Bad Rubber

I purched the new paddle with the rubber the vendor installed.

Do you know why the black rubber is deteriorating?

Is it reasonable to expect the vendor to provide another black sheet?

Hi Don,

I don't know the rubber particularly but it sounds like a Chinese rubber which may be quite hard.

Sometimes these types of rubber will break quite easily.  You may be rubbing the black rubber on the table as you play your push strokes with the forehand, especially on the return.  This will tend to scrape the rubber.

Unfortunately, Table Tennis rubber is quite brittle in nature.  You could try putting some side tape on your bat especially on the sides of the rubber to keep them in tact a little better. 

Without knowing the rubber I don't know how brittle it is in nature.  Perhaps some of our readers may know this.