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Puma Ballistic 6000

I was given this to refurb for a player at our club.  I have read about the carbon core but never came across one before.  Is it worth the effort?  It has a very low middle so I presume will be good for our low pitches.

[ch1p]

Not worth it, I'll give him a tenner for it 

Only kidding - great bats, 100% worth salvaging. Great sticker nostalgia also if you can save them during the refurb!

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Excellent, great news.  Never had much success at saving the stickers but 🤞 I manage.
Thanks for the info.

[Tom]

Same handle as the old Newbery C6+, both Keeley made. Nice bats. Not many of them about these days, so worth repairing.

[Bats_Entertainment]

A visible example of what used to be known as 'opening up' - before opening up came to mean well knocked-in?

Tom would probably be able to tell us that these bats were also Keeley pressed?

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Thanks all.  Hopefully it will come up well.

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Unfortunately it was clear that the stickers were not going to be able to be saved so just did a light clean up, glueing and sanding to keep the bat in its original state as best as possible.

[potzy248]

Nice work mate. Good decision saving the stickers.

[Kai]

Great work, the bat looks really good after the refurb. Did you give it a wax or oil before putting the scuff on?

[Chad]

Superb, as @potzy248 said - good decision on saving the stickers!

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Thanks all, just got to decide where to keep it now.

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Great work, the bat looks really good after the refurb. Did you give it a wax or oil before putting the scuff on?

Yes, I used some wax that I made up and left it a couple of weeks.