OOAK Table Tennis Forum

I just removed Yasaka A-1.2 from my Yasaka Sweeper and it splintered the blade. It is minor and I doubt it will affect the playability of the blade, but I have never seen any splintering removing rubber. There are about a dozen tiny splinters on the rubber. I used Butterfly Free Chack to glue the rubber. I have glued a lot of rubbers with Free Chack, both sponged and OX to all of the blades in my signature and removed a lot of them. I did notice that the A-1.2 was stuck down better than I've seen before. It definitely stuck down better than normal OX rubber without the linen backing. I always peal the rubber off diagonally, starting at a corner at the bottom (near handle).

Has anyone seen this, where one rubber and blade will splinter and won't with any other combination. I've probably previously removed 5 or 6 rubbers from the Sweeper without problems. I wonder if the sealing is gone and should have been resealed. Do blades require repeat sealing?

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Yasaka Sweden Classic flared Yasaka Mark V 2.0 Yasaka Mark V 2.0 155 gm - My primary.
Yasaka Extra flared Yasaka Original Extra 1.5 Yasaka Original Extra 1.5 154 gm - My alternate.
Yasaka Sweden Classic anatomic CTT National Pogo OX Yasaka A-1.2 A-1 129 gm - Wife's primary.
Donic Appelgren Allplay V1 flared Yasaka A-1.2 A-1 Yasaka A-1.2 A-1 123 gm - Wife's alternate.

That's strange; I use Yasaka A-1 and it's never splintered a blade. Maybe the water-based glue got past your sealant or lack of sealant and got into the wood.

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Custom Blade 'Hard Justice' w/ Yasaka Cobalt a
Tatco Hornet w/ ATP Leland Era