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I used to use vulcanizing glue because it was cheaper than speed glue and was basically the same thing. Worked great on Bryce. I wouldn't try it on any expensive modern rubbers because there's a good chance it would really mess them up. But then again, in the days of speed glue-all robbers were pretty good it all depended on the quality of your glue job. Back in those days we used to glue up each day that we played. And some days the glue effect would be better than others --- for who knows what reason?? The table tennis gods? Also, speed glue was the great equalizer for rubbers. You could take almost any kind of cheap rubber and if you used good speed glue it would be reasonably good. I've never actually tried it but I have a suspicion that something like Tenergy would not react very well to speed blue because the sponge is so different.Looking back on those days, I liked the way speed glue played, but I don't miss using it. It would stink up the whole club when everybody used it, it couldn't have been good for us to be breathing in the stuff, and it got to be a real pain in the ass to have to take several minutes to reglue your rubbers each single time you played. And I came to appreciate the consistency of modern rappers because like I said glue effects we're not always consistent from one day to the next.
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