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gluing ox has to be done with glue sheets - at least that's my view. I killed my first sheet of ox by gluing directly onto it - curled up like an old leaf. (I bet it would have played awkward if I had managed to stick it on!)

Glue sheets are not easy to remove I agree - but then that's a great excuse to get a new blade etc and more ej-ing.

If you use rubber remover its fairly easy to remove a glue sheet from the blade.

To arrange a rubber on a blade, spread a thin layer of of glue on the blade. Let it dry and then place the rubber on it as follows:

- If it is OX, role it like a rolled carpet. Now, unrole it slowly over the blade from its handle. Keep pressing the rubber with one of your fingers as you unrole it. Hopefully, there will be no bubbles as you keep removing the air between the rubber and the blade.

Press it for a while and then cut the rubber along the edge of the blade. Finally, place the bat under the weight of some books for some time.

- If it is sponge rubber, arrange it slowly over the blade from its handle. Keep pressing the rubber with one of your fingers as you arrange it. Hopefully, there will be no bubbles as you keep removing the air between the sponge and the bladde.

Press it for a while and then cut the rubber along the edge of the blade. Finally, place the bat under the weight of some books for some time.

Rubber attached to the blade by this technique is very easy to remove and can experiment with different rubbers on the same blade.

I'm about to change my OX pips for the 5th time in 5 weeks (this time to test Combi OX). Every time I just reglue with a couple of layers of Victory glue, letting each layer get touch-dry first.

It's as easy as pie, as long as you don't put the rubber down too early, or way too late. (Just add another layer of glue if you waited 30 mins and the surface isn't sticky anymore.)

Maybe this method doesn't work so well with other glues?? But with the now banned Stiga Victory glue it's really easy.

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We are way off thread here now - I keep looking for speedplay's review and then I remember that he screwed his sheet - so I'm till none the wiser. I'm getting closer to ordering again....!

Hmm... nice weather Speedplay are you on for a game of golf?

Hah hah... Yeah I'm sure you'll take a few games of him!

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One of my most memorable games ever was played on our dinning room table with a row of video cassettes for a net. If you have a reasonable sized table this works well- plenty of bounce!

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Can't believe this thread generated over a 1000 reads for trying to get Dingwol to buy Friction Special (which didn't happen in the end)

Hah hah.... well not yet anyway...

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Well boys, guess what.....just received the FS from Steve to test drive today. Won't be playing till the weekend, but from the appearance and feel, definitely grippy. I don't know how Steve can make the reversal as strong as HO, but I am keen to find out. My guess though is that this pip will not play as slow as HO Red. I think it could play faster than SS. On 2nd thoughts, the feel of the pips reminds me of Frustration What is funny is that Steve does not give a spin rating for FS, and he normally does this only if the pip is virtually f-less, for eg HO Red and SS. Hmmm this is screwing with my head......The ratings for FS are quite close to SS but if it plays like HO Black with a grippy surface, it will be 1 great pip.....

Great to hear! Please let us know as soon as you've tried it! Our hope lies on 2 sets of shoulders now...

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Hi, I'm new to this forum so please don't shoot And sorry for my English...

My friend has ordered Friction Special and I have to say I wasn't expecting that FS could be really effective in terms of spin reversal. It is red FS with 0.5mm sponge and his blade is Hallmark Aurora. I've tried few shots with it and I was suprised how well it works. My estimation is that it has at least the same spin reversal when blocking close to the table as Scalpel, maybe not as great as Original red or SuperBlock. And it is rather slow rubber...

We've tried to compare these three combos (our aim was blocking close to the table against topspin):
Aurora + red FS 0.5mm
Aurora + red Original OX
Strategy + red Original OX

It is clear that the most effective combo was Strategy + Original:
1. Strategy + Original OX ... 10 points
2. Aurora + Original OX ... 7 points
3. Aurora + FS 0.5mm ... 5-6 points

It would be interesting to see how FS plays on Strategy and in OX version too, but my friend (FS owner) is not disposed for any experiments with his beloved rubber

I hope it makes sense.

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MUF - love the name. I'm intrigued as to how FS works and also how ITTF are going to ban it if it really does have friction? They can't ban frictionless pips and then go around getting rid of others just because they play like frictionless surely?

I'm getting closer to cracking on this one!

MUF: Welcome to the forum, and thanks for the feedback!

dingwol2: Well they are either frictionless or they are not, they can't be both... the ITTF will only ban rubbers with friction level below a certain level... so it will oly be banned if it is...

Perhaps some of you that bought the rubber can ask if it will be banned... The manufacturers already have the list from the ITTF telling them which rubbers will be banned...

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