Boosting Butterfly Tenergy

There is really not that much difference if it 05 64 or 25 when boosting Tenergy.  And yes there is an effect, but is it worth doing is a better question.

Butterfly Tenergy already boosted?

Butterfly Tenergy 05 is already optimized to be the best looping rubber available.  Even the smell of the rubber seems to have a bit of a boosted type of odor.  To touch a new sponge I always have slight kind wet chemical which tends to dry my skin a little bit.  There is for sure some residue already on the sponge.

Butterfly Tenergy boosting consistency

What happens when you speed glue even older generation rubbers is that you lose the consistent same playing quality of the rubber.  Boosting Tenergy creates a similar problem.  If you make the sponge too moist the sponge can become "gluggy" like a marshmallow, which may improve spin but create unpredictable softness which in turn will not improve your game.

Playing with Boosted Butterfly Tenergy

I have experienced the ball dipping into the net much too early.   The softening up of the sponge sometimes creates so much spin on the ball that even near the table when you go to loop it doesn't loop at the right length.  Instead the ball just spins straight into the net.  I am scared that Tenergy FX might play more like this.

In my opinion the medium hard sponge that Butterfly Tenergy comes in is what gives perfect consistency in looping.

Boosting Tenergy and the effects on the topsheet.

The best thing about boosting or speed gluing tenergy just very slightly is making the topsheet just that little bit more elastic.   The topsheet becomes softer too eventually and this means it catches and spins the ball even better.  The problem with this is that it becomes even more fragile and easy to rip, tear or crumble.

In conclusion boosting tenergy really is not worth doing.