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Equipment => Bats => Bat Care => Topic started by: Danny1981 on August 26, 2015, 03:04:17 PM
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Last night I was going through my bag at bats I am going to keep and ones I am going to sell. I decided I would take edge measurements and weights now if I am to put them on ebay. To my shock the ss bat I have been using for 80% of the season has increased quite dramatically . In April it was 2lb 10.5.Last night when I weighed it on the same scales I previously used it was 2lb 13.9.Throughout the season I obviously have not noticed this gaining but when I got my old gray nicolls carbo out which hasn't seen a ball all summer and still weighs 2lb 10 the difference in feel is amazing to say they both felt the same in my hands.Is there anything I can do over the winter to try and dry it out without over drying it?
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the SS bat will of been dried to an inch of its life when making it so not surprising it absorbs moisture like a man in the Sahara who has just found a sand dune that serves cold Carlsberg.
if you want to dry out the SS again a day or two in the airing cupboard will work
I wouldn't personally with my own bats but people do. give it some linseed oil if you do that after
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Like others on here I've put bats in the airing cupboard when the central heating as been on but the willow can dry very quickly.