Rubber not sticking to blade..!!

Hi All..!!
I am not an expert in pasting rubbers to blade but I have successfully managed to stick a few rubbers on my friends rackets. Yesterday, I was trying to stick a black Roxon 450 max rubber on my friend's TB ALC racket. I applied Tearmender to both sponge and blade and waited till the glue was dry. I put the rubber on the blade and lightly rolled it a few times with a roller as I always do. The rubber seemed fine at that time. I put the racket beneath heavy books for an hour or two. Then I cut this rubber with my box cutter knife (very sharp one) as usual. But when my friend started to play with this racket after 2-3 hours, the rubber almost fell off the blade on it's own. I have never seen anything like this happen after a decent glue and cut job.
        My friend has sealed his TB ALC with Minwax Polyurethane spray very lightly and the earlier rubbers stuck fine on this blade with Tearmender. I don't know what went wrong. Can anybody explain where could be my mistake..??
Thanks in advance.


Edited by mike_wayne - 06/13/2011 at 6:28am

I thought I read somewhere in this forum that using Tearmender to glue the rubber it must be done while it is still wet 

aeoliah wrote: I thought I read somewhere in this forum that using Tearmender to glue the rubber it must be done while it is still wet

I have glued 100's of rubbers with Tear Mender, mostly wet because of moving from blades to blades well after the first cut.  I have also done many dry glues with it.....no problems ever doing it either way.  The most important thing with TE is to get an even spread.  The soft makeup sponges work pretty good for this.  

Yes, if its not sticking on a sealed blade, hit it up lightly with some 600+ sandpaper. 

I am having the same issue with Elmer's Rubber Cement. The blade was sealed with 3 coatings of hairspray. No matter what, the rubber starts to get unglued from the edges. So distressing.

As of now, after 3 hours of play, the rubber is still holding fine on the blade. I think, sanding was the key issue behind all this.
Will let you know what happens after 2-3 sessions..!!

mike_wayne wrote: As of now, after 3 hours of play, the rubber is still holding fine on the blade. I think, sanding was the key issue behind all this. Will let you know what happens after 2-3 sessions..!!