What makes China rubbers so tacky.

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A fellow of mine, learned rubber Engineer, was intimately engaged into sports-goods industry. He kindly took time to respond to my inquiries. Thanks.

A. -- To begin with, there are two different types of rubber tackiness, permanent one and that will only last for a month. Specialized rubber-making technology is the key. No tacky additives are included in there, but a raw rubber material with a lot of natural adhesiveness.
Within a curing of the product (aka thermo vulcanization) , the outward surface of the rubber material is purposely kept underdone ( aka incomplete vulcanization) thus the end-product retains tackiness a lot on the playing side. The outer layer of raw rubber is only mycronically deep and it shall go away within a month as a result of abrasive degradation.

 
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