using rubber cement

Rich215 wrote: JimT wrote:   As far as I recall people glued rackets with Elmer's and it was tested fine 2-3 days after the gluing. So Best Test must be way more VOC-packed... Best Test brand rubber cement and Elmers have the same VOC amounts.  The fact that fatt added 25% thinner to the Best Test rubber cement....pushed the VOC content way up.

No it didn't  Rubber cement is typically about 75% pure VOC.  So you could double the thinner amount and only get 87% pure VOC.

n-Heptane which is what is commonly used these days is extremely volatile.  That means it evaporates rapidly.  fatt's failure almost surely has more to do with how he stored the racket or some other factor that has not been adequately accounted for.

Ranger-man wrote: So this means that other than the VOC issue, rubber cement is actually better gif gluing. Sticks faster, easier to take off, and no water that might harm the blade.

Faster to dry .... yes.

Easier to take off ... not in my experience.

Water to harm the blade ... I've yet to see anybody demonstrate any damage to a blade other than splintering when the blade is not well sealed.

That said, use rubber cement if it works well for you.  Just make sure you use it well before any tournament where testing will occur.  Also, consider carrying some water based glues with you in case you need to make a repair at a tournament.

I have read a post saying acetone is better as a rubber cement thinner, because it is non-toxic. Has anyone used acetone as a rubber cement thinner?