First glue...reglueing

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   Hi,

I bought a rubber today. Andro Rasant Grip. The store glued it on for me. I live in Vietnam; most people use Haifu glue here, but the shop used a non-VOC glue (white in color) to glue it on. They said that for the first glueing, it should be done this way. They said that subsequent glueing can be done with the Haifu glue. 

My question is this: should I first pull the white glue off the rubber before applying the Haifu speed glue. I want to avoid ruining the rubber in any way. 

Can someone point out the pros and cons, and tell me about potential pitfalls. I'm a bit new to table tennis.

Thanks in advance.

Edited by tomaschonnie - 04/28/2015 at 2:07am

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tomaschonnie Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Member Joined: 03/28/2015 Location: HCMC, Vietnam Status: Offline Points: 47	Post Options Post Reply Quote tomaschonnie Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: First glue...reglueing Posted: 04/28/2015 at 1:28am
	Hi, I bought a rubber today. Andro Rasant Grip. The store glued it on for me. I live in Vietnam; most people use Haifu glue here, but the shop used a non-VOC glue (white in color) to glue it on. They said that for the first glueing, it should be done this way. They said that subsequent glueing can be done with the Haifu glue. My question is this: should I first pull the white glue off the rubber before applying the Haifu speed glue. I want to avoid ruining the rubber in any way. Can someone point out the pros and cons, and tell me about potential pitfalls. I'm a bit new to table tennis. Thanks in advance. Edited by tomaschonnie - 04/28/2015 at 2:07am

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ppmax Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Super Member Joined: 10/10/2007 Status: Offline Points: 275	Post Options Post Reply Quote ppmax Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 04/28/2015 at 3:22pm
	No reason to pull the white glue off. In fact, a lot of people, (at least some) pros included, like to have a thick layer of latex on the rubber, before using speedglue/tuner.

tomaschonnie Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Member Joined: 03/28/2015 Location: HCMC, Vietnam Status: Offline Points: 47	Post Options Post Reply Quote tomaschonnie Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 04/28/2015 at 8:16pm
	That helps a lot, thank you. With the language barrier here, it is a bit difficult to get into the details of things like this; I speak some Vietnamese, but the language needed to talk about things like this is beyond me. So, I appreciate your help a lot.

tomaschonnie Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Member Joined: 03/28/2015 Location: HCMC, Vietnam Status: Offline Points: 47	Post Options Post Reply Quote tomaschonnie Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 04/29/2015 at 7:23am
	Just reporting back the results: I put 2 thin layers of white glue on. It was very runny but made a clear layer on the sponge. Then put 3 layers of speed glue on (Haifu). The rubber expanded a bit but much less than is normal with speed glue. Just trained with it with my coach. A big difference in performance; reponsive, lots more power, and blocking was great.