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Equipment => Bats => Bat Care => Topic started by: Blazer on May 07, 2012, 06:57:55 PM

Title: Heartwood flaking
Post by: Blazer on May 07, 2012, 06:57:55 PM

Has anyone had trouble with thin flakes of cracking on the heartwood in bats ?. I have been slightly lifting them, gluing and putting  little pieces of grips on it. Is it of any concern or just normal ?

Title: Re: Heartwood flaking
Post by: Ryan on May 07, 2012, 07:01:02 PM

Yeah it's harder so is more brittle. Mines done it on the inside edge. I've just glued it and put some edge tape over it.

Title: Re: Heartwood flaking
Post by: Blazer on May 07, 2012, 07:06:02 PM

On the outer edge for me mate. It's on the upper half of the bat so not fond of the idea of fibreglass edge tape, if worse happens then I will put some tape on it.

Title: Re: Heartwood flaking
Post by: Ryan on May 07, 2012, 07:09:30 PM

Mine was quite low. Yours should be fine if it's higher up.

Title: Re: Heartwood flaking
Post by: Talisman on May 07, 2012, 07:23:24 PM

Not harder, just drier, which is becoming less of a problem as bats are dried harder, the whole blade suffers from compression cracks and lifting as much as the heartwood used to.

Title: Re: Heartwood flaking
Post by: Ryan on May 07, 2012, 07:32:41 PM

Cheers mike! Everydays a school day  :D