Sometimes a tacky overgrip can loose its tackiness because the surface is covered with dirt or grease from our sweat. Have you ever wash it? What kind of soap do you use to maintain its tackiness?? Have you ever use a hairdryer to dry overgrip so it would be able to absorb sweat well enough for our next use of the racket??
If you buy them in large enough quantities they are less than $2 a wrap, not worth it imo to try washing them. I just replace them. Sometimes I'll do it multiple times in one tournament.
I believe you can wash towel grips and hang dry it or put it in the dryer and use Bounce dryer sheeets to make it more fluffy again. Good idea. Gonna try that next time. This is gonna save me a bundle.
AurorAX is right. Take off the overgrip then wash it. If we change overgrip every month, a $2 overgrip will cost $24/year. If our racket can last at least 3 yrs, then we spend $72/racket. Using a dryer is triggered by this questions: Where does the water (our sweat) go? The overgrip absorb it.. then what? The wooden handle absorb it? And then, the water just vanish to the air?
I restore some tack to my grips by wiping them with a bit of rubbing alcohol - this eats through the patina of sweat and old powder, and gets back to the original surface. Nail varnish remover (acetone) also works.
I head about this before as well. I really doubt that most synthetic grips cost more than 2 dollars per grip. not worth the whole washing thing, even if you change it every month. It all a cost of playing the game. Towel grip can be washed, but i find that some come with anti bacterial properties, so its not really immediate.
I am trying to keep the game as cheap as possible. Not rich enough:crying:. I play with a $10 racquet from Wal Mart and it is fine.
theres a special tacky powder thingy (they sell em at max sports and yos) that you put on grap to make it tacky
Guys, i doubt not many people will wan to wash or recycle an over grip. Overgrips are cheap and it don worth the effort to wash it. U can simply purchase overgrips from Eric (squahmart), Its good and cheap!
washing a dirty overgrip might work, although probably isn't worth the trouble.... usually, isnt the overgrip practically destroyed when you're done with it (layers of tack gone or something) and washing won't do anything?
I use prince microtac overgrip. Approx US$7.60 per pack ( 3 pieces ). And it's hard to find in Indonesia, nowadays.