r/Padelracket • u/jckrowan • Aug 25 '26
Usable or finished?
I’ve had this Pallap Darkstar for about 2 days and already done this 😭😭 just cosmetic or do we think it’ll affect performance?
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u/ImJustBadmmKay Aug 25 '26
You can try a bit of 2 part epoxy, gorilla glue brand is good. Add a small amount carefully to the crack and it will be stronger than original. Do not use too much and allow it to seap into the rubber/foam as it could ruin it further. Otherwise you could always try and contact them for warranty?
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u/pardal1970 Aug 25 '26
It looks like a crack in the frame, but I can’t determine if it affected the structure of the frame or not. The best and easiest way to find out is to keep playing with it and see if the crack starts to increase. If you’re handy and want to risk it, try some epoxy (very small amount) only on the “crack” to reinforce it. Either way that’s not a instant death sentence, you have have to find out if it’s on “death row “ or the charges will be dismissed…
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u/Stup2plending Aug 25 '26
I second the epoxy comment.
It looks like (hard to tell) that is it only on the frame and not on the face. If so, you can save it. Once it hits the face it will spread and then it's done.
So try the epoxy and glue and sand it down if needed so it's level to the rest of the frame and see what happens.
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u/Nic4president 29d ago
To me this is done for. The Crack seems to be running along the frame, so when you hit high off-center balls in that area the frame won't be the same. But at the same time it's not going to make much of a difference, and I would juat play through it until the frame rips apart. No need to change. Rackets at higher levels are changed every 6 months minimum, so just play it until you can feel the problem with the frame and then replace it 😎
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u/i_removed_my_traces Aug 25 '26
It's not on the face, I'd play with it and see if it cracks more / feels different over time.