Glueing the rubber onto the bat

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Minh-Tri Unknown

Minh-Tri Unknown Asked 15 years ago

Hello Alois,

You might remember me as Minh-Tri from Westbourne Grammar, year 7. I recently got a new bat on the holidays but it has not been assembled. I have got all the equipment needed to assemble it, but I don't know how. I've watched your video clips on www.youtube.com and they are great. I watched the clip on how to apply the rubber to your bat and i understand the first way to do it, which is apply the glue on the rubber and blade, let it dry and then after it is dry, stick it together. I also want to try the second way of attaching the rubber. Though, i don't understand how to do it. I understand that you apply the glue on both the rubber and blade and stick it together right away to let the glue 'sink in'. Then you leave it overnight for it to dry. Then, do you jst use it the way it is or do you peel the rubber off? If you have to peel the rubber off, do you just apply more glue on again and stick it back on? Or is there something else i have to do? I have no idea what to do from that point onwards so could you please help me?

Thanks!

From Minh-Tri

 


Alois Rosario

Alois Rosario Answered 15 years ago

Hi Minh-Tri,

The video was referring to when you use speed glue so you would not need to worry about it.  Use the method where you glue both the rubber and the wood and let them dry and then stick them on.

Hope this helps.


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Gwynne Penny

Gwynne Penny Posted 10 years ago

Hi Alois

I ordered a new bat recently, including make up service, but unfortunately they didn't make the bat up.  So I thought it might be a good opportunity to learn how to make my own bat up, however, I just could not get the rubber to stick to the blade.

It's a butterfly blade (I sealed the blade a few days ago with Andro "Free Seal") and Butterfly Tenergy 80 rubber, and I was using Butterfly Chack Free glue.  After applying the glue to the blade and the rubber, I waited 10 minutes and the glue on the blade had gone clear - on the rubber it felt tacky but didn't go completely clear.  I tried to apply the rubber and it seemed to start sticking from the bottom up, however, at the top edge it didn't adhere, and then when I turned it over the rubber simply fell off.

Any tips?  Could it be that I used too little or too much glue?  or did I not allow the glue to dry for long enough?  Any guidance on this would be greatly appreciated.

Also, would I be better off using a Chack Free Sheet to apply the rubber instead?

One final note: I've looked at plenty of video clips on the subject but in most examples, the back of the rubbers appear to be different to mine (they look 'cream' or yellowish in color, whereas mine is red sponge backing.

Kind Regards

Gwynne


Xariuz Cruz

Xariuz Cruz Posted 10 years ago

Gwynne, the Tenergy 80's sponge is red in colour. Looks fantastic isn't it? My Yinhe Moon is same in colour too. Even in the market there are black sponge such as on the XIOM Vega Pro, blue sponge on a H3 Neo Provincial Blue Sponge


Alois Rosario

Alois Rosario from PingSkills Posted 10 years ago

Hi Gwynne,

Sometimes with new rubber you need to apply 2 layers of glue to the rubber.  The first layer just sinks into the sponge.  Try to put another layer on and see if it stick this time.

The other thing is that you may need to rough up the layer of seal on your blade a little.


Gwynne Penny

Gwynne Penny Posted 10 years ago

Thanks Alois, a light sanding of the blade and more generous glue on the sponge helped, plus I used a hair dryer on very low heat just to help the glue on the sponge to go clear - it worked and the blade is now successfully assembled - tried it out today and it plays really well!


Alois Rosario

Alois Rosario from PingSkills Posted 10 years ago

Great to hear.  Happy hitting.


Sammy Serea

Sammy Serea Posted 10 years ago

Hey there,

I have one question here...

I have done 6 bats now myself so don't have an extensive experience, but I am a quick learner and a bit of a perfectionist and I must say that all of my bats have turned out excellently - in fact a couple of them you could swear that they came preassembled - such is the quality of the glueing and cutting (I use an Exacto precision knife for the cutting - better than any conventional cutter or scissors).

However, sometimes, even though after I glue the bat and cut it it's absolutely perfect, in the 1st 24 hours, the rubber shrinks a bit leaving some of the borders exposed and receding a millimetre or two at the handle straight line.

I was wondering why is that, and how can I prevent it from happening?

Thank you,

Sam

 


Alois Rosario

Alois Rosario from PingSkills Posted 10 years ago

The rubber expands slightly with the glue.  As the glue wears off the rubber tends to shrink slightly.  In most cases it is barely noticeable.  You could try using a little more glue on the blade and less on the rubber.


Rene van der Kleij

Rene van der Kleij Posted 10 years ago

I just wonder if the rubber is pressure rolled on to the blade, if so, over 2mm stretching can be expected. Rolling is nice to avoid air bubbles, but a piece of a broom stick and slight fingertip pressure does the job, I’m using BTY Tenergy and no shrinking occurs if taken off.But after gluing and cutting, I do use a press to apply equalized pressure for a few hours.

 


Alois Rosario

Alois Rosario from PingSkills Posted 10 years ago

That is a good thought Rene.



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