How to deal with high humidity and rubbers getting slippery.

[Haito]

Ave,
I have deja vu I already did start this thread once.

Yesterday I was playing with new rubbers. Back to full tacky fest. And the issue with slippery over time has reared its ugly head. Any ways you combat this? I kept washing and drying my hands every couple of points. Has anyone tried using some water repellant sprays or something? (I know its illegal, I do not care as much, I do not participate in competitions much) I mean the hygrophobic sprays you use on your car windshield or something.

 

[Archosaurus]

Sweat a lot from your hands then breathe on the rubber and wipe it off with sweat every few points. I feel like it will promote dust to gather and seems to keep the performance more constant. Granted I don't know if this would work in S.E.A where it's actually humid.

 

[Reaper]

me being on the caribbean, my advice is to keep a small microfiber cloth, the ones for car cleaning, keep it under the table and wipe the rubber and your hand with it often.

 

[lodro]

Has anyone tried using some water repellant sprays

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🤣 🤣 I got some of this spray and will try it out when we get into the hot season here.

 

[mocker88]

I don't think the spray will work wonders, sorry. But you need to get the ball to sink deeper in the rubber, so try using a bit softer rubber or a rubber with more elasticity in the top sheet. And clean it every 10 minutes with a good cleaner.

 

[ttarc]

I don't think the spray will work wonders, sorry. But you need to get the ball to sink deeper in the rubber, so try using a bit softer rubber or a rubber with more elasticity in the top sheet. And clean it every 10 minutes with a good cleaner.

Hit harder. That's what I try to do When you happen to have to play with any kind of orange balls regardless the manufacturer in such conditions and your game somewhat relies on variation just start ranting or replace the balls or color some white balls or just relax and get a beer scnr

 

[Haito]

Experiment 18.09
I used the revolution rejuvenator an hour or so before practice. The problem did not occur at all today.

Temp 18 degrees
Humidity 80%
On the hall.

Will repeat.

 

[ajtatosmano2]

Experiment 18.09
I used the revolution rejuvenator an hour or so before practice. The problem did not occur at all today.

Temp 18 degrees
Humidity 80%
On the hall.

Will repeat.

Be vary that it will shorten the lifespan of your rubbers.

 

[Haito]

Be vary that it will shorten the lifespan of your rubbers.

Interesting. I thought that rejuvenator renews the rubbers. Either way. If those rubbers last 3 months with my schedule, I will be extremely happy.