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Equipment => Bats => Bat Care => Topic started by: tim2000s on November 16, 2011, 09:47:36 PM
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I was reading the leaflet on the handle of a puma bat at the weekend and it recommended six coats of oil :o and two to three weeks knocking in with a mallet on a new bat. Does anyone else think that this may be a little over the top?
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Will look like your SG. Have you seen Julian millichamp oil a bat, he drowns them in it.
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you need to put more oil on a bat in Oz, cos, well, the sun's consistently hotter and dries bats out.
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Seems crazy to me. I've only ever used a max of three in the past.
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six is a lot, granted. I use very little though.
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i have never used more than 2.5ml. I take a small piece of tissue paper and soak it in 2.5ml oil and then rub it on to the face of the bat for a few minutes. Brings out the grains and enough to make the top layer supple for knocking-in.
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^^^ what that man said ^^^
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A coat for me is a teaspoon or 5ml in other words. And I like to massage it in by hand.
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ooh. kinky.
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ooh. kinky.
There's nothing like a nice bit of freshly oiled wood...
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you're not about to take sly photos on the tube again are you? ;)
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you need to put more oil on a bat in Oz, cos, well, the sun's consistently hotter and dries bats out.
Correct
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It's better to rub the oil in with your fingers, as no oil is absorbed by them. If you put 5ml on with a rag it's more likely to end up as 2ml as the rag will absorb some of the oil.
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oiling bats is gay! makes them look dark and (No Swearing Please)!
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someone told me the oiling also knits the fibres together and makes the rebound better
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Various different opinions:
Oiling the bat properly will make sure that the wood becomes supple and this means that when the knocking in process starts the face & edges of the bat will dent rather than crack.
- Jon Gibson Cricket Coaching
All natural faced bats MUST be treated using raw linseed or a specialist cricket bat oil. The main purpose of oiling is to maintain moisture levels within the blade, and hence reduce the chances of cracking and splitting.
- Kookaburra
Raw linseed oil should be used to moisten the surface of the bat and enable the fibres to become supple and knit together, forming an elastic surface. This is more likely to stretch on impact, rather than crack. Raw linseed oil is used, as it stays moist for longer than boiled linseed. About a teaspoonful should be applied to the surface of the bat
- ABC of Cricket
The purpose of oiling your cricket bat is to help prevent the wood from drying out and becoming brittle, it also helps to soften and bind the surface fibres of the willow during the knocking in process. By oiling the toe you are helping to prevent water ingression that could lead to the toe cracking and the face peeling.
- Cricketspecialist.co.uk
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I give my bats one light coat and refresh about once every 6 months.
I once over oiled a bat and it just sounded dead. Anymore than 1 or 2 coats is asking for trouble in my book. Perhaps the bats are dried out more than most?
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3 coats max imo
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Too much oil can male the bat "wet" and deaden the responsiveness of it.
Six coats sounds too much to me.
Although completely unscientifically i did put a lot of oil on one bat and really knocked it in and it went like a steam train. I THINK it was partly because having lots of oil in the knocking in process produced a really good surface and that made an average bat really good.
I only oil a bit these days, but....