I was wondering if anyone else had noticed a massive decline in the quality and subsequently the longevity of squeegee rubber in recent times?
Perhaps unlike most here, I still do a lot of traditional work and have really had an issue with squeegee rubber for the past 6 months or so. Whereas previously it would usually last at least a week and a half, I'm now finding it seems pretty useless right out of the gate. Literally when breaking out a new rubber for the first customer, it only seems poor to okay, then by the end of the day, it's deteriorated to the point to where it's barely useable.
It's not even as if constantly swapping out the rubber every couple of days will solve the problem, as even when as new as can be, it's still a shadow of how it should be in terms of performance (leaving a residue behind and squeegee lines all over the place).
I've experimented recently with numerous different rubbers but they all now seem as bad as each other. I've got about 18 years experience using traditional tools so I don't think it's my technique, it just seems the quality of the product had dropped tremendously. Is this effecting anyone else?
