Nothing is wrong with them. However in North America the stuff Carl uses can be bought at every single hardware or home care store and the big can he uses costs less than the little bottle sold for table tennis.
Exactly. With how easy it is to get, with how easy it is to apply, how there is NO cleanup, and how thin a coat you can apply while still getting full coverage and more than adequate protection, I feel it does exactly what I want.
I have a feeling that the sealants from most TT companies are totally fine. And almost as convenient; except the fact that I can walk to a hardware store 2 blocks away from my home and pick up a can that will last the rest of my life.
For a quite small price, I get an amount where, if I spilled the contents of a whole bottle of TT brand sealant I would still have 5 times that amount left. So I will not worry if I put more than I need on the paper towel and then throw the soaked paper towel away.
In the end, whatever kind of sealant you use is entirely a personal choice. For me what I filmed was ABOUT how easy it is to seal a blade using my method. Der_Echte's voice saying "4 min" indicating the entire time the process took from start to finish is easy to see in the time count on the video.
I think the process could be almost as easy with a sealant from a TT brand as well. Sealing a blade is just a simple process.
But I do like how this Oil based sealant works--how it seals, and how the glued rubber sticks to it but is still easy to remove--better than the one water based sealant from a TT company which I tried.
However, you should feel free to use whatever sealant you want.
All this video really shows is that sealing a blade is very simple and should not be too much of a hassle. It can be a simple process that takes under 5 min. I could probably do 5 more rackets in under 10 min.
Sometimes people try and make this seem like it is complicated. It just isn't. Sealing a blade should only take you a few min and then drying time.
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