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I'm trying to learn how to glue rubbers myself, but it seems i'm doing something wrong.
So i must be doing something totaly wrong. Any ideas?
- The rubbers i glued myself are noticably slower (bounce up to 15% less when ball is dropped from height) than the same rubbers glued by the staff of the store.
I can even hear the difference, the bounce from the rubbers i glued myself is different - more dull i would say.
- I'm also observing that those sides where i put less glue actually bounce more than sides where i put more glue ... which is contrary what everybody says (that more glue should make the paddle faster).
- When i tried to start over, i found out that the glue is impossible to remove from the rubber. I have been watching all these videos about removing a glue where a guy simply grabs the glue in one corner and strips it off the rubber easily like a continuous substance. But in my case the glue is torn into small pieces, half on the rubber, half on the blade. and they don't want to go off the sponge at all, or if i try really hard, i tear the sponge with it.
So i must be doing something totaly wrong. Any ideas?