Hello all, Recently I had just restring my racket with BG66 UM @ 26, upon inspecting the racket I saw quite a handful of string "frays". I would like to ask if anybody knows if whether it is a bad stringing job or it is suppose to be like that. I was thinking about it and it make sense to me to have a couple of "frays" as there is tension on the string, causing it to "eat" into one another. To add on, this is the second time I did a re string with the same person,string and tension. The first time the string for about 3 weeks, I play about 8-10 hours per week. http://i.imgur.com/L2vkx7S.png
Definitely a bad string job & it's probably his gripper, it's too rough and shredding the string causing it to be thin and fray.
how many hours for that frays? or its freshly strung and you just had a warm up or something with it? from my experience, first week, no fray at all, looks brand new. 2nd week. exactly same as your photo. End of 2nd week. Snap for sure (exactly same cycle for around 6 months, stop using it now, too costly). I play perhaps a bit more than you do. Though i smash like a maniac so dont know if it helps for your infomation
Thanks for the confirmation! Nope, I did not play with it at all. Took it directly from the shop and realised it,thought it was normal all the while.
I think that he preweave and burned the string, too. I would return it and give him the chance to restring for free. At the same time you should look for a different stringer.
Thanks for the advice but I doubt I will be returning to him and get a compensation of some sort. It is also partly my fault,should have check thoroughly before leaving to avoid any "drama".
You are too nice. It's not your fault. I would try it. If you will never go to him back, he will keep this practise on. You have nothing to lose. You paid for a job and this is a no-go as a view of a stringer. Give him the chance to do it better. If you must control the work of your stringer, he is not doing well. He must be very sloppy to turn back such a job to one of his customers. He also have 2 eyes like you.
That is true, I'll go to him for a third time and when he passes me back the racket I'll bring it up if the quality of the work is still the same. I felt that since I left the shop with the racket without raising any objection, it means I accept the condition. Once again, thanks for the advice! Greatly appreciated for all the advice given.
But why would the frays all coincidentally line up where the mains and crosses overlap...? That looks like a prematurely aged stringjob to me.
I don't know, I just had this experience with my racquets before & could pulling the string too fast without massaging cause this as well?
Hey, you're right! On closer inspection, after removing my glasses (!), those don't look like frays but more like wax buildup or leftover.
Yikes. That's awful. You gotta be ultra apathetic to burn the strings like that. You should definitely find someone else do string for you. You're in Singapore, there shouldn't be a shortage of quality stringers.
Yup, I do agree with that. I chose this particular stringer is because he was near my house. The majority of quality stringer resides at Queensway or east side of Singapore (as far as I know) which is about 1-2 hours for a 1 way trip. Anybody in Singapore have any recommendation for quality stringers? Preferably in the west of Singapore, I did a search and found a couple of stringers that fellow members of the forum recommended in the west but the thing is those threads are at least 1-2 years old.
Bro , why not u try Alvin , i heard he in clementi, or east side is my friend at Tampines, Ang mo kio will be chris.
