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[Fearless Fly]

Hi all,

So i t has been documented before of my tendency to break bats,

I have this bat here which has a few surface cracks, i think it is starting to lift off the face,

I just want some suggestions on ways to try and fix as i think if i pull off the scuff sheet it could do more harm than good.
I have taped up some areas of concern already as well as a crack (it was part of the 4 broken in 15 days)











Any Help much appreciated

Cheers

FLY

[Chad]

Hair dryer and really slow peeling will help. If any of the pieces get pulled off, you could probably just glue them back on anyways! I would use some watered down PVA glue, but not too watered down! Just a guess here, but a slightly more flexible glue will probably be better for repairing delamination, as you don't want the glue cracking upon impact, which will just cause the bat to delaminate again!

[Fearless Fly]

Thanks CHAD.

Problem i think i will face with peeling is that the cracks run in every way they dont all run the same way so no matter which way i peel, it will take some off.
I mean the bat is fairly new to is only about 5 months old. It looks very dry even though i applied 2 generous coats of oil.
Thanks for your  help mate!

[skip1973]

Looks like plenty of bowling machine use.

[crictech]

Peel the face sheet off side to side not up and down. Sand it down starting with an 80 grit and going through the grits to a 220, then give it a good oil. It doesn't look like it's seen any linseed at all. Couple of coats and then wait a week or so if you're going to put a new face sheet on.

[Fearless Fly]

Peel the face sheet off side to side not up and down. Sand it down starting with an 80 grit and going through the grits to a 220, then give it a good oil. It doesn't look like it's seen any linseed at all. Couple of coats and then wait a week or so if you're going to put a new face sheet on.

was stated earlier that it was oiled twice with a  day in between each oil. Is All well and good going  side to side but there are cracks an splits that run side to side, any method removing the sheet will take off some of the bat in this case from what i can see. I understand sanding as i do refurbs for all my club mates as well as some state cricketers.

[WalkingWicket37]

Personally I'd get the scuff sheet off & see what happens from there, but that's the kind if guy I am! Act now, think later...

Seriously it'd be worth getting the scuff off as slowly as you can with a hair dryer and seeing what the damage actually is. Worse case little bits of wood come away, but glue and a scuff sheet caw work wonders & hide a multitude of sins!

[Bambooman]

From the pictures I would leave it well alone. You risk doing more harm than good if it's still playing and sounds alright. Take the added tape off and re-apply some new over the right areas.

[WalkingWicket37]

From the pictures I would leave it well alone. You risk doing more harm than good if it's still playing and sounds alright. Take the added tape off and re-apply some new over the right areas.

And what do you then do if it gets worse??
Prevention is the best cure...

[Bambooman]

And what do you then do if it gets worse??
Prevention is the best cure...

Of course I don't have the luxury of seeing the bat first-hand but from the pictures the 'damage' seems to be very superficial. Any professional bat repair service would make the bat look new I'm sure but you sometimes have to weigh up the necessity of the repair with the experience of the repairer. If Fearless Fly is confident they can do the repair then by all means go ahead, but the initial inquiry suggested an element of doubt to me.

I agree though, prevention is always the best cure in all walks of life.