Making chinese rubbers softer

chris jeong Asked 11 years ago

Hello Alois,

I'm a spinny looper who likes to play spin loops on the forehand and punch the ball on the backhand

currently I'm using a c300 adidas blade with r6 response on backhand and original tg3 on the forehand.

The problem is that the rubber is too hard and I cannot buy another rubber (there's a specific reason)

So can you briefly tell me what you should use to soften the rubber and how you do it?

I heard that people use olive oil to soften them but I don't know how and I have a feeling I'll fail!!!

For the people who knows how to do this, I'll also appreciate people briefly (when I mean Briefly, really briefly) telling me how to soften this rubber.

Thank you very much!!

Alois Rosario Answered 11 years ago

Hi Chris,

I don't think it is advisable to tamper with the rubber.  One it is not legal and secondly you will only ruin your rubber which is expensive enough.