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Jimbryno

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Over sanding bat face?
« on: February 19, 2022, 07:38:18 PM »
Hi all, could over sanding (ie removing 2mm+ from face of bat) cause a new bat to lose its ping out the middle?

Looking for some more advice before sending a GN back to the shop I got it from approx 6 months ago.

It suffered some meaty surface cracks after knocking in and top edge damage after a new of net sessions so self repaired, but went a bit over board with the orbital and now the middle has lost all of its ping and sounds like a dull thud when you hit anything out of it.

If I've completely ruined my bat by taking too much wood out the face, I'm happy to be told that and will serve as a warning to be far more careful next time round!

Thanks!
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Re: Over sanding bat face?
« Reply #1 on: February 19, 2022, 10:22:55 PM »
I'm not sure sending it back is a viable option at this stage.
As soon as you attacked it with a sander any warranty you had is likely now void.

2mm is a heck of a lot of wood to sand off from the face too, so it's very likely this has (at least partly) caused your issues.
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Re: Over sanding bat face?
« Reply #2 on: February 19, 2022, 11:32:53 PM »
Cheers for the reply.

Any other reason you can think of as to why the middle would just go, parts of the bat that were also sanded are fine, but seems the section that was originally repaired is mainly the 'dead part'.
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Re: Over sanding bat face?
« Reply #3 on: February 19, 2022, 11:51:39 PM »
What was the extent of the original damage and how was it repaired?
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Re: Over sanding bat face?
« Reply #4 on: February 20, 2022, 12:01:18 AM »
It had a dent right slap bang of the middle and some surface cracking. Was repaired by (I assume) pva, clamped and then sanded.

I repaired the edge crack that was seemed to lead from the original crack. But since sanded them away.

Worth noting that this bat has only been used in the nets throughout the off season and have only faced bola or some relatively soft dukes' and a very very old kooky.
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Re: Over sanding bat face?
« Reply #5 on: February 20, 2022, 12:11:14 AM »
Taking 2mm off the face of a bat will most definitely have a detrimental effect on a bats performance, effectively, when we press bats, the wood compresses 3-5mm or so, so to remove potentially 2/3rds of the compressed layer will affect playability.

In terms of warranty - you'd be out of luck if it were one of mine as it's not a manufacturing fault and as others have said any self repair would void warranty rights.

With all that said however the dull sound you mention is often associated with delamination (hard wood lifting away from the soft underbelly of the bat). There are videos on YouTube on how to fix this with superglue and an iron - as the bat is already no good, and I very much doubt the shop would want to know, this may be worth attempting
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Re: Over sanding bat face?
« Reply #6 on: February 20, 2022, 12:29:45 AM »
That's what I expected. Thanks for the advice, it did sound very different in the bit that was repaired.

Could a bat be re-pressed by the original manufacturer or is that a big no no?
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Re: Over sanding bat face?
« Reply #7 on: February 20, 2022, 07:45:31 AM »
I think you are going to need to take the bat to a local bat maker, if you have one and see what they can do. Where are you based?
But I would be careful spending more money on the bat as it may not work.
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Re: Over sanding bat face?
« Reply #8 on: February 20, 2022, 02:49:05 PM »
I'm Gloucester way but can get to Cardiff, Bristol and even Birmingham if needs be.

Might just stick it in the post to GN and hope it gets lost 😂
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Re: Over sanding bat face?
« Reply #9 on: February 20, 2022, 04:13:39 PM »
If you're hoping it gets lost, send it through Hermes!
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Re: Over sanding bat face?
« Reply #10 on: February 20, 2022, 04:19:35 PM »
Quote from: Bungle on February 20, 2022, 04:13:39 PM
If you're hoping it gets lost, send it through Hermes!

Or yodel, it’ll end up in the bin then!
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