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Equipment => Bats => Bat Care => Topic started by: potzy248 on February 20, 2016, 07:57:17 PM

Title: Sanding in a concaved bat
Post by: potzy248 on February 20, 2016, 07:57:17 PM

Have had a look on Youtube but with no luck.
Whats the best way to sand a concave back? Is there any electric sanders that can get in there or do you have to get stuck in with your hands?

Cheers

Title: Re: Sanding in a concaved bat
Post by: Vitas Cricket on February 20, 2016, 08:13:37 PM

If you don't have a drum sander, then by hand is probably the best way

You can wrap your sandpaper round a tennis balls which helps a fair bit

I've also found this sort of thing useful in the past

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Title: Re: Sanding in a concaved bat
Post by: wayward_hayward on February 20, 2016, 08:28:23 PM

If you are doing it by hand, wrapping sandpaper with sponge (I had an old car sponge lying around that I use) works well.

I use a random orbital sander for my refurbs and while concaving is pain in the ass, I use the outer edge of the sander to work from edge to spine. It goes go against the rule of sanding along the grains but I find that I can still achieve a high quality finish.

Title: Re: Sanding in a concaved bat
Post by: potzy248 on February 20, 2016, 09:08:18 PM

Cheers guys.

Yeah looks like by hand is the best option.