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Equipment => Bats => Bat Care => Topic started by: Milky Bar Kid on November 19, 2012, 08:17:50 PM
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Exactly as the title says, do you put tape on your edges? I always have up until last year. All of a sudden I no longer liked the look. Having just got a new salix I'm after keeping it damage free so contemplating taping the edges.
Thoughts?
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I don't think it really matters tbh, a good quality clear wrap around scuff will offer enough protection.
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New self heal anti scuffs wrap around so you don't need tape, I used hammer edges until removing one to find a nasty crack I had no idea about as it was hidden under the fibre edge tape. :(
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That's what I thought. Any views on the salix scuff sheet? The morrant scuffs I've always bought are brilliant, no damage and never any sticky residue. The Gray Nics one I had on my scoop was poor. On a side note, I've found that without the edge tape I tend to edge the ball less. Maybe an increase in concentration so that I don't edge it.
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I've only really used the ones from adcal so could comment.
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The ayrtek self healing ones are really good.
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Always hammer edge my bats since an MRF I had developed a hole in the middle of the bat.
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Tape and oil both sacralidge to a cricket bat
Agree though helicopter scuff sheets for me are best
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I quite like hammer edge sheet, haven't really used the clear ones.
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Julian Millichamp said to me that fibreglass tape is basically useless when put on as a single strip. He said that it is good when wrapped around the bat, but a strip doesn't really do anything.
Dunno if that means anything, but I don't put edge tape on mine (mainly because once it sets it's hard to get off)