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[jjohns]

So I was using my bat in the nets and half way through looked down to notice the toe guard had come loose on one corner and to my despair there was a crack.

I took some pictures, I have no idea how serious/severe the crack is.







What can I do to salvage this? Only used it in two net sessions Really like how it feels, goes well when I'm not hitting the edges or the toe.. 

Is it bad or not? Please help.

[hanif]

Hi John looks like a minor surface crack so not too much to worry about. Get yourself some wood glue and poor some in to the crack, then you can use some cellotape and wrap tight. This will help close the crack until the glue dries. Leave over night. Then use some fine sand paper and give a light sand. That should do the trick. As for the toe guard this is very common and they can be simply re-glued with some fevibond.

[Woodyspin]

^^ what he said

[langer17]

Or get some shoe goo.

[hanif]

Araldite makes a good toe guard, simply add 2 parts of the flexible glue to 1 part hardener. 1 thin coat let it set then light sand then add a second coat. This normally works well. Can be added around the shoulder of the bat to help strengthen, helps reduce shoulder splits. It can also be used at the base of the blade to help strengthen the toe area.

[tom line]

Only issues with araldite is if it breaks it won't be a small crack it will take half the toe with it

[edge]

Only issues with araldite is if it breaks it won't be a small crack it will take half the toe with it

Errrr... nope. Lot of this on the forum on epoxy/shoe goo discussions. Think about it, are you suggesting that the epoxy breaking somehow produces extra energy that will then break the toe?

[hanif]

I think it is a case of getting the mix right, less hardener and more of the flexible compound and you should be fine, salix used some thing similar and added a colouring agent to make there toe guards back in the day they also used round the shoulders if I am not mistaken. I have found it works well. A little trial and error and you will get there. Only issue I have had when adding more hardening agent is that the glue cracks very easily and the glue begins to chip off. No other adverse effects have been noted.


5O's up started of very streaky, but hung in and got there in the end.

[Woodyspin]

Ive heard gorilla glue is supoosed to be good correct?

[Kevtheplumber]

I use Gorilla glue for repairs. It's very good and goes off in 30mins


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[Woodyspin]

Cheers for the heads up Kev!

[GoodLeave]

5O's up started of very streaky, but hung in and got there in the end.

*Polite ripple of applause from the members end for @hanif *

[hanif]

Thank you @GoodLeave 

[jjohns]

With regards to the sanding, how light is light? Do I sand until the wood feels smooth? or until the crack is gone? Sorry for questions, first time doing this sort of thing myself.

[Seniorplayer]

Well done for having a go yourself. If you sand till the crack is gone using different grades of grit upto 420 grit or the finish your satisfied with   the blade will be smooth as each higher grit will remove the marks left by the previous grit  ie the higher the grit the smoother the finish.