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Title: Here's one for you
Post by: Joe on June 09, 2012, 08:06:56 PM

What is this? looked at my unused Laver and found this, was under a scuff sheet which I have removed, what is it and what do I do?



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Title: Re: Here's one for you
Post by: junter97 on June 09, 2012, 08:11:40 PM
Wow that's odd! I'll be intrigued to find out what it it
Title: Re: Here's one for you
Post by: Joe on June 09, 2012, 08:18:34 PM
Apologies for the poor photo btw, it is like a swelling on areas of the bat if that helps :-[
Title: Re: Here's one for you
Post by: 100 not out on June 09, 2012, 08:19:32 PM
Looks like water / moisture
Title: Re: Here's one for you
Post by: Joe on June 09, 2012, 08:20:27 PM
Looks like water / moisture
That's what I thought but it has only been used 2-3 times and has a toe guard? Should I just sand it level?
Title: Re: Here's one for you
Post by: 100 not out on June 09, 2012, 08:22:55 PM
I'd put money on it being moisture damage. You need to get rid of the swelling by drying it out and possibly sanding, theres a higher chance of that splitting on my opinion.
Title: Re: Here's one for you
Post by: 100 not out on June 09, 2012, 08:23:58 PM
Lavers have a white toe guard these days
Title: Re: Here's one for you
Post by: Joe on June 09, 2012, 08:26:44 PM
Lavers have a white toe guard these days
It was a shoe goo one
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Post by: GarrettJ on June 09, 2012, 09:01:04 PM
that happened to a laver i had in 2006, when i went to the astro nets which hadnt quite dried out. It looks a bit like a blister/swelling???

i let it dry out (with the help of a hairdryer) and it went down but always looked a bit different to the rest of the face. Mid way throught he season i cracked one off the toe and it cracked in the exact place, front through to the back.

I would let it dry out and the wrap the toe all the way round the back a few times with fibreglass tape.

The bat was great and was a Jayasuriya cast off (too heavy.)
Title: Re: Here's one for you
Post by: beaver5 on June 10, 2012, 08:32:31 AM
Looks like moisture or water damage. My salix went just like that after getting very wet in the rain. Took mine to hawk who dried it out, pressed it and put an insert in the toe. Good as new afterwards.

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