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Equipment => Bats => Bat Care => Topic started by: littlemaster9 on September 01, 2013, 10:06:26 AM
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I have looked through most of the bat repair topics on here, and I can't seem to find one about water damage to the toe and how to deal with it if you have a sheet of extratec already on the bat.
Anyways, when I was having a net today, I noticed that the toe of the bat had swollen up quite badly due to the water getting through the toe (I do have a toe guard on, but it seemed to seep through anyway). I have already removed the sheet of extratec, and I was seeking advice on what to do next.
Thanks in advance
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Where do you live?
I took mine to Hawk as the toe swelled right up on my Salix when it got left in the rain. Swelling gone and they put an insert along the toe similar to what Laver used to do on all their bats until it was banned from new bats. Still going strong 3 years later. Hawk are near Worcester as is Solitaire who are also good but I'm sure if you have a bat maker local to you they should be able to fix it.
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Where do you live?
I took mine to Hawk as the toe swelled right up on my Salix when it got left in the rain. Swelling gone and they put an insert along the toe similar to what Laver used to do on all their bats until it was banned from new bats. Still going strong 3 years later. Hawk are near Worcester as is Solitaire who are also good but I'm sure if you have a bat maker local to you they should be able to fix it.
Hi mate, thanks for the advice. I live in Australia and there aren't any batmakers in the area I live... I was wondering if it is possible for me to fix it myself, and if so, what do I need to do?
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Give the toe a quick sand and re knock in mate. After that oil, re-scuff (if you plan to) and possibly consider removing the toe guard and applying shoe goo to the toe and slightly overlapping the face (so there's no gap of exposed willow between the toe guard/shoe goo and the scuff sheet
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Give the toe a quick sand and re knock in mate. After that oil, re-scuff (if you plan to) and possibly consider removing the toe guard and applying shoe goo to the toe and slightly overlapping the face (so there's no gap of exposed willow between the toe guard/shoe goo and the scuff sheet
Thanks a lot for the advice mate, I'll probably get to work soon. Let's just hope it doesn't break anytime soon because it's a new bat :(