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racquetsforsale
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Posted: 03/24/2013 at 12:52am |
I never clean my rubbers with sweat and the accompanying oil. I think I've made the right call. I lent my paddle to a buddy today. Man, I don't know what the hell he was sweating, but there are some serious permanent blemishes on the rubbers. After just 30 minutes of use, he also somehow managed to leave a new index finger mark on the BH side rubber.
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crackfst
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i wipe it with a moist dishcloth after playing and put on the protection sheet nicely. also i use edge tape.
i try to not touch the rubber with all the sweat and oils that are on my skin. that, plus a layer of falco long boost every 3 months and most rubbers will last FOREVER some people claim that sweat is actually GOOD for the rubber which is really weird in my opinion.
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Imago
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Fact is that some people discharge dangerous excretions.
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Whang
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I actually find sweat to be really good for my H3 Neo..sure, the oil covers some of the tackiness away, but it's actually been doing a pretty good job at preserving the rubber. It's been playing consistently for three months now and is still spinny. I wash it occasionally with water too though to remove the grime once it gets a bit thick. I guess my sweat has more water component to it than oil?
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Tinykin
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Especially if you wash your hands and face regularly
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j-bo
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I just use water/sponge to wipe off after every days playing.
However, I can see where my finger rest on the BH side. Should I use just a tiny bit of dishwashing liquid on the sponge to rub that back to life or not worry about it? Is there another way to get this spot clean and/or should I do both sides with a tiny bit of dish wash liquid every now and then? |
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Whang
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I'd rather leave the mark...just clean it as you normally would. If it stays, let it stay...besides, what's the point in cleaning it if your finger will always be there again anyway? My blade also has this at the BH side, far nearer to the center since I'm penhold..
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Blade: Yasaka Gatien Extra (Penhold)
FH: DHS Hurricane 3 Neo (Black - 2.15mm - 41 deg) BH: 729 Focus III Snipe (Red - 2.10mm - 42 deg) Weight: 168.57g |
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j-bo
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Thanks David. I figured as much.
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mercuur
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Oiling the hand or pointerfinger and thumb before playing would actually make a better chance for avoiding these spots I think.
It,s more likely from softeners in the rubber absorbing into the hand. Same principal as used for medicin blisters. Rubber, particularly new soft-elastic rubber as used for topsheets, has a relatively large amount of softeners same as soft plastics. Maybe it has some hand to rubber exchange of sweat and minerals contributing to it as well but washing hands won,t help for sweating. If the rubber is not dried underneath the finger first from an oil dry skin, sweat can,t contact the rubber as easy. |
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bbkon
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your buddy is a reptile |
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mercuur
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Or sweating alcohol maybe ?
Edited by mercuur - 03/25/2013 at 6:53pm |
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racquetsforsale
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Haha. A reptile sweating hand lotion maybe. I accidentally got hand lotion onto a sheet once and it left similar marks. Then again, I've also left my paddle unprotected on the couch, and that caused blemishes as well, but not in 30 minutes.
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bbkon
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your buddy'sweat migh have interesting pharmaceutical properties like tetrodotoxin i know that rubber can withstand sulfuric acid and that sweat is more powerful than that then you buddy might be a walking chemical weapon. |
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