Elmer's Rubber Cement

bayttplayer wrote: I think the rule is the rule..... If you play tournaments, don't use it... I'm using it for FH, because is hard for me to gule H3 by using water base glue..   But....I don't reglue it....and I don't play tournament...

formidableone14 wrote: you are inaccurate, I never said I dont play tournaments please show me where I said that.   Just to humor you, I toss the ball much higher than required and I wear a black shirt, always.  :D

JBurn244 wrote: I mean it just seems like such a silly thing to be so uptight about. Again, it'd be different if RC was undetectable like it is now but significantly changed the playing characteristics of the rubber.

While that staement does go against my beliefs, I do appreciate you bringing this light onto the subject.

When airing out the RC smell from rubber and blade after application and before adhering the rubber to the blade, how do you guys keep them dust free?

Can I just add this question:  What in the world is Adham thinking when he says mfgrs will make blades that are resistent to water glue?

I tested using RC today. I applied it to two sheets of used 729 Super FX. They really sucked up the stuff and the sponges domed for about 5 minutes. Though the glue layers on both sponges and blade looked a bit uneven right after application, they dried smoothly. The smell was bad during application but after adhering the rubbers to the blade the fumes coming off were minimal and I expect they should mostly be gone by tomorrow.

Very logical points Jay. You are keeping it real.

If I remember correctly the reason speed glue was banned was because of the VOC's. Not to slow the game down. Didn't a guy die in Japan from being in a room while he was gluing up his bat? I could be wrong. I thought I heard something like that. Now think about this. How many times have you gone to a tourney. Went into the little glue room only to come out with a headache. Remember those little rooms. I have never used SG but just going into the room I would get one. I think the ITTF banned the use of VOC's to protect what little brain cells we have. That's fine with me. But I do use Elmers glue. Not for the effect. Which I don't think there is any. But it's cheaper than the water based you buy at Paddle Palace or other stores. When I glue a sheet of rubber to my bat I don't glue the rubber. I just put a few coats on the bat and it works fine. And I only get new rubber about 4 times a year. And yes I do air the paddle out over night. And It has been checked and it did pass. The other reason I think they banned SG is because some people were getting out of hand with the different things they were mixing with the glue. I know a guy that was mixing gasoline and and a few other things to get the most out of it. I have used the same setup with and without Elmers Glue. No difference. At all. So all you people just looking for stuff to complain about at the ITTf. Get a grip. You can make some of the people happy some of the time, but you can't make all the people happy all of the time.


Edited by RedMan - 07/16/2011 at 4:35am

You're right. I've noticed that.

Now that I've tried RC, I'm not going back to wbgs, especially after Free Chack left an entire unremovable film on each of my rubbers.

The guy who died, I read, died of a severe allergic reaction, much like some people react to peanuts.  Still, it was enough to be the straw that broke the camel's back I think.  That or it just became another reason to list for what the ittf already planned to do.

Cole, I never played with SG, but Rob sent me a bottle of tuner (back before ITTF made it clear it waz a No-Go) and I really miss what a sheet of tuned Bryce can do in the countering and looping game. Yeah, we gotz T05, but it is rediculous expensive. :)