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[fasteddie]

Hi.

I was at H4L last week having Matt give my Tempo a trim.
Now, I'm not shy with the oil and have given that bat a few generous coats of Salix bat wax. I has taken a gentle golden hue. Looks lovely.


I've heard much about killing a bat by over oiling.

When Matt made his first incision with the draw knife I was keen to see how far the oil had penetrated. Well, I can say that it was virtually zero. I didn't have my micrometer (sorry chaps, poor kit packing there) to get an accurate measure, but a hair's width would be accurate.

If oil doesn't penetrate deeply, please can someone educate me into how over oiling can deaden a bat.

Oh, I'm not being sarcastic, I'm intrigued.

@uksaunders; This isn't research into a launch into the cricket bat market 

[Six Sixes Cricket]

According to Julian millichamp you cannot over oil a bat. He has a video on YouTube where he has oiled the bat 7 times I think and cuts it in half to show how far the oil has penetrated.

[uknsaunders]

you can over oil a bat. I have done it, too much in one coat and the thing will lose it's ping. Still usable but sounds hard. You have to dry it out I believe. I always put the minimum on now - one light coat, but will top up often and I only use the wax stuff.

[Chad]

I think you can over-oil, it's just that most cases these days are of people underoiling. Just do thin coats, and you shouldn't go wrong, just make sure that you can only feel a little bit of oil If you rub your finger across the face 2 days after the final coat. I'm not too sure why over oiling can kill the performance, probably something to do with the trampoline effect, but I think that over-oiling can be solved by drying and sanding, it will just take a while!

[crictech]

wasn't there a story about how WG Grace used to stand his new bats in linseed oil for months and then get someone else to use them until they had dried out and got knock in?

[ammo]

? dunno
But i generally go by if your applying a scuff maybe 1 of the lightest coats of oil before doing so if not 2/3 coats