Re-gluing rubbers : when does it become too many times?

[Medax]

Hi all,

So I have this sheet of aurus sound that is on my backup blade/used for testing blades.

I've had it maybe 18 months but have probably only used it for about 25- 30 hours in game play or testing.

I've moved it maybe 10 or 11 times though.

So that's the background......

I purchased a new sheet this week for my main setup to see the season out and to push for team promotion. I noticed when gluing it for the first time that it was very flexible and very grippy in my hand. Having noticed this I started to wonder if perhaps I wasn't doing the existing sheet any justice by moving it, re-gluing ? Could the glue finally have soaked in so much that I have damaged it?
I know it hasn't had a vast amount of actual play time, but it is an 18 month sheet, so could this be the issue and not the re-gluing I am doing? The performance isn't bad, but I'm thinking it's time to retire it anyway.

Anyway, throwing it all out there to see what you all think and where I may have gone wrong.

Thanks in advance.

 

[zeio]

Rubber deteriorates, oxidizes and hardens, even if you just leave it on the shelf.

OTOH, the more you re-glue, the more you expose the rubber to stress, which is the biggest factor as it breaks the cross-linking even faster.

 

[Nuke Skywalker]

Agree with everything above, but will add that I, as a rule, do not add more glue to the sponge with each re-glue, to avoid too much build up of a glue layer. I believe after a while it changes the properties, weight, pliability, etc. I might touch up some sections that lose the glue, but never a full layer.


I only add new glue to the blade. I've never had issues as TT glue (both RC and WB) are contact adhesives.

 

[Der_Echte]

A new sheet of Aurus is like supple Italian Leather. Any kind of used rubber will not even be close to that.

I wouldn't feel to bad about moving around your rubber sheets, just remove glue build up from sponge when needed.

Aurus is a pretty long lasting rubber, you should get 300 hard hours outta it before it is really time for a new rubber... unless you really need the performance to stay in the top 80-90 percent of original... then change out at 100 or so hours.

As said above, 18 months is a real long time and a rubber will lose a LOT of its elasticity and aesthetic properties. Don't sweat it, that is how it goes.

You could ask Carl and NL how a THREE YEAR OLD sheet of Aurus could still perform though...

 

[Tinykin]

Agree with everything above, but will add that I, as a rule, do not add more glue to the sponge with each re-glue, to avoid too much build up of a glue layer. I believe after a while it changes the properties, weight, pliability, etc. I might touch up some sections that lose the glue, but never a full layer.
I only add new glue to the blade. I've never had issues as TT glue (both RC and WB) are contact adhesives.

I never knew that this was possible. Every day is a learning day after all

 

[yogi_bear]

Why not use newer generation of esn rubbers instead?