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Equipment => Bats => Bat Care => Topic started by: Cricket_PTY on August 08, 2014, 03:17:22 PM
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Hey what u guys prefer to use to reinforce bat repairs ??
I personally use twine when is out of the sweet spot of the bat (toe and near the splice) but in other areas of the bat i prefer bat tape...
Some people says twine is useless and dont look good on bat and some says bat tape dont have the strength that twine can give to reinforce a repair/crack.
Whats ur preferd method ?
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Never tried twine, i'd be worried i couldn't get it tight enough to make much of a difference
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It depends on the repair the greater the split i use twine as I find it's stronger than fibreglass tape.
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If you twine a bat and are worried it won't get tight enough get a paintbrush and paint a layer of PVA around the twine after applying it. This will cause the twine to contract and tighten around the wood. Needs to be unwaxed twine though.
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I apply glue to the bat itself in the edges and spine just a drop while i am wrapping the twine as tight as possible, it has helped me to keep the twine very tight... once i finish i apply several coats of glue to all the twine until it gets hard...
Has worked perfct for me....
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Never used twine but never liked the look of it on a bat. Always used Fibreglass tape and never had an issue with it not being tight enough. If you have a good quality tape you can get it tight
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Never used twine but never liked the look of it on a bat. Always used Fibreglass tape and never had an issue with it not being tight enough. If you have a good quality tape you can get it tight
In my case i like more the look of twine than tape on bats...
Sometimes i use bat tape and cover it with twine because i like more the look of it LOL
(http://i520.photobucket.com/albums/w322/Saleh_Bhana/20131231_230226.jpg) (http://s520.photobucket.com/user/Saleh_Bhana/media/20131231_230226.jpg.html)
But mostly use just twine like this:
(http://i520.photobucket.com/albums/w322/Saleh_Bhana/IMG-20130214-WA0002.jpg) (http://s520.photobucket.com/user/Saleh_Bhana/media/IMG-20130214-WA0002.jpg.html)
cheers