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[Red Ink Cricket]

That would be good thanks

ill sort them out tonight.

[Joe]

Use Shoe Goo but fold it over to stop it peeling off. If you bridge the gap between toe and scuff sheet it also stops effectively all water getting in.

[tim2000s]

This whole adding a toeguard to your bat thing is something fairly recent. Bats I bought in the 90s and early noughties didn't have them, and no-one worried about having one. generally, that was why we oiled the toe...

Personally I don't see the point. If you use the bat on a damp pitch, with or without toeguard, it will still absorb water where there is any bare wood (maybe not as much, but it will) and toeguards absolutely do not add any protection from yorkers.

They are also ugly.

[Simmy]

i do absolutly nothing to them

[WABH-J]

I've not tried this but was thinking about it...What about applying a thin layer of epoxy resin on the toe, surely that would seal it?

[raymond.2]

I dont see the point in toe guards, dont stop water from getting in and cant see how they prevent damage.

The can also conceal cracks which could have been repaired earlier to prevent them spreading.

[Joe]

I dont see the point in toe guards, dont stop water from getting in and cant see how they prevent damage.

The can also conceal cracks which could have been repaired earlier to prevent them spreading.

They really do stop water getting in. They also stop feathering, in my eyes why anyone wouldn't have one is beyond me.

[PM7]

Wet pitches and rain have never bothered me. Its the bloody tapping that causes feathering and I will always request a toe guard on any bat I buy.

[tim2000s]

Never feathered a toe in my life, but then I don't tap as it is too far to bend!

[roco]

I tap a lot so usually have a toe guard but rob pack said he didn't apply them for the reason above so that you can spot damage quickly before it becomes serious so not hot one this year

[Bruce]

I tap my foot now, not the floor.

[100 not out]

moisture penetration in the toe is likely to do more damage than tapping. my bats always used to go in the toe, not one has gone since i started using toe guards or shoo goo. i do knock in the toe area thoroughly though before hand.

[SixOfTheBest]

My current bat, GM Flare (2010 edition) suffered from toe swell when I used it in slightly damp conditions one day. I hadn't had it for very long and I thought I would give the "DriGuard" technology a go...absorbed a bit of water and started to swell, and unfortunately a hairline crack appeared near the toe of the bat. Squeezed as much moisture out as possible to try and dry the toe and applied fiberglass tape around the bat just above the toe to stop the crack spreading. I also applied shoe goo, which I had done for all my previous bats also. And will do it from now on to all the bats I get!

[Colesy]

Normally break it

[100 not out]

When I get a chance I will put pics up of a method I have used to seal around the toe guard with fibre glass tape. It works for me,