Does rubber cleaners actually damage and shorten the life of rubbers??

[Lazer]

that purpose is to take money from you

That’s an opportunity, players will always need to clean their equipment and the manufacturer takes the opportunity to create the tool for it.

Cheers
L-zr

 

[thisisit]

That’s an opportunity, players will always need to clean their equipment and the manufacturer takes the opportunity to create the tool for it.

Cheers
L-zr

opportunity indeed. i manufacture and sell tt rubber cleaners. profit margin is extremely good. guess what the main ingredient is(90-95% of volume). hint: someone said that 'it' penetrates your blade in this thread.

 

[Lazer]

opportunity indeed. i manufacture and sell tt rubber cleaners. profit margin is extremely good. guess what the main ingredient is(90-95% of volume). hint: someone said that 'it' penetrates your blade in this thread.

I know, but you squirt it and it comes out as a mist so it doesn’t stay, just long enough for a few rubs with a sponge , that’s the trick…

Cheers
L-zr

 

[riemsesy]

opportunity indeed. i manufacture and sell tt rubber cleaners. profit margin is extremely good. guess what the main ingredient is(90-95% of volume). hint: someone said that 'it' penetrates your blade in this thread.

You fill those bottles with breath 😂

 

[Wakkibatty]

Myself I just use a spray of water and a soft chamois. (Some of the synthetic chamois sponges you can get are actually pretty abrasive, so getting a good quality soft one is a good idea).

Under ITTF rules, water is the only thing you can use to clean your rubbers anyway.

I thought about possibly using distilled / de-ionised water, but was unsure what would do more damage to the rubber: dissolved minerals in the tap water slowly building up on the top sheet, or the de-ionised water slowly breaking chemical bonds in the elastomers.

In the end I decided that tap water is cheaper and rubbers don't last that long anyway, so I stopped worrying about it 😂 Unless if your skin is super-oily, then water alone + rubber covers to prevent oxidation seems to do just fine.

 

[TensorBackhand]

A wet hand-towel always works great for me

 

[thisisit]

A wet hand-towel always works great for me

it needs to be a name brand expensive-ish wet hand-towel marketed for rubber cleaning, otherwise it doesn't work.

 

[WingTT]

Another thing most people do wrong when cleaning is just spraying the cleaner, which is usually a surfactant on the rubber, rub it around with a sponge and call it a day. If you have no running water rinsing the emulsified dirt in the sponge away, all you will be doing is spreading the oily mess on the rubber once the sponge loads up. This is why most folks rubber is still slippery and not squeeky clean after a "cleaning". Rinse the sponge under a tap, squeeze it out and wipe and repeat till the rubber is actually clean, folks.

You can also use some diluted free and clear SLS based liquid hand soap instead of special table tennis rubber cleaner if you want to save money.

Dry out the rubber with some soft chamois sponge before storing it or the rubber will get mineralized if you have hard water.

 

[kase]

I use a microfiber cloth. Extremely cheap and soft on the rubber.

 

[riemsesy]

I use a microfiber cloth. Extremely cheap and soft on the rubber.

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