Tear Mender, Yes Paste or Glue Sheet?
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Topic: Tear Mender, Yes Paste or Glue Sheet?
Posted By: Pongology
Subject: Tear Mender, Yes Paste or Glue Sheet?
Date Posted: 10/27/2008 at 9:53pm
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Just shelled out big $$$ for Tenergy05. I've got Tear Mender, Yes Paste and a Nittaku glue sheet. Which of these is the best or should I get something else? I guess the glue sheet is the easiest, but would that have adverse effects? Just want to make sure I don't make any mistakes. |
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Posted By: BHDoom
Date Posted: 10/27/2008 at 11:31pm
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tear mender all the way ------------- BTY Viscaria FL FH: Black BTY T05 2.1 BH: Red BTY T64 2.1 |
Posted By: Glueless
Date Posted: 10/28/2008 at 1:47am
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Be careful with glue sheets. Applying them is easy. Removing them is a #&@%$.
Since I started using Tear Mender I won't go back to anything else. ------------- American Hinoki 9 mm Bald Cypress single-ply Venus 2.2 Neptune 0.6 Windshield Wiper Grip (Don�t you wish YOU had a 3-sided blade?) |
Posted By: popperlocker
Date Posted: 10/28/2008 at 2:06am
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i've had good and bad experience with glue sheets. It's a one shot deal, if you mess up on the rubber, get it on a table, you are screwed.
And then, if you want to remove the rubber, the glue sheets leave lot of residue on the sponge, so it's pretty much ruined if you remove it. Tear Mender appears to be KING! |
Posted By: THEMANFZ1
Date Posted: 10/28/2008 at 2:46am
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YES paste! works great for me and gets my vote.
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Posted By: melarimsa
Date Posted: 10/28/2008 at 1:22pm
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Never had problems with glue sheet, for over 2 years now !
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Posted By: wturber
Date Posted: 10/28/2008 at 7:16pm
I guess I'm biased because I'm the guy who "found" TearMender. Worse yet, I haven't used glue sheets or Yes paste. So I guess I can't really say which is best. But one good thing about using TearMender is that it is easy to remove. Or at least has been with all the rubbers I (and apparently everyone else has) tried it on. So if you have a problem, just remove the rubber and glue and glue the rubber again either with TearMender, glue sheet, Yes paste, or whatever. ------------- Jay Turberville www.jayandwanda.com Hardbat: Nittaku Resist w/ Dr. Evil or Friendship 802-40 OX |
Pongology wrote:Posted By: BHDoom
Date Posted: 10/28/2008 at 8:34pm
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ive used tear mender and yes paste, tear mender takes it in a landslide ------------- BTY Viscaria FL FH: Black BTY T05 2.1 BH: Red BTY T64 2.1 |
Posted By: tabl10s
Date Posted: 10/28/2008 at 9:33pm
| Is anyone tuning prior to the use of Tear Mender? It seems to be the same product as Free Chack. |
Posted By: junbei
Date Posted: 10/28/2008 at 10:21pm
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Yes! Paste for me only because of the price. I haven't tried Tear Mender because I still have a big tub of the paste. Having said that, Yes Paste works great (on tensioned/ non-tensioned rubbers) and I haven't had any trouble with it since. I've tried chinese glue sheets, not Nittaku's; didn't like it very much. ------------- 
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Posted By: GenomicsKnight
Date Posted: 10/28/2008 at 10:40pm
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Same here. YES paste is great. Easy to use and easy to clean up. After gluing up more than 20 times, I still have a big jar of it. If the rubber got separated from the blade because it was caught by the table or you brushed the edge against your body when you serve, just spread some water mist under the sponge, press it, and again your rubber is attached.
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Posted By: DeathAngel
Date Posted: 10/28/2008 at 11:05pm
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Yes Paste because i think you get A LOT of glue for around 18-25$ because u barely need
to use any to apply to the blade and rubber and its a huge jar of paste
that will last you for ever. Its very easy to apply after u get used to
it, and even easier to clean up. Tearmender looks like a great product
2 i just got so much Yes Paste im not going to be trying it out for a
while :P.
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Posted By: kelvinyoong
Date Posted: 10/29/2008 at 1:04am
I have to agree, glue sheets are great and not as messy as non VOC glues. Just have to make sure the sheet sticks to the blade nicely and look out for small air bubbles. I normally let it sit for about 30 minutes under a few heavy books before putting the rubber on top. Notice that the edges tend to bump up a bit so you will have to press it down to make it all nice and even. Then put in under a heavy books again for an hour to make sure the rubber sticks well before cutting the rubber. |