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Equipment => Bats => Bat Making => Topic started by: SOULMAN1012 on July 05, 2019, 07:23:21 PM

Title: Best Glue
Post by: SOULMAN1012 on July 05, 2019, 07:23:21 PM

For all the bat makers on here please can I ask what glue do you use for glueing the splice in and also any of the more major repairs etc you carry out?

Thanks

Title: Re: Best Glue
Post by: Psi on July 06, 2019, 12:11:35 AM

Various wood glues tried and all work fine if properly clamped. I wanted to find the glue that Fantail cricket use in their repair videos on Youtube. It is clear and slightly brown coloured. I think it might be Gorilla Glue. Has anyone else tried this? It seems to have worked well on a few major repairs I did recently. You have to clamp the repair and then the glue expands, with any excess drying as a yellow foam. Didn't leave such an unsightly dark line along the repaired crack, which is good, but quite difficult to remove the excess.

Title: Re: Best Glue
Post by: Psi on July 06, 2019, 12:12:14 AM

... I'm not a bat maker though, just an amateur repairer...

Title: Re: Best Glue
Post by: Andythomo21 on July 06, 2019, 08:30:50 AM

Same hear, just do amateur repairs not a bat Maker!  I’ve seen cheap PVA in a few batmakers workshops and on videos so it must do the job.  Just for piece of mind I pay a little bit more for Gorilla Glue PVA and had no issues.👍

Title: Re: Best Glue
Post by: Cholrudee on July 07, 2019, 01:14:17 AM

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Title: Re: Best Glue
Post by: skip1973 on July 07, 2019, 07:00:21 AM

Only works on Lekka bats.

Title: Re: Best Glue
Post by: SOULMAN1012 on July 07, 2019, 10:37:56 AM

Cheers all, so it seems from a couple of reply’s and from a few bat makers Gorilla glue is the best option so I’ll give that a go as it’s a rather special bat I want to repair and get some use from.

Title: Re: Best Glue
Post by: Psi on July 07, 2019, 12:04:01 PM

Did they recommend Gorilla Glue, or Gorilla Wood Glue? The first is the one I have been using recently...

Title: Re: Best Glue
Post by: Neon Cricket on July 07, 2019, 05:25:58 PM

I've used both gorilla glue and PVA and have found little difference between the two to be honest - I've been using a decent PVA for the past few months and it does the job for any repairs/refurb jobs I've had to do

Title: Re: Best Glue
Post by: Canners on July 07, 2019, 07:01:54 PM

Pretty sure some of the top makers use animal glue

Title: Re: Best Glue
Post by: skip1973 on July 07, 2019, 11:09:21 PM

Quote from: Canners on July 07, 2019, 07:01:54 PM

Pretty sure some of the top makers use animal glue

Don't tell the Vegans.