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Equipment => Bats => Bat Care => Topic started by: dannyhall04 on January 07, 2016, 09:00:04 PM

Title: Toe protection
Post by: dannyhall04 on January 07, 2016, 09:00:04 PM
Evening ladies and gents. My blueroom has a slight crack (see pic) in the toe and the toe guard it came with came off mid-innings. Is the general consensus to get another stuck on, use something else like Shoo Goo or glue and varnish it? Cheers.

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Title: Re: Toe protection
Post by: WalkingWicket37 on January 07, 2016, 09:01:34 PM
Glue the crack then apply varnish to the toe.
It keeps moisture out and doesn't add weight or hide damage the same way a rubber toe guard does.
Title: Re: Toe protection
Post by: Vulcan Cricket on January 07, 2016, 09:12:43 PM
Evening ladies and gents. My blueroom has a slight crack (see pic) in the toe and the toe guard it came with came off mid-innings. Is the general consensus to get another stuck on, use something else like Shoo Goo or glue and varnish it? Cheers.

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glue it and put a new toe guard on
Title: Re: Toe protection
Post by: smilley792 on January 07, 2016, 09:31:05 PM
But a new bat.



But seriously, last thing if do is fit a toe guard, they just fall off, and if it doesn't it could hide or mask any crack that re appears or gets bigger.

Title: Re: Toe protection
Post by: Sivlar13 on January 07, 2016, 09:51:00 PM
Glue the crack then apply varnish to the toe.
It keeps moisture out and doesn't add weight or hide damage the same way a rubber toe guard does.

Does this work well? Could do with something to keep the moisture out of my bat toes and toeguards I find are useless. My mate had a toe sock for his Salix which seemed awesome but only ever seen one!!
Title: Re: Toe protection
Post by: WalkingWicket37 on January 07, 2016, 09:54:44 PM
I use ronseal outdoor wood varnish
May need re-applying every week or 2, but that takes seconds and is much neater/easier than shoe goo
Title: Re: Toe protection
Post by: Seniorplayer on January 07, 2016, 09:55:01 PM
Tend to use Ronseal yacht vanish if it's good enough for boats it's good for bats
Title: Re: Toe protection
Post by: dannyhall04 on January 07, 2016, 10:25:42 PM
How much shoe goo will one application need? 5.3ml enough?