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    Posted: 05/23/2008 at 5:25pm

Hi. I bought 3 new rackets and attached new rubber sheets just these past 2 months. I finally decided to use my Stradivarius and I now have these new rackets lying about.

My question is:

Will storing the other rackets in a plastic bag with the air vacuumed out help preserve the life of the rubbers?

I use the bags commonly advertised to enable one to store clothes with less space.
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Sound like the good idea!!!
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Originally posted by amateur101 amateur101 wrote:


Hi. I bought 3 new rackets and attached new rubber sheets just these past 2 months. I finally decided to use my Stradivarius and I now have these new rackets lying about.

My question is:

Will storing the other rackets in a plastic bag with the air vacuumed out help preserve the life of the rubbers?

I use the bags commonly advertised to enable one to store clothes with less space.
If you store your blade and or rubbers in a vacuum, the air/moisture will diffuse out and may dry them out.  Remember all things want to be at equilibrium.
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Interesting point but I don't see how it will dry out when it is in fact vacuum sealed. Any existing moisture will remain in the bag. My original intention was to remove the air so that oxidation of the rubber will be delayed or reduced.
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I think it could make the sponge feel a little dead.  There is air in the sponge, when you suck it out it will take a little while for the air to get back into the sponge.
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Originally posted by amateur101 amateur101 wrote:

Interesting point but I don't see how it will dry out when it is in fact vacuum sealed. Any existing moisture will remain in the bag. My original intention was to remove the air so that oxidation of the rubber will be delayed or reduced.
When you pull a vacuum in the bag, what ever air that is in the rubber will either be pumped out when the bag is placed under a vacuum, or it will migrate to the bag  later. This will reduce what was originally in the rubber/sponge.  Will this damage the rubber, I don't know, but it will happen.
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