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Equipment => Bats => Bat Care => Topic started by: Chmaiden on August 08, 2013, 04:04:22 AM

Title: oil or beeswax???
Post by: Chmaiden on August 08, 2013, 04:04:22 AM

ok - have found some great posts re refurbing bats - looking at my bats from the past 25 years and going to spend an arvo sanding down.  Now normally i use some linseed oil but have been reading about beeswax and fancy having a go:

how do you put beeswax on?  just rub it on from the stick?  Do you oil the bat first?  Is it possible to get non-coloured linseed? - it turns the bats quite a darker colour....

Title: Re: oil or beeswax???
Post by: joeljonno on August 08, 2013, 07:40:58 AM

You can get lighter coloured linseed oil, I think it darkens over time as well if you leave it in the bottle. I presume you can get almost clear stuff.

Not sure on beeswax, but there are several companies who do a designated "bat wax" which is a linseed/beeswax mix.  Salix do a good one, but I would suggest speaking with Bulldog on here as he has his own brand of this and the feedback I have heard is that it is very good.