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Equipment => Your Kit => Topic started by: Boondougal on November 15, 2014, 07:08:50 PM
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I know i have already posted a few pics of this bat already but it was a slow day here with a poorly baby (cough and cold) so decided not to go anywhere and have a day watching films as a family. Well there is only so much a man can take (3 girls in this house) and as my new grips had arrived i decided to set too on a little refurb job.
Simple process really, scuff sheet and tape ere already off, hand sand down through the grades. A light oil (i actually used olive oil) and a polish with a drill attachment. I also removed the rear stickers as i thought they were a bit too much. (sanding and oiling also)
Well here is the finished result. not a perfect job but good enough for me. The grips were not the yellow that i thought they would be but i kind of like it.
(http://i819.photobucket.com/albums/zz119/boondougal/IMG_1683_zps8f464337.jpg) (http://s819.photobucket.com/user/boondougal/media/IMG_1683_zps8f464337.jpg.html)
(http://i819.photobucket.com/albums/zz119/boondougal/IMG_1684_zps9bbd7102.jpg) (http://s819.photobucket.com/user/boondougal/media/IMG_1684_zps9bbd7102.jpg.html)
(http://i819.photobucket.com/albums/zz119/boondougal/IMG_1686_zpsd5697ce8.jpg) (http://s819.photobucket.com/user/boondougal/media/IMG_1686_zpsd5697ce8.jpg.html)
(http://i819.photobucket.com/albums/zz119/boondougal/IMG_1687_zpseb9d7c3b.jpg) (http://s819.photobucket.com/user/boondougal/media/IMG_1687_zpseb9d7c3b.jpg.html)
(http://i819.photobucket.com/albums/zz119/boondougal/IMG_1682_zps9111f791.jpg) (http://s819.photobucket.com/user/boondougal/media/IMG_1682_zps9111f791.jpg.html)
I am really liking the feel of this bat and i have no idea whether what i have done would have had an effect but it is definitely pinging better then when it arrived. so all in all pretty pleased.
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Why olive oil?? ???
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I have been told a few times that it does pretty much the same job, read it a bit on the internet as well. I didn't have any linseed so i thought i would try it.
Its not a new bat just needed a little freshen up. Seemed to do the job if you ask me.
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Looks like you done a nice job on thst bat.i hope it performs well for you, great looking grains too!
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Looks like you done a nice job on thst bat.i hope it performs well for you, great looking grains too!
Cheers..fingers crossed! :)
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Olive oil will go rancid where I believe linseed oil won't
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True
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Olive oil will go rancid where I believe linseed oil won't
Agree olive oil will break down at low temperatures.
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But won't cause heart disease! :)
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We used to keep ex v olive oil in our warehouse in the winter it would turn in to a solid once it got cold
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olive oil is a good option. it is much healthier, and a much needed change amid this bat-obesity epidemic.
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olive oil is a good option. it is much healthier, and a much needed change amid this bat-obesity epidemic.
Exactly. :D :D