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Equipment => Bats => Bat Care => Topic started by: langer17 on December 01, 2014, 12:18:03 AM

Title: Advice on repair (Now fixed)
Post by: langer17 on December 01, 2014, 12:18:03 AM

Bloke at my club had this happen to one of his bats. He didn't really seem to care, but I said I thought I'd give it a go and try and fix it for him. Any tips on what I could do? Was just thinking of gluing it as the piece that broke off isn't big enough to have dowel put through it. Will glue hold though?

(http://i1109.photobucket.com/albums/h440/butsy1723/2014-11-29174930_zpscd703f8b.jpg) (http://s1109.photobucket.com/user/butsy1723/media/2014-11-29174930_zpscd703f8b.jpg.html)

(http://i1109.photobucket.com/albums/h440/butsy1723/2014-11-29174951_zps3354c660.jpg) (http://s1109.photobucket.com/user/butsy1723/media/2014-11-29174951_zps3354c660.jpg.html)

(http://i1109.photobucket.com/albums/h440/butsy1723/2014-11-29175024_zps9f00c3c8.jpg) (http://s1109.photobucket.com/user/butsy1723/media/2014-11-29175024_zps9f00c3c8.jpg.html)

(http://i1109.photobucket.com/albums/h440/butsy1723/2014-11-29175059_zps5e082249.jpg) (http://s1109.photobucket.com/user/butsy1723/media/2014-11-29175059_zps5e082249.jpg.html)

Title: Re: Advice on repair
Post by: Chad on December 01, 2014, 12:21:42 AM

Yup, glue and then tape it just for that extra bit of protection. :)

Title: Re: Advice on repair
Post by: SOULMAN1012 on December 01, 2014, 09:36:30 AM

Glue it with wood glue, tape or clamp for 48hr and then sand and oil, apply a scuff sheet and then put some tape across he blade should be ok mate.

Title: Re: Advice on repair
Post by: Seniorplayer on December 01, 2014, 10:04:09 AM

Yes first remove any wood frays  from bat and broken piece using sandpaper to allow broken piece to seat on bat apply PVA undiluted wood glue to both bat and broken piece then do as suggested clamp leave for 48 hours then remove clamp clean off any excess glue residue fit face sheet apply   fibre glass tape tightly to at least the full length of the repair otherwise a repair that long will probably fail upon use .
But as always with glue repairs there is no guarantee how long it will last.

Title: Re: Advice on repair
Post by: langer17 on December 07, 2014, 08:21:28 PM

Glued it up and then gave it a nice sanding over the whole face as there were some other surface cracks too. Still have to put a facing on it and tape it up, but it looks pretty good. Gave it a decent hit with the mallet and it didn't feel any different, but hard to tell how long the repair will last

Before Sanding


(http://i1109.photobucket.com/albums/h440/butsy1723/2014-12-03183356_zps0e68091d.jpg) (http://s1109.photobucket.com/user/butsy1723/media/2014-12-03183356_zps0e68091d.jpg.html)

After Sanding

(http://i1109.photobucket.com/albums/h440/butsy1723/2014-12-05135048_zpsb3e16c8a.jpg) (http://s1109.photobucket.com/user/butsy1723/media/2014-12-05135048_zpsb3e16c8a.jpg.html)

(http://i1109.photobucket.com/albums/h440/butsy1723/2014-12-05135140_zps30672cb0.jpg) (http://s1109.photobucket.com/user/butsy1723/media/2014-12-05135140_zps30672cb0.jpg.html)

(http://i1109.photobucket.com/albums/h440/butsy1723/2014-12-05135100_zps77c871e1.jpg) (http://s1109.photobucket.com/user/butsy1723/media/2014-12-05135100_zps77c871e1.jpg.html)

Title: Re: Advice on repair (Now fixed)
Post by: Boondougal on December 07, 2014, 09:17:44 PM

Looks great.

Title: Re: Advice on repair (Now fixed)
Post by: rich041187 on December 08, 2014, 11:47:16 AM

You've done a brilliant job. Even if you only get half a season out of it the effort was worth it