Butterfly PowerSponge usage tips

Just thought I'd start a new thread to help those buying these new rubbers.

First of all, after you glue them to the blade, *do not* cut them close to the blade! Leave at least 1 cm overhang, and a bit more, maybe 12-13 mm, at the top of the head. Rolling the rubbers onto the blade stretches them, and they'll shrink back down within a few hours. After they've shrunk, you can cut them flush with the blade. I just glued mine up today, so I won't trim them properly until next time I play (Friday).

Another caveat that I had to find out the hard way - when you blow into the bag, do it quickly and without too much moisture. The first time I did it, I blew it up with too many breaths, and when I took my racquet out, I was shocked - it looked like one side of rubber was about to fall off! Apparently the moisture got into it. I had to use someone else's roller at the club to get it back on the blade properly again (fortunately it stayed on this time).

Hope this helps!

I'm not a PS user, but has anyone considered using BTY glue sheets?

These would solve (I imagine) the problem of normal glue expanding the pre-treated sponge.

I had drawn around my bat's head before I glued it. After glueing with a dense glue (eg. Joola Zoom or any speed glue from the bottom of the can which was a bit dried out) I cut the line I drew.

crs2 wrote: <SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">I never had the moisture problem, but the rubbers always shrunk after a few days. Some users suggested applying glue to the rubber, leaving it to shrink for 3-4 hours and then attaching it to the blade. Your thoughts on that?</SPAN>

I think that would help a bit, in terms of shrinkage. However, rolling out the rubbers onto the blade would stretch them anyway, and I think they would still shrink afterwards. Also the rubbers would go back to their original curl if you left them for that long, and may be more difficult to attach.

i know this is off topic but is there many problems with the bags?

Shoebox9 wrote: I'm not a PS user, but has anyone considered using BTY glue sheets? These would solve (I imagine) the problem of normal glue expanding the pre-treated sponge.

That's good thinking there!

where can you buy ps besides www.butterflyonline.com because they cannot deliver to Australia

Boll_rules wrote: where can you buy ps besides www.butterflyonline.com because they cannot deliver to Australia

Dandoy Sports- Butterfly Powersponge

Resurrecting an old thread...

The Bryce FX PS (max) rubbers that I bought lasted me only 3 months - quite disappointing. And the glue effect lasted for only 2 of those months. In the third month I tried to max out the life of the rubbers by using limonene - it did get the glue effect back (and lasted for up to 3 days with each gluing), but the surface dulled down by the end of that month.

So, I decided to try a Bryce PS max on my FH this time. Much more devastating, with the medium sponge! Although with only a 3-month lifespan, I might have to go back to something cheaper... (Even at Dandoy it's expensive compared to Almana or the newer Joola/Donic rubbers.)