Occasionally a customer contacts us to report that a rubber on their ready made table tennis bat has peeled off a little on the edge. In our experience this is almost certainly due to the bat making contact with the table during play, or the bat edge has caught on a bag when being put away. But why would this cause the rubber to come loose? The glue used on many ready made bats (Palio included) is non-permanent. This is by design so that the blade can be reused when the rubbers wear out. It is designed to allow you to easily remove the old rubbers for replacement when needed. As a result the rubber can peel off a little when it catches the table. They are only lightly glued in many cases for optimal performance. So the lip of the rubber may part from the blade. But it should only peel if the blade catches the table, the bag etc, it should not (and rarely does, in our experience) spontaneously peel just through play (though peeling may also may occur with age or exposure to sunlight or temperature extremes).

If your rubber begins to peel from the blade, take a look at the edge of the bat. If a table tennis bat makes contact with the table during play it will often leave scuff marks on the rim of the bat adjacent to the peeled area. Play carefully and avoid contact with the table. Keep your bat in its case, avoid exposure to sunlight, humidity and low or high temperatures. Remember that table tennis rubbers have a limited lifespan and will need replacing. And keep some table tennis rubber glue handy to fix those little accidents!