Tired and Disappointed of Boosting Hurricane 3

[ML fan]

what bottle?

Plastic bottle

 

[ML fan]

How long has it been on the bottle? If it was only overnight, I would be concerned about what is in the air around you.

24 hours

 

[Tony's Table Tennis]

 

[Tony's Table Tennis]

Plastic bottle

what is on the bottle? or what kind of bottle - what is inside?

other than the circle, your whole topsheet looks like a mess

 

[Chang]

what is on the bottle? or what kind of bottle - what is inside?

other than the circle, your whole topsheet looks like a mess

perhaps toxic fumes

 

[Jslick89]

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Its beautiful! What kind of booster? how many layers? Do you always keep the plastic sheet on the rubber when boosting a rubber for the first time?

 

[ML fan]

Its beautiful! What kind of booster? how many layers? Do you always keep the plastic sheet on the rubber when boosting a rubber for the first time?

I removed the plastic sheet

 

[ML fan]

perhaps toxic fumes

It's just a closed water bottle.

 

[Tony's Table Tennis]

Its beautiful! What kind of booster? how many layers? Do you always keep the plastic sheet on the rubber when boosting a rubber for the first time?

black oil
i sometimes remove, sometimes keep on. don't really notice any difference and there are theories on both sides, and have pros on both sides doing both

 

[Tony's Table Tennis]

I removed the plastic sheet

given your trackrecord on how messed up your top sheet gets during glue/boosting stage, I suggest you keep it on

 

[Tony's Table Tennis]

perhaps toxic fumes

haha
probably

 

[Larshos]

All you need when you clean your rubber is a sponge that is slightly damp with plain water. I just put the water on my hand and clean my rubbers. Then you can make sure it is only a small amount of water. But a sponge works fine as well. You don't want to get the wood wet though. TT rubber cleaners are a gimmick. You don't need them. If you like them, that is fine. But they don't really do more than a little water on your hand or on a sponge.

I'm pretty sure most rubber cleaners are just glorified, diluted (weak) dish soap..
The neat think about them is that the soap in them breaks the surface tension, so it's much easier to spread out a thin layer of it to wipe off, compared to using just water.

 

[JJ Ng]

I might try it eventually. For now I'm quite happy with Gear Hyper, and STN doesn't come in blue.

There are a few different versions of Sanwei Target nowadays. Are they markedly different?

STN does come with blue sponge. You can get them from Aliexpress. The ones with blue sponge is about $20 including all the shipping and tax, etc. STN also comes in orange sponge and that one is dirt cheap around $10. Get the $20 blue sponge. It is good. If you are used to boosting, then I boost my H3 with three thick layers but with STN blue sponge I need to boost with four layers to get to my liking.

 

[UpSideDownCarl]

I'm pretty sure most rubber cleaners are just glorified, diluted (weak) dish soap..
The neat think about them is that the soap in them breaks the surface tension, so it's much easier to spread out a thin layer of it to wipe off, compared to using just water.

But that detergent (the chemicals in the TT company rubber cleaners) will cause the molecules in your topsheet to oxidize faster than they normally would which causes the rubber in the topsheet to not stretch as much and lose its grip faster over time. Does that matter. Nah. It probably won't do more than make the topsheet wear out a week or two sooner than without it. But why pay for something that will cause you to have to buy rubbers soon while thinking it is supposed to do something else?

 

[Crepche]

1 month after boosting H3 Prov BS 40deg, the ball slips, I am so disappointed since it is not cheap and I wanted to ditch H3.

maybe because of?
1. Overboost?
2. Accidentally drop a booster oil on topsheet?
3. Using of cheap rubber cleaner?

these 3 are the possible reasons, I think.

ditched H3, and tried tenergy 05.

And I really want the feel of tackiness of of the dhs h3, cause I got lots of points in service, push returns with heavy backspin, and 2nd ball and 3rd ball with slow spinny looping.
now, I am having a problem.
Looking for alternatives yet, based on users, no one can substitute boosted H3.

Can you enlighten me please?

THANK YOU IN ADVANCE!

Maybe try commercial or switch to Neo , I think it will make a difference. Dignics is damm expensive though. I used to have a H3 commercial blue sponge on Fh and Dignics 09c on Bh. It worked ok, chopping was fine and blocking was also ok. Good luck

 

[Xiaoys]

I'm a beginner player from China. I've learned that when boosting a H3, the plastic film should not be removed because the rubber surface of the H3 is very prone to oxidation. At the same time, for daily maintenance, a protective film should be used to isolate it from the air after cleaning.

 

[Conehead]

I've learned that when boosting a H3, the plastic film should not be removed because the rubber surface of the H3 is very prone to oxidation.

But if you don't remove the plastic film, the rubber cannot benefit so much from the boostering effect as the film prevents expansion of the rubber.

 

[Xiaoys]

但是，如果您不去除塑料薄膜，橡胶就无法从增强效果中受益，因为薄膜会阻止橡胶膨胀。

It's not the case. At least, from what I've learned on the CN forums and Bilibili, most people don't remove the plastic film when they first boosting H3.

 

[Conehead]

It's not the case. At least, from what I've learned on the CN forums and Bilibili, most people don't remove the plastic film when they first boosting H3.

Interesting

 

[Xiaoys]

Interesting

Can I send a link here? I'll share a link to your video if I can.
Or you can follow up by trying not to tear off the plastic，good luck