Question about Tau

Tau is not the rubber that will give you extra spin unfortunately. There are better alternatives around, I am thinking of the Xiom Omega V line, MX-P or MX-s.

As for the blade, I do not share the theory that a blade will significantly increase the spin from the rubber.

Link and couple quotes from this article:

://thoughtsontabletennis.wordpress.com/2015/04/25/introduction-to-table-tennis-blade-design/

"The rule of thumb is that 5+2 blades provide more “catapult” while 7+2 blades provide more power through higher mass. Depending on your playing style you might chose accordingly. If you smash,block, hit, play half distance etc. you might want to try the 7+2 blades. If you play close to the table and you mainly use topspin shots you should stick to 5+2 plies."

"A rubber is nothing more than a thick damping sponge. You read right, any rubber slows your blade down compared to a blade which has the same mass as our blade+rubber combo. As previously stated, we still need this damping to generate spin which the blade isn’t capable of itself."

"Let’s go back to rubbers and focus on one particular. The sponge thickness determines how much spin can be applied with this rubber, a thin sponge can “store” less energy than a thick sponge."

Well, I loaded it today with a layer of Falco Long. I hope it will play better than my H2 NEO which I liked a lot with the celluloid ball, but not with the new one. I will have the Tau side by side with H8, also boosted.Most probably I'll glue them on one of the Hallmarks, but I have also an Amultart, Palio TCT, Senkoh 90,BTY KC, Karas and few more...all of them so nice and different

I applied the booster last night and today it's almost absorbed. The dome is about 2cm with the protection on. Later on today I'll apply another layer.I still wonder which blade.....

Put some heavy books on it. Wait 2 days and then check the progress. Add additional days, checking once each day for as long as necessary.