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[tbarnfield99]

With many bat makers on this forum, I was looking for a bit of advice.

I have a couple of old bats knocking around which I would like to have a go at refurbishing. Can anyone give me a step by step guide of how to do it.

I know as much as removing old stickers and sanding!

Thanks in advance.

[Johnny]

if dave watson (procricket) is about he'll have some good advice. He's very meticulous

[shaqharris]

Please can you give me your wisdom on removing sticker marks , I have just recently posted about removing adidas stickers would you know if it is possible to re put those sticker on , maybe with glue or adhesive I don't want to put on a set of cheap ones from eBay . Any help would be appreciated 

[aidy1098]

peel stickers off very slowly use a hairdryer to put them on again get a small paintbrush (or use finger) spread pva glue over the stickers (very thin layer and sticker back on)

[Johnny]

shaq, you've already posted this twice and now your hi-jacking someone elses thread! Please be more patient! If anyone has answers for you i'm sure they'll post in either of your other threads

[shaqharris]

Fantastic thank you very much for your help , will let you know how it goes going to have to buy some pva glue u could say I have all the gear and no idea 

[jonpinson]

Fantastic thank you very much for your help , will let you know how it goes going to have to buy some pva glue u could say I have all the gear and no idea 

Be sure to update all 3 threads!

[Perkins17]

Here is my take
- Remove Grips
- Remove the stickers, scuff sheet and tape
- Remove glue with white spirit with a cloth then wait to dry 
- sand with a course or extra if required unil near white willow
- Sand with a medium until all white willow is showing (except if heartwood)
- Sand with fine
- Sand with extra fine (or fine wet and dry)
- Apply beeswax or briwax or salix wax with a lint free cloth
- Then buff with another lint free cloth that has not been used to apply the wax
- Apply toe guard
- Add stickers,scuff and tape
- Apply grip

All done and looking new

[procricket]

missing wire wool for that extra finish has to be bri wax although i have found another compound and it has helped with the 35 bats i have done so far...

i use 3 cloths the original one to apply then a clean one then a old lightly waxed one to finish off

i would leave it overnight with the wax untill it becomes hard to wax alwaays get a better finish

look at 3 or 4 grades of sand paper.

we all have different ways of doing it also i have herd hampshire chalk mixed with a certain substance gives the best bat finished availble

do not take to much off sometimes you have over oiled the bat and getting white wood could de laminate the natural lamination caused by use or knocking in.


best things i found to get rid of sticker due as i call it is a mixture of beeswax and lineseed oil but be carefull not to use linceed near the splice.

[peplow]

i would leave it overnight with the wax untill it becomes hard to wax alwaays get a better finish

do not take to much off sometimes you have over oiled the bat and getting white wood could de laminate the natural lamination caused by use or knocking in.

can you explain more what you mean by these two mate?

[procricket]

1.i leave my wax compound on overnight mate left in a cool place tends to get a better finish quicker if doing by hand i use 3 compounds now not just bri wax or beeswax but a special mix as well one that salix and another batmaker use and i can see why there special but it hard to get the mix right and nothing beats a proper buffing machine


2.Lamination well if you think about the knocking in process it produces a natural laminate(i call it crust) a thin vinear of knocked in compressed willow after the inital pressing process.

If you sand to hard you get rid of this and need to do it again i have seen some mad people sand there bats so much they eat into the underbelly soft wood

[peplow]

ahhh cool thanks for that dave, thats clear now and its what i thought you meant

[procricket]

there some people on here winfo than i have

the proper batmen like Andy and Matt

if you want to realy know how it is done have a look saf website and cricket stuff in the qnand a

[Perkins17]

Well dave i have found wet and dry to leave a smooth finish

I have also mixed linseed oil and beeswax and i find beeswax (briwax) has enough oil in it

Also I tend to only sand the face to the point where the cerrys are gone and light seam marks as deep one i fine are to deep and will delaminate the bat slightly

[Colesy]

1.i leave my wax compound on overnight mate left in a cool place tends to get a better finish quicker if doing by hand i use 3 compounds now not just bri wax or beeswax but a special mix as well one that salix and another batmaker use and i can see why there special but it hard to get the mix right and nothing beats a proper buffing machine


2.Lamination well if you think about the knocking in process it produces a natural laminate(i call it crust) a thin vinear of knocked in compressed willow after the inital pressing process.

If you sand to hard you get rid of this and need to do it again i have seen some mad people sand there bats so much they eat into the underbelly soft wood

I did this with my Purist II. It's now looks like this: