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liulin04
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Posted: 11/12/2014 at 5:53pm |
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A friend added honey on his Tenergy rubbers in order to make it more spinny. I told him to simply replace them, but he didn't want to. Will honey actually ruin the topsheet? Is there another alternative that he can use to "boost" his Tenergy rubbers instead? Are Tenergy "boostable"?
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Roger Stillabower
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Thats a new one, never heard any one using honey, but if it was old sheet of Tenergy that needed replaced whats the harm ? Maybe he discovered something new. |
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liulin04
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His Tenergy has about 60% life remaining. He doesn't know much about equipments, so he just followed his friend's advice of applying honey on the topsheet, in order to make it sticky since honey is known for its stickiness. No rocket science stuff, just simple deduction. Though I'm not sure if that's a logical deduction or not.
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Yes... Let's ruin the ball, the table, your hands... And then have fun later cleaning up the sticky mess.
On the other note... Does he want ants?... Cause that's how you get ants... On a serious note, honey (raw honey) does not age, it won't absorb into the top sheet unlike various oils. The stupidity is mind boggling... |
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It will attract bears. Therefore I can't recommend it.
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Sofsoap brand hand soap does wonders for old rubbers. It works.
"Honey" is the word you say when your in the dog house for spending to much on equipment. |
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Honey? No. Bee wax? Yes, that does make some sense to try.
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LOL!
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i've seen some guys use cooking oil on the topsheet too (they said when it dries out, it very sticky). I'm not really sure about that but OMG...what the world become into?
is it because Butterfly rubbers are too expensive nowaday? LOL |
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hahahahahaha. That made me chuckle. honestly though I can't see the sugar content being easy on the rubber.
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Liulin have you played with it yet? i am kinda intrigued on how it will play!!! will it be like the super tacky chinese rubber that we used to have???
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I know someone who adds honey to his glue - hmmm must be organic honey apparently the non-organic stuff doesn't work.
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I think the best booster, especially for tenergy is: http://www.boots.com/en/Scholl-Cracked-Heel-Repair-Cream-60ml_28540/
And not expensive...
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WTF. Whatever next? If we're at the stage where we're just slapping on random stuff from Boots, I might give this a try: http://www.boots.com/en/Durex-Play-2-in-1-Massage-Gel-200ml_22795/ The wife can finally get involved in my TT hobby! |
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I think we're missing the point here.
One of the main ingredients in honey is hydroxymethylfurfural; its chemical composition is represented as Tenergy, on the other hand, is a synthetic rubber containing cis-1,4, which is the repeating unit of polybutadiene: When a single hydroxymethylfurfural molecule combines with a prime number of polybutadiene molecules (for instance, eleven) the resultant substance is clearly a winner: 11-1. This is primarily due to the increased sweet spot!
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Tassie52 your to smart for the rest of us. Good info.
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i think someone is trying to create some Sweet shots...
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And we have a winner.......sweet!
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are we talking about putting it on the topsheet, or into the sponge?
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too early for April fool's...
I think Coke would work better. Edited by jt99sf - 11/13/2014 at 2:14pm |
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With its lubing properties, it would be good for those reflex behind the back shots |
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liulin04
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I didn't play with my friend's honey-ed up paddle, but the incoming shots did feel much faster and slightly more spinny. So it seems to me that it worked afterall.
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liulin04
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I hated chemistry. But good to know that we have a chemist in the community
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liulin04
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My friend just applied it on the topsheet
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is there any suger free option? do you think splenda can make it splendid?
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I know a guy that uses wd-40 on his top sheet. I have to say he showed me a sheet of mark V that was 2 years old and it looked brand new.
Edited by AcudaDave - 11/13/2014 at 2:17pm |
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Try the Heisenberg formula, blend the honey with Stevia and lily of the valley extract, the results guarantee Killer Spin..... |
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There's a real Buzz about this ...
Edited by CraneStyle - 11/13/2014 at 2:53pm |
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+1.
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I have heard of players using soda pop on the top sheet back in the 70's when none of the topsheets were very sticky. They say it actually worked. The soda pop was allowed to dry on the rubber so it was not transmitted to the ball. After an hour or so clean the rubber with water and reapply the soda. |
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