New Racket

Michael Tipton Asked 14 years ago

I recently purchased a new stiga titan racket when i opened it there was a sticky plastic covering the rubber im assuming to protect it. my question is after i use the racket would it hurt the rubber after i put it back on?

Jeff Plumb Answered 14 years ago

Hi Michael,

Rubbers often come with some kind of plastic or paper covering. The coverings themselves are not normally sticky though. The rubber itself is sticky and hence why the plastic will stick to it. If the plastic itself is sticky I would be less likely to put it back on the rubber as protection. However with the normal coverings people do often put it back on their rubber before it goes into their bat case. This won't hurt the rubber.

I don't think it really adds much protection to placing your bat away in a bat cover though.