Could someone write what this is please? Is it caused by dust and adhesive from the protective sticker or the bachi (the bachi is white and made of plastic)? I’m mainly wondering if it’s caused by poor technique or how I’m holding it. Also, can it be cleaned off?
Thank you for your time.
Looks like a peeling bachigawa and the rest might just be dirt. Try asking on the discord if you need a quick answer.
Thank you, the fact that bachikawa is peeling doesn’t really bother me for now. I regularly clean the skin with a microfiber cloth, but that has absolutely no effect on this. Unfortunately, I don’t have Discord. What would you advise if it is dirt?
I’d also like to add that I didn’t look into it until another player who uses natural skin told me he’d never seen anything like it and thought it was scuffed.
What kindi might not be the best toask that. Do you know wich artificial skin it is?
I Ask so that @jonnyfive might know what it could be and what you could do.
It is Hibiki from Toamusic
Hello @Pavel_M
Toa Music doesn’t offer Hibiki (unless they renamed their skin).
That skin they offer has a mesh base (somewhat similar to Hibiki from Bachido) but coated with a synthetic “paint” (more like a gesso high on plasticizer).
The dark area you are seeing, right after the bachigawa protection area, is the wearing out of that coating.
This skin’s coating tends to wear out anyway, but it’s accelerated by either lack of proper technique, or very fierce play style.
So it’s not something that can be cleaned, because it’s not dirt, but the underlying material showing.
You have two options, of which I only recommend #1.
Replace the skin
or
Try to fix it by re-coating it with a similar material.
Maybe contact TOA and see if they can help?
