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I rarely hit my blade with a table. But when I do its is very hard.
Tried some thick foamy edge tape and put ordinal table tennis textile tape over it.

When the worst happened: both tapes cut almost in halves and finally the blade protection is minimal if any. The blade is heavy damaged.

I am interested if any more resilient protection tapes exist. Kevlar, Zylon or whatever?

I haven't tried these but they are ideas.

Perhaps something like this would work? You would have to cut it to fit, and it's a tad pricey...

https://www.mcmaster.com/products/abras ... ction-tape

This stuff is apparently for protection of wood during sandblasting. Maybe it would work?

https://www.uline.com/BL_6513/3M-500-Im ... pping-Tape

Trying to think outside the box of edgetapes meant for table tennis...

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I have seen a couple of examples of players using tapes made from synthetic fibers (carbon fiber etc) Honestly not sure where they get it from, or if it works... I can only confirm that the stuff does exist, and is out there somewhere if you;re willing to look for it.

If however it's a recurrent problem for you, I would recommend you consider putting epoxy on the leading edge underneath the edge tape as well (depending on the weight of your blade and edge tape that is... the carbon fiber tape I mentioned is/was pretty heavy from memory.

Failing that, another possible option is wrapping a thin layer of wood veneer around just the leading edge of your blade.

Depending on the hardness and flexibility of the wood you choose (cough cough - Jarrah or walnut- cough cough) and the type of glue you use (cough cough - Superglue - cough cough) this could provide almost the same protection as the carbon tape, but with less weight.

Good luck.

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For me, I use superglue along side the blade edge.

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Interesting option! How do you apply it?
It's not stuff you want to spill onto the blade face or your hands!

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Holding the blade straight up, I just drop a little at the top and use the other end of the super glue (the flat end) and swipe the glue downward. Repeat until I get it all down to the wing area and do the other side. With the rubbers off, of course. I started with a blade I didn't like at first, just in case, but I didn't encounter the glue going over the side to the face area. Provided I didn't put too much glue at any one time.

For precaution, one could use a small wooden/rubber stick, spatula like, and apply the glue on it first then use it to apple on the blade's edge.



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I use window sealing foam. It's cheap, light and a super good protection. There are so many choices online. Choose one with proper width and thickness. If the sealing foam can't attach properly on the blade, apply a bit glue on both the blade side wall and the sealing foam. Then they will stick together very well.

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well, in the old days, when celluloid table tennis balls were all around us, I would take one crushed or worn, and just dissolve it in a little bit of nail polish and then apply it to the edge. there was no better protection than this ...

but now, I have no idea, how to do it ...

This stuff?



I remember I suggested using this maybe 4 years ago and had several people tell me that:

1) It was stupid, 2) It looked stupid and 3) It was illegal (Igor.. )

Yeah, lots of different options, there's even thicker stuff made of less dense foam (which I don't think would work as well). Never tried it myself (I didn't have this problem), so no personal experience, though I did buy a bunch of the stuff once for.. er, sealing windows (it makes a huge difference in one's electric bill, and how cool a room actually gets when you seal the windows and doors). Don't think it'd prevent the sort of damage the original poster was talking about, though... I remember about twenty years ago a friend put a 1 inch deep, 90 degree divot in the side of his blade by hitting the edge of the table while doing a tomahawk serve. Nothing's going to prevent that, not even 3mm carbon fiber strip. Which is available, by the way:

https://shopee.com.my/Carbon-Fiber-Flat ... -x-1000-(L)-(Optional)-CFF-i.92575144.3001650433

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/4000169740911.html





The modern equivalent would be thin super glue - it'll soak into the wood and solidify, and it's essentially acrylic plastic. If you actually want a layer of cellulose nitrate (which is what the balls were), find some balsa wood cement, e.g. Duco or SIGMent or Ambroid:

https://www.amazon.com/Duco-Cement-Mult ... B07MWK3D9G

https://www.stevensaero.com/product/sig-ment/





If you don't care what plastic you want, you can ask your friend who builds plastic model kits for old sprues and dissolve them in acetone (this would be polystyrene), or you can do the same thing with styrofoam peanuts or packaging (this would have the advantage of being colorless or white instead of the usual grey).

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