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I don't think applying NPR /acetone using a foam end or cloth will allow the volatile liquid to get absorbed into the rubber sponge. You aren't pouring it on the rubber. You are pressing at the edges and under the glue. This allows you to easily peel back the rubber sheet without stretching or tearing it since the glue is no longer "sticky". I have NEVER seen any dryness or cracking or any kind of damage from removing rubbers this way! And note I am still using this EVERY TIME to remove rubbers from blades. It has been NEARLY SIX years of doing this. My rubbers have lasted close to 2 years or more and don't have any damage.



Even WBG glues can be too strong! Especially that Andro VOCfree glues! Tibhar CleanFix tends to be easier to deal with. Also the main reason to go the NPR / acetone way of removal is to NOT DAMAGE the rubber AND the blade! Try it on some cheap rubber/blade and you will see why I keep recommending this



Can't say why anyone would want ERASE their nails Nail remover ? ehh ?

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• TSP Black Balsa 7.0 :
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  2. FH/BH-TSP Spectol/Yinhe Qing OX
• 729 Bomb C-P : FH/BH-DHS H2 Orig/DHS H3 Orig
• TSP Versal :
  1. FH/BH-XOmegaVA/YJupiter-II
  2. FH/BH-*blank*

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• Dr. Neubauer
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It's the water based glues that are the problem. Just avoid the ones that are known to stick too hard. Better yet just use Elmer's rubber cement.

Iskandar

The WBG thread is here, by the way:

viewtopic.php?f=9&t=12276

Iskandar

1. This contrivance should work on the non-boosted rubbers.

BE HAPPY.



2. Will do for heavy boosted rubbers.

Xiom Carbo sponge rubbers will shrink by as much as 2mm all round if repeatedly reglued at which point they becomes somewhat bouncy and less crisp to play with.

Having recently bought a 1.8mm red sheet of Asia Df to try on various blades I went to glue it onto a newly acquired TSP black balsa 4.0 and found it had shrunk significantly. So resorted to heating the sheet rubber facing down on the top of a boiled kettle and stretching it for several minutes and then while still warm glued it on the blade stretching it out at the same time. Rubber is now full size again and on bouncing a ball against wall feels much crisper and more like when it was new. Will know more after trying out later this week but very optimistic.