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[tim2000s]

I was reading the leaflet on the handle of a puma bat at the weekend and it recommended six coats of oil and two to three weeks knocking in with a mallet on a new bat. Does anyone else think that this may be a little over the top?

[Six Sixes Cricket]

Will look like your SG. Have you seen Julian millichamp oil a bat, he drowns them in it.

[Alvaro]

you need to put more oil on a bat in Oz, cos, well, the sun's consistently hotter and dries bats out.

[tim2000s]

Seems crazy to me. I've only ever used a max of three in the past.

[Alvaro]

six is a lot, granted. I use very little though.

[yvk3103]

i have never used more than 2.5ml. I take a small piece of tissue paper and soak it in 2.5ml oil and then rub it on to the face of the bat for a few minutes. Brings out the grains and enough to make the top layer supple for knocking-in.

[Alvaro]

^^^ what that man said ^^^

[tim2000s]

A coat for me is a teaspoon or 5ml in other words. And I like to massage it in by hand.

[Alvaro]

ooh. kinky.

[tim2000s]

ooh. kinky.

There's nothing like a nice bit of freshly oiled wood...

[Alvaro]

you're not about to take sly photos on the tube again are you?

[Cover_Drive]

you need to put more oil on a bat in Oz, cos, well, the sun's consistently hotter and dries bats out.

Correct

[Joe]

It's better to rub the oil in with your fingers, as no oil is absorbed by them. If you put 5ml on with a rag it's more likely to end up as 2ml as the rag will absorb some of the oil.

[Simmy]

oiling bats is gay! makes them look dark and (No Swearing Please)!

[thedon]

someone told me the oiling also knits the fibres together and makes the rebound better