Custom Bats Cricket Forum
Equipment => Bats => Bat Care => Topic started by: Wickets-then-runs on October 06, 2013, 06:07:43 AM
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Hi guys, I have owned plenty of bats over the last five years (around 30ish) and they are nearly always top-shelf sort of stuff. I have always used extratec sheets right from the start and get the bats refurbished each year which includes a new extratec sheet so I have never had too close a look at the grains and how they react during the knocking in process. Early this week, I bought a new Spartan MC Limited Edition: have applied 4 light coats of oil, used a mallet to knock it in for quite a few hours. I used it against some throw downs and there were some slight seam marks so went back to the mallet for a while longer. I used it in the nets this afternoon against an old ball and there are no more seam marks but if you look closely in the sun, there are a few small cracks in the middle of grains that run for around an inch or two. Is this a problem or is it what they call "opening up"?
I would put up some pics but all I have is an iPad which doesn't seem to allow me to upload the link etc.
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Sorry, I forgot to mention that for this bat, I'm not going to use an extratec sheet.... :-[
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Pictures of the bat would help I think mate.
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Pictures of the bat would help I think mate.
yeah, I know. Can they be loaded from an iPad? I have tried heaps of times but can't seem to do it. Any help is appreciated!
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yeah, I know. Can they be loaded from an iPad? I have tried heaps of times but can't seem to do it. Any help is appreciated!
Guide on how to upload photos here:
http://184.154.5.91/~customb3/cbforum/index.php?topic=7712.0 (http://184.154.5.91/~customb3/cbforum/index.php?topic=7712.0)
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Aren't cracks down the grain a sign the bat has "opened up" so to speak? (Assuming its surface cracks.
Chuck the scuff sheet on and it'll be fine ;)