Blade Lacquering
Equipment
Cloud Cledera Asked 12 years ago
HI Alois and Jeff,
I have seen some TT shop sites do this, that they offer free blade lacquering. What is blade lacquering? Does it affect the spin and feel of the racket?
Alois Rosario Answered 12 years ago
Hi Cloud,
It is just a varnish that protects the wood from splintering. I don't think this is as important as when players were removing the rubbers regularly with speed glue.
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Aasim Showkat Posted 12 years ago
What is "sealing the blade?
Martin Elliget Posted 12 years ago
I wonder if the lacquer used could potentially contain VOCs, which might make the bat illegal afterwards (at least at the higher level). See this video on ITTF testing a bat (the VOC check starts at about 05:15).