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Ok so I got that sheet of blue Dornenglanz last night and had a quick session with it. I even played against it for about half the session (switching between blue and red on the same type blade) and I have to say it plays very close to the same. While playing it I couldn’t really tell a difference but while playing against it (topspin to block with dornenglanz) there is still plenty of reversal imo. I had to lift the backspin slightly more with the red but blue still comes back with decent amount. Time will tell with more sessions but considering the blue is a new sheet and the red has many hours on it, I think it’s pretty good. I’ll post back once I get more hours on the blue sheet and play against some heavier loopers.

I’ve now had a few months with Dornenglanz ox (blue) playing four times a week which I think is sufficient time for the rubber to play at its optimum. Easy rubber to play with and unfortunately to play against. It really isn’t in the same class as grass dtech. Every opponent thought it was easy to play against as the reversal/disturbance just isn’t there. Yes you can hit better with it but that’s not the priority for me with a long pimple. Experiment over back to dtech.

I’ve now had a few months with Dornenglanz ox (blue) playing four times a week which I think is sufficient time for the rubber to play at its optimum. Easy rubber to play with and unfortunately to play against. It really isn’t in the same class as grass dtech. Every opponent thought it was easy to play against as the reversal/disturbance just isn’t there. Yes you can hit better with it but that’s not the priority for me with a long pimple. Experiment over back to dtech.

I'll try to post a pic when I get home so everyone who is interested can see the color of them.

I tried posting a pic but it says the file is too big. Anyone know how to reduce the size or post a pic from your phone? Thx

Thought dornenglanz was only ox

If you don't attack with DG,chances are the pips will last longer.Maybe,that sponge might help with durability since if you use a glue sheet with DG, the probability of increasing durability will be way higher than if you just use water based glue .

Therefore,your tests with blue DG should be in ox to really determine both playability and durability

I agree. I plan to remove the sponge this weekend but I do hate doing that as I’ve ruined LPs in the past when they ripped or glued to itself when it folded lol. We will see how it goes. I don’t use glue sheets these days, just regular water based glue.

We remove sponge like this, look like we remove sponge on tibhar grass dtecs:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H13wAF4ppCc

This is great! Thank you very much for sharing. I have a sheet of Dragon Talon with factory sponge I have tried to remove in the past to no avail lol. I will give this a try. Should have no problem with DG as it's not a factory sponge, as long as I don't pull to hard and rip it lol. It's very thin. Thanks again.

I agree. I plan to remove the sponge this weekend but I do hate doing that as I’ve ruined LPs in the past when they ripped or glued to itself when it folded lol. We will see how it goes. I don’t use glue sheets these days, just regular water based glue.

I did end up removing the sponge over the weekend and reglued to the same blade. Haven't had much time to test it since so can't comment on how it plays yet. Should get some play time tonight.