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Ping pong, or table tennis, is a fun game to play with your friends or competitively. Unfortunately, betwixt the natural oil on your hands and the dirty ball, your paddle can go quite dingy. If the safe on your paddle isn't clean, information technology will habiliment down quickly and brand it harder to hitting the ping pong ball accurately. If you take good care of your paddle and make clean it regularly, you lot will ensure that the condom stays fresh enough for those fancy spin shots and serves.

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    Make clean your paddle after every playing session. The ping pong paddle picks upwards dust, oil, and other residue from your fingers and the ping pong ball every bit yous play. Wipe your paddle with a clammy cloth or sponge after every playing session to continue the oil and dirt from building up. This will ensure that the rubber keeps its texture and prevent your paddle from wearing out.[one]

    Tip: Paddle safe naturally starts wearing down over time. If you play regularly, you should replace your paddle every year. Yous can supersede the rubber with a paddle repair kit if you lot want, but it's kind of a pain and it tin be hard to become a clean layer of safe on the paddle.

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    Dip a sponge or cloth into a bowl of room-temperature water. Pour ane–2 cups (240–470 mL) of distilled or bottled water into a small basin. If you use a material, opt for a make clean cloth made out of a soft fabric. If you're using a sponge, apply a fresh sponge that hasn't been used for anything else.[2]

    • You can use regular tap water if you lot want, but the minerals in tap water may soak into the rubber and change the style it feels over time.
    • Common cold water tin can make your paddle rubber harden and hot h2o can clothing down the safe, so use room-temperature water to avert damaging your paddle.

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    Wipe both sides of the paddle abroad from the handle. Grip the paddle with the apartment side facing upwardly. Place the tip of your sponge or textile at the bottom of your prophylactic. Wipe up and away from the handle. And so, elevator the sponge or fabric upwardly and make some other parallel wipe. Go along doing this until yous wipe every portion of the rubber and repeat this process on the other side.[3]

    • Wiping abroad from you in a set of parallel strokes will brush any dust or dirt away from the paddle. If y'all wipe back and forth into the rubber like you're washing a window or plate, you may trap residue in the rubber.
    • You don't demand to press extremely hard into the rubber to clean information technology. A gentle wipe is enough.

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    Run a dry textile over the handle to remove any sweat or oil. You lot don't unremarkably need to apply annoying cleaners or water to clean the handle. Take hold of a clean microfiber fabric and wrap information technology effectually the handle. Squeeze the textile and rub information technology dorsum and forth around the handle to remove any sweat or oil from your hands.

    • If the handle nevertheless feels dirty, apply a babe wipe instead of a microfiber cloth.

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    Let your racket air-dry completely before putting it away. Fix your noise down on a clean surface and let it air dry. It will typically take thirty-60 minutes for the rubber to dry out completely. Once it's no longer moisture, your paddle is clean and set up for the next circular of table tennis![four]

    • Rubber is pretty resilient when information technology comes to keeping h2o out. Yous don't need to worry nigh the water soaking through into your paddle's wood.

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    Spot clean oily stains with dish soap and water. Cascade i–two cups (240–470 mL) of water into a small-scale basin and add a pea-sized drop of dish lather. Mix the water and lather with a spoon. Dip the textile or sponge into the mixture and rub your oily stain in a soft, round motion. And so, rub the paddle downwards with a damp cloth to remove whatsoever rest from the lather.[5]

    • The natural oils in your skin can castor off on the rubber when you lot handle your paddle. They don't damage the safe, just they can make your paddle feel slicker than it should. This changes the way the brawl bounces off of your paddle.
    • This is particularly of import if you residual 2-iii fingers on the dorsum of your paddle rubber when you're playing. This style of grip tends to leave a lot of oil on the safety.

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    Utilise diluted alcohol to remove larger stains and gluey residue. Make full a small bowl with 2 parts room-temperature water and 1 part rubbing alcohol. Mix the solution together with a spoon to combine the ingredients. Dip a clean cloth into the water and rubbing alcohol. Softly wipe the rubber with the tip of your wet textile to wipe abroad whatsoever mucilaginous stains or tougher contaminants that won't easily come out. Let the paddle air dry earlier putting it abroad.[6]

    • Do this sparingly. Using a big amount of rubbing alcohol to frequently make clean your paddle will dry the safe out. This may atomic number 82 to cracking over time.[7]

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    Opt for a special rubber cleaner to recondition the rubber's tack. Get whatever foam or liquid condom cleaner designed for vehicles. Spray a quarter-sized dollop of liquid or foam cleaner on your paddle and rub it into the condom with a clean cloth. Repeat this process on the other side and let your paddle air dry. This volition recondition the safe and restore the tack on the paddle. This is extremely important if you play competitively, since a strong tack is necessary for spins and potent serves.[eight]

    • Tack refers to the condom's stickiness. The stickier the prophylactic is, the harder it will grip the ball. If the paddle is too smooth, you won't exist able to spin the ball or control your serves.
    • But practice this when the tack needs to exist restored. Yous can test the tack on your paddle past laying information technology flat on a table. Hold a ping pong ball 3–four inches (7.6–10.two cm) above the paddle and drop it. If it doesn't bounciness or it simply bounces once, the tack is fine. If it bounces 4-5 times before settling downwardly, you need to restore the safety.

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    Keep the paddle in a protective example when you lot aren't using information technology. There are protective cases lined with costly, microfiber cloth that are designed specifically for ping pong paddles. Option up a case for your paddle online or at a sporting goods store. Whenever you aren't using your paddle, go along it in the protective case, particularly if you're carrying it in a haversack or bag. This volition go along grit from edifice up on the surface of your rubber.[9]

    • Most higher-end paddles come with a protective case when you purchase them.

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    Clean your ping pong table regularly to keep dirt and dust off. Afterward every playing session, wipe the table down with a dry out fabric. Every 2-3 months, remove the net by unscrewing information technology from the table. Mix 2–3 cups (470–710 mL) of water with 1⁄3 loving cup (79 mL) of white vinegar. Dip a soft fabric in the water and vinegar and wipe your table down thoroughly. Soak the net in your water and vinegar for 15 minutes before air drying it on a apartment surface. Once it'southward dry, reinstall information technology on your table.[10]

    • Keep your table covered with a protective cloth when you aren't using it.

    Tip: Over time, dust and dirt build upwards on the surface of the tabular array. When the ping pong ball hits the table, it picks these contaminants upwards and transfers them to your paddle. Keeping your table pristine will aid your paddle rubber stay clean.

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  • Water
  • Bowl
  • Sponge or fabric
  • Water
  • Dish lather
  • Rubber cleaner
  • Cloth
  • Sponge
  • Protective example
  • Water
  • Cloth
  • White vinegar
  • Basin

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