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[Cover_Drive]

Yesterday chatting with a forummer during Englands game he said I have too many bats and they would dry, however, I do use them whenever I get a chance to.

So my question is that should I oil them yearly to keep them in best possible moisture state?

Cheers

[gabbers]

i thought every 6 months kept them in there best condition from past experience.

[roco]

I do mine at the start and end of the season

[jonpinson]

It will depend somewhat what the climate is where you are and how warm you tend to keep your bedroom.

[Cover_Drive]

JOn,

I'm in Canada and as you know in winters we get lots of snow and it would touch to -20 or so.

My room I would say is usually around 25ish degrees Celsius

[Kulli]

I find loads of people bats here in Oslo are super dry because they keep the houses so warm and dry over the cold winters.

[johnnyw]

Standard room temp is 22/23 degrees

[Sykesy51]

I always give mine a light oil once every couple of months through the season and once during the middle of the winter. Then a quick re-furb about a month before the season and they're good to go. Had a few bats go very dry over the winter a few years ago and they were never quite the same

[gdb19]

So is it better to keep bats somewhere where they don't get too hot? Only ask I have a massive space in my garage sort of under where the stairs are in my house.

Might be cooler rather than warm there, is that better? Presumably it will stop the bat losing moisture which sounds like the best thing.

Cheers, sorry if this is a daft question but it's something that I'd never really considered before, usually I just bung my kitbag wherever there is space.

[tim2000s]

When you consider that the raw clefts are left outside to air dry in some places, willow with no tree attached will naturally dry out over time. Keeping the bat at a lower temperature will reduce this process, and care with oiling should help to retain moisture.

[19reading87]

Bloke at my club oils his bat before every innings, and plays a minimum of twice a week

[tim2000s]

Bloke at my club oils his bat before every innings, and plays a minimum of twice a week

That may be overkill...

[19reading87]

Yep that's what you'd think but the bat goes like a train...

[tim2000s]

Yep that's what you'd think but the bat goes like a train...

Which suggests that he's not too bad a batsman...

[Red Ink Cricket]

i oil once before the season and once at the end. If i bat in the rain and it gets wet ill sand down and apply a very small coat. other than that i leave them as they are. during the season its mostly in my car in my bag but winter wise its at the back of my garage