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Equipment => Bats => Bat Care => Topic started by: Alvaro on April 19, 2010, 11:07:19 AM
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I have just received some new labels to update my current match bat, which I have sanded down, wet and dried, and oiled. When adding these new stickers, is it best to sand the surface where they are to be applied with a fine sandpaper to aid adhesion?
Any advice would be appreciated.
Cheers.
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i find that it is best to oil after the stickers have been applied, otherwise you have to wait a good few days for the oil to be fully absorbed into the blade.
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but would you sand or not?
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i would fine sand - with grit 220/300 probably - should do the job, but the oily surface is the most important part - you have to wait untill the surface has absorbed all the oil so that the stickers will apply.
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Yeah if you have oiled it leave it at least three days before applying the labels or else they may not adhere correctly.
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cool, i oiled it last monday, so it should be good to go. cheers for the quick answer.
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Yeah should be fine if the decent quality 3m or similar labels they will stick fine.
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they resemble a kraft-owned confectionery in colour, so should be good enough quality ;)
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toblerone (or Kenko?) bat stickers?
(http://i895.photobucket.com/albums/ac151/buzzrockport/kraft_1.jpg)
marvellous!! :)
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Newb cadbury labels then, yeah they are about as good as they get quality wise.
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they can be a pain in the ass to apply if the spine isnt the right height - too flat or too thin and you're looking at a cadbury coloured mess!
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they can be a pain in the ass to apply if the spine isnt the right height - too flat or too thin and you're looking at a cadbury coloured mess!
well, they are going on a newbery, so hopefully all will be fine...
hmm, seems that ss was right - have spent a fair bit of time getting frustrated with lining up stickers and getting them to bl%&dy stick. ended up covered in uhu and a ripped back sticker, so have put my black efforts back on my match bat :(