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[FattusCattus]

Hullo Chaps,
Got 3 or 4 bats to tidy up over the winter, and am going to invest in a little palm sander.

2 questions -

i) What grade do you recommend for sanding down the face

ii) Got a lot of old bits of fibreglass tape stuck to edges and face, shall I just sand the (No Swearing Please) off them to get rid?

[hit4six]

Normally, to start with, I use around grit 80 sandpaper, then going through the grits from 80 through to around 400.

In regard of the fibreglass tape, I usually try to scrape it off with some sort of drawknife, as sanding this will go through alot of sandpaper very quickly.

[FattusCattus]

Oh bugger - I don't posess a draw knife!

Might hve to sand the (No Swearing Please) out of it then!

[Ayrtek Cricket]

Stanley knife blade will do a job brucey just scrape it off with that to save using loads of sandpaper up

[Simmy]

i used some 1200 grit wet and dry once that i had left over from polishing my wheels lol

it made the bat like glass but left black markes all over it lol

[Ayrtek Cricket]

Yeh prob not advisable simmy lol finer the grade the better the finish tho!

[johnnyw]

I find steel wool leaves a great finish to the bat after sanding