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Equipment => Bats => Topic started by: Blazer on November 13, 2011, 02:05:41 PM

Title: What goes on underneath a £12 polycoated Kookaburra kahuna 150 from JJB ?
Post by: Blazer on November 13, 2011, 02:05:41 PM

I bought this bat to sand and find out why its polycoated ?. I removed the stickers and the fake grains stickers,sanded the paint from the back.This is what I got ! Not bad for use as a net bat. It has about 12 grains. I think after stickering up it won't look as bad as now. Not bad tapping against a mallet either.

(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-VWKXUWraWHE/Tr_KTBLYJcI/AAAAAAAAAPM/b8a8S_IsXT4/s800/PB130148.JPG)
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-FI4vgPdKCfM/Tr_KumqpNQI/AAAAAAAAAPY/Zrn5hiuR8Y4/s800/PB130149.JPG)
(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-gkpCwjm98do/Tr_Ky_G3PZI/AAAAAAAAAPc/tRPvLWyYFlY/s800/PB130150.JPG)
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-qsOV9EP-TDQ/Tr_K6AJnPdI/AAAAAAAAAPg/toTANFWSnC8/s640/PB130146.JPG)

Title: Re: What goes on underneath a £12 polycoated Kookaburra kahuna 150 from JJB ?
Post by: tim2000s on November 13, 2011, 02:28:45 PM

That's pretty ugly willow.

Title: Re: What goes on underneath a £12 polycoated Kookaburra kahuna 150 from JJB ?
Post by: Blazer on November 13, 2011, 02:36:55 PM

I am thinking of bleaching it.

Title: Re: What goes on underneath a £12 polycoated Kookaburra kahuna 150 from JJB ?
Post by: uknsaunders on November 13, 2011, 02:41:10 PM

is this the reason why the paint it white lol

Title: Re: What goes on underneath a £12 polycoated Kookaburra kahuna 150 from JJB ?
Post by: uknsaunders on November 13, 2011, 02:42:26 PM

a decent set of stickers might cover the worst markings.

Title: Re: What goes on underneath a £12 polycoated Kookaburra kahuna 150 from JJB ?
Post by: 19reading87 on November 13, 2011, 03:30:37 PM

Stickers and a fibre glass anti scuff and that will be decent...

Title: Re: What goes on underneath a £12 polycoated Kookaburra kahuna 150 from JJB ?
Post by: Nickauger on November 13, 2011, 06:39:49 PM

Will look good if you can get some of that stuff they cover cheap bats in and stick it over the top. Then put some stickers on it

Title: Re: What goes on underneath a £12 polycoated Kookaburra kahuna 150 from JJB ?
Post by: iand123 on November 13, 2011, 06:41:13 PM

is this english willow?

Title: Re: What goes on underneath a £12 polycoated Kookaburra kahuna 150 from JJB ?
Post by: uknsaunders on November 13, 2011, 06:41:58 PM

bleaching option makes sense, if you want to show some of the face.

Title: Re: What goes on underneath a £12 polycoated Kookaburra kahuna 150 from JJB ?
Post by: Joe on February 06, 2012, 08:49:24 PM

As an update to this, I bought a Kahuna 150 (Printed face) from JJB for £16 to see what it was like underneath. All was well and it was looking ok until I found a hole on the face that had been filled with DIY filler :(    I'll get pics up later.


edit: The bat only weighs 2lb 4oz as well

Title: Re: What goes on underneath a £12 polycoated Kookaburra kahuna 150 from JJB ?
Post by: shirazi_r on February 08, 2012, 09:48:09 PM

It's far from pretty but if it goes alright it shouldn't be a problem. To be honest, it's sometimes nice to have a bat you don't have to worry too much about :)

Title: Re: What goes on underneath a £12 polycoated Kookaburra kahuna 150 from JJB ?
Post by: Blazer on February 08, 2012, 10:10:22 PM

This is how it looks at present.
(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-XB0PBnqsPyY/TzLyDxmAbuI/AAAAAAAAASE/fiJMmY91-Ho/s640/P2080240.JPG)
(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-iEnRTLGfxb0/TzLxbtabRFI/AAAAAAAAAR8/JR4RD_6EX4w/s640/P2080242.JPG)

Title: Re: What goes on underneath a £12 polycoated Kookaburra kahuna 150 from JJB ?
Post by: uknsaunders on February 08, 2012, 10:26:27 PM

seen worse, amazing what some stickers will do.

Where's this bat with filler?

Title: Re: What goes on underneath a £12 polycoated Kookaburra kahuna 150 from JJB ?
Post by: Joe on February 09, 2012, 06:43:26 AM

Sorry, been busy doing stickers. Will get some up today.