What is coating the wood on a yonex handle?

[nuspeed]

Hi,

I just recently took off the original wrap and noticed that the wood was a metallic silvery grey. Is that a lead paint of some sort b/c based on my understanding, the handle is just wood with the shaft running through it I assume. I would say lead paint as ppl use lead tape to alter their racket balance in tennis so its just a wild hypothesis that yonex utilizes lead paint to counter weight of the racket body.

Any clues? or perhaps its just paint

[TonyWdq]

When i took my original grip off i only see a 2x4cm rectangle of the wood covered in the grey paint/tape somewhere near the cone. So maybe it really is used to balance weight to correct manufacturing errors... if so my racket head must be really really light lol

still a guess until someone really knows comes out

[kwun]

the paint is what is used to paint the rest of the racket. it spills over to the handle in the process.

lead paint isn't any heavier than normal paint.

[__Lam]

yeah.. mine are diff colours that correspond to the racquet color so thats what i assumed...