Tenergy and Speed Glue
After reading around on the internet and various table tennis forums there seems to be a disagreement over whether or not speed glue can be applied to Tenergy without negatively affecting its playing properties.
On one hand there are forum users claiming that the speed glue fills up the porous sponge of the rubber, effectively stripping the Tenergy sheet of it's main weapon - the sponge itself. It's claimed that when the sponge becomes filled with the speed glue it becomes a bit "mushy" thus losing its springiness.
Then you have the other lot of people who'll tell you that any Tenergy rubber with the right amount of speed-glue plays in a league of its own, far surpassing even an off-the-shelf Tenergy sheet.
So, who's right? And if it's true that speed glueing really does add that much more to the rubber then what's the right amount?
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How does speed glue work over time?
You explained it perfectly because they both are correct. Speed glue is short lived thing. Yes any rubber will be improved by it and any rubber will deteriorate. Speed glue is about perfect timing of the glue method. Over the following hours it keeps changing. Over glueing or a build up of the volatiles chemicals seem make it go mushy For me the following day I love the mushy topsheet. Anyway it's rather complex. If you want super speed then get a brand new sheet, give it a quick thick layer stick it on minutes before playing. It is explosive. The tension between not filled and filled with the vapor is that kind of electrons or thing that happens in thunderstorms. Leave it long enough the whole thing turns to one way, like plastacine.
The inseperable idea of Speed glue table tennis has pretty much taken hold. The new generation of players have never even heard of speed glue.
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A better question is why speed glue T05.?
Un glued T05 is more than fast and spinny enough.
Why risk screwing up or shortening the life a 74 USD sheet of T05?
I can see speed gluing cheap rubbers to make them 'better' if faster is really better.
I want control and consistency glue. :)
speed glue twice only is best
You are right it is not worth it at least in the first 3 months. I usually speed glue new sheets to the blade because water glue is so problematic for removing and replacing. Speed glue has a lighter bond and damages the equipment less in other ways.
First attempt to glue the rubber usually doesn't stick hard enough because my glue is thin. So I usually repeat a week later or if I clip the rubber on my shirt.
RUBBER WAS MEANT TO BE REMOVED
before 1998 nobody wanted to much bond. - I mean just look at the Kreanga Carbon.
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