that stuff in hiz eyes... Almost as good as Hornet Nest spray, but you can effectively hit your target 5-6 meters away, while you almost have to right up in the intruder's grill to use the rubber spray.