The life cycle of "rubber cement" -OR- VOC death
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Topic: The life cycle of "rubber cement" -OR- VOC death
Posted By: Globe999
Subject: The life cycle of "rubber cement" -OR- VOC death
Date Posted: 01/10/2010 at 11:21pm
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Rubber cement in a jar is a VOC. When we remove the jar's cap the VOC disperses fumes into the air. Dangerous fumes! Bad, bad fumes! Mr. Smith glues his rubber and sponge to his blade using rubber cement. Mr. Smith puts his newly constructed paddle into the closet for three months.When the paddle is retrieved, the fumes are gone!
The rubber cement is no longer a VOC, now it's just an adhessive.
1 - Can Mr. Smith go to the ITTF tournament and play with this paddle?
2 - The testing machines will say it passes, won't they?
3 - Is it illegal or not illegal to use this bat? ------------- ______________________________ Phoenixville Table Tennis Club http://PhoenixvilleTTC.com - http://PhoenixvilleTTC.com |
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Posted By: icontek
Date Posted: 01/10/2010 at 11:50pm
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you should be fine on all counts because of the amount of time (and dissapation) elapsed. ------------- http://bit.ly/vLMhuB" rel="nofollow - - RC1042 . OSP Virtuoso AC: PK50 + R42 |
Posted By: Thaidog
Date Posted: 01/11/2010 at 8:22am
Since you used an unapproved glue it is illegal... but since you can't get caught it could become a question of morals. For me Best Test is cheap, dries faster and I feel it is fine for non-tournament use. When it's time to go to a tournament I'll use Butterfly Free Chack. Then hopefully I can count all my wins as wins. ------------- Timo ALC FL Tibhar Grip S MAx Tenergy 64 FX National 2.1mm He never boosts... of course he never had to... |
Globe999 wrote:Posted By: JKC
Date Posted: 01/11/2010 at 12:29pm
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If you only used the minimum to attach it then it probably makes very little difference to the rubber and you shouldn't feel guilty about using a rubber stuck on in this way. If you apply a few layers of speed glue and intentionally change the characteristics of the rubber (-making it faster, more spinny and increasing the throw angle) then you should feel guilty about doing it as it is cheating. Either way you probably won't get caught. ------------- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34kRbLNCcpk" rel="nofollow - Fred 49 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGShBxEKnDk%20rel=" rel="nofollow - I once could serve |