TearMender > Yes! Paste

So i picked up some TearMender at Ace after seeing the raves and watching the video which made it look extremely easy.

Well, it is extremely easy. My tenergy and Bryce speed adhered perfectly. I haven't tested the apparently easy glue removal process yet...but from what i can tell so far this glue is the stuff!

The only thing yes paste has over tearmender is price to quantity ratio.

I'll follow this up later.

It was in with all the other glues but I had to ask also, it is in a box and hard to spot.

make the change, i used both and tear mender dominates yes paste, i have seen way too many people on here reluctant to let go of their yes paste, the yes paste never impressed me in the first place

tear mender is cheap if you buy from the right place. I ordered two big bottles of tearmender from this company online, for under $30 including shipping

Yes paste.... blows!   Tommy...I think you needed to use a resperator with all those seal jobs dude.   I got a 16.oz bottle of Tear mender for $9.95!   No more rubber cement for me!  

Got myself a 10 dollar bottle of Galaxy Aqua Glue from Cole's - and glued a couple of rackets today for the first time, using a small cheap foam brush. Seems very easy and fast. At this rate those 100 ml will last me 5 years at least - unless the glue will go clumpy and dry after a year or so. You only need a very small amount of glue which you then spread with a brush on both blade and sponge - easier and more consistent than rubber glue! The only thing that bugs me a bit is the fact that the foam brush (very cheap one) will have to be thrown away after another 1-2 applications like that - a shameful waste.

Haven't tested the rubber removal yet - but the glue seems to be of the same latex-based variety as my Tibhar Clean Fix (even smells the same) so I hope it works the same way.

can anyone tell me a little bit how the tear mentor glue? it is just like the regular glue (water based glue) or speed glue? Thanks!

ttllnn wrote: can anyone tell me a little bit how the tear mentor glue? it is just like the regular glue (water based glue) or speed glue? Thanks!

You will find answers here.

http://mytabletennis.net/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=21733
http://mytabletennis.net/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=21883

varghesep wrote: Which isle / section in the ACE Hardware I can find this TearMender ?

I actually wasn't able to find Tear Mender in my local Ace Hardware. They didn't carry it! So I went across the street to the true value hardware store and they carried it right there on the shelf. So don't get discouraged if your Ace Hardware doesn't carry it because chances are one of the other hardware stores in town will.

is the dawei aqua glue thick or really watery??? Nittaku Finezip is very thick, but it does everything just like tear mender (glue it on wet, peels off in one piece) while tear mender is very watery.

I don't know. I think the consistency is ok.  I just can't make the galaxy stay together in one piece when I peel it up.

cole_ely wrote: I don't know. I think the consistency is ok.  I just can't make the galaxy stay together in one piece when I peel it up.

I am not sure I understand - are you talking about the layer of glue itself staying in one piece? why would you need that... making it easier to clean the blade, is that what you mean?

Don't mean to be advertising this company. But can anyone beat the price I got from this online company?

Posted: 28/10/2008 at 2:41pm
I just ordered two big bottles of tear mender, total came out to $26.96.
I ordered mine here: https://www.tractorsupply.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay_10551_10001_48797_-1______?rFlag=true&cFlag=1

I think tractorsupply is the cheapest. On amazon they were going for $15+$6 something for shipping and handling. So total $21.00
There was another seller on amazon that had a good price for just one bottle, (turtle company) but did not have good reviews, and buying 2 bottles from them would be more expensive than tractorsupply

popperlocker,  thats where I got my Tearmender.  It was 9.95 + MI 6% sales tax = $10.55 out the door.   I just happen to be in an area that has a few TSC stores. 

debraj wrote: tearmender is same as butterfly free chalk.   i bought butterfly free chalk for $20, after buying tearmender f0$6 double the quantity... and painfully found out this truth.   wish it could mend my tears :"(

How did you know they are the same? Basically, all these latex-based glues are white chalky liquids that smell the same - as I discovered comparing Tibhar Clean Fix with Galaxy Aqua Glue and some others.