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I am a returner to TT and so far have used custom made bats put together by suppliers using commercially available blades.
I have recently branched out by having a custom made blade to suit my requirements from the brilliant Hipnotic.This faces me with the dilemma of purchasing the rubbers separately and gluing them on myself. To a lot of you this is no big deal but I am in need of guidance please on various points.
I will be using T05 and T05FX rubbers and the Butterfly's stance is that you should use Butterfly Free Chack (or Pro) only and that the blade should not be sealed because that would impair adhesion and the rubber could detach. But I want to seal my blade to protect it as it has a relatively fragile top ply layer which could easily splinter on rubber removal. I have also read that Chack is not the easiest glue to use to achieve good results. This does not sound ideal for me gluing together expensive parts for the first time.
So I am looking for advice please regarding which would be the recommended glue to use to achieve the best result 'right first time' and one that will give good long term adherence while allowing separation of the rubber from the blade without damage, and one that can be easily cleaned from both components. Any advice on method and instruction videos would also be appreciated.
Thank you.
I have recently branched out by having a custom made blade to suit my requirements from the brilliant Hipnotic.This faces me with the dilemma of purchasing the rubbers separately and gluing them on myself. To a lot of you this is no big deal but I am in need of guidance please on various points.
I will be using T05 and T05FX rubbers and the Butterfly's stance is that you should use Butterfly Free Chack (or Pro) only and that the blade should not be sealed because that would impair adhesion and the rubber could detach. But I want to seal my blade to protect it as it has a relatively fragile top ply layer which could easily splinter on rubber removal. I have also read that Chack is not the easiest glue to use to achieve good results. This does not sound ideal for me gluing together expensive parts for the first time.
So I am looking for advice please regarding which would be the recommended glue to use to achieve the best result 'right first time' and one that will give good long term adherence while allowing separation of the rubber from the blade without damage, and one that can be easily cleaned from both components. Any advice on method and instruction videos would also be appreciated.
Thank you.