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WalkingWicket37

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Taping the grip
« on: October 22, 2014, 08:19:09 PM »
Now this is possibly a pointless post (and in probably being thick) but does putting a strip of tape round the bottom of a grip actually do anything?

I've seen a grip ride up and take the tape with it, so is it merely cosmetic? If so, is there anything other than gripgrip I can use to prevent this happening??
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Re: Taping the grip
« Reply #1 on: October 22, 2014, 08:30:50 PM »
Small dab of glue
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Re: Taping the grip
« Reply #2 on: October 22, 2014, 08:31:01 PM »
self amalgamating tape

Same as gripgrip I've used it since Dean mentioned it mate
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Re: Taping the grip
« Reply #3 on: October 22, 2014, 08:34:16 PM »
if the grips riding up its probably due for a change but I did have a bat that had very steep shoulders and the grip wouldn't stay. I used electrical tape under the grip and spotted a couple of drops of super glue on it and rolled the grip back down on top. Held it well. When you come to change the grip you just need to cut the tape off.
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Re: Taping the grip
« Reply #4 on: October 22, 2014, 08:37:24 PM »
Honestly in my experience, tape does nothing.  I prefer being able to roll the grip back down if it's riding up, and I've torn 5-6 grips when I've taken tape off!
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Re: Taping the grip
« Reply #5 on: October 22, 2014, 09:16:14 PM »
Tape is a total waste of time and I take it straight off any new bat I get. I think it looks better and if it's been rollled down enough is shouldn't roll back up. If it does it's very quickly sorted. No horrible glue marks left either when it comes off. To me it's as bad a tucking your trousers into your socks when batting!
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Re: Taping the grip
« Reply #6 on: October 22, 2014, 09:18:53 PM »
I don,t bother using tape on the grip just UHU glue on the bottom of the handle works a treat.
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Re: Taping the grip
« Reply #7 on: October 22, 2014, 09:58:34 PM »
Quote from: beaver5 on October 22, 2014, 09:16:14 PM
Tape is a total waste of time and I take it straight off any new bat I get. I think it looks better and if it's been rollled down enough is shouldn't roll back up. If it does it's very quickly sorted. No horrible glue marks left either when it comes off. To me it's as bad a tucking your trousers into your socks when batting!

I agree. No need of tapes if its rolled properly.
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Re: Taping the grip
« Reply #8 on: October 23, 2014, 05:38:28 AM »
I really thought it was me that couldn't get the tape to work
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Re: Taping the grip
« Reply #9 on: October 26, 2014, 07:15:31 PM »
WalkingWicket - Use GripGrip. You can check the stuff out on Google. New technology which guarantees the long lasting grip position. No more grip fiddling as they say!
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Re: Taping the grip
« Reply #10 on: October 26, 2014, 07:19:20 PM »
Quote from: FineEdgeCricket on October 26, 2014, 07:15:31 PM
WalkingWicket - Use GripGrip. You can check the stuff out on Google. New technology which guarantees the long lasting grip position. No more grip fiddling as they say!
At £7 a roll I can cope with my grip riding up mate!  ;)
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Re: Taping the grip
« Reply #11 on: October 26, 2014, 07:20:22 PM »
Haha, very fair point. I have a similar view. It does work efficiently and on several bats though.
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Re: Taping the grip
« Reply #12 on: October 26, 2014, 08:07:46 PM »
Quote from: FineEdgeCricket on October 26, 2014, 07:15:31 PM
WalkingWicket - Use GripGrip. You can check the stuff out on Google. New technology which guarantees the long lasting grip position. No more grip fiddling as they say!
As I understand it GripGrip is just amalgamating tape. You can get it from any DIY/ plumb trade counter. A single role would do you 50 bats I recon.
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Re: Taping the grip
« Reply #13 on: October 26, 2014, 08:13:35 PM »
I'm not 100% about the texture and quality of amalgamating tape. You're best of emailing the guys at GG. Rob and co are good guys who will be honest with you.
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Re: Taping the grip
« Reply #14 on: October 26, 2014, 08:23:47 PM »
Quote from: FineEdgeCricket on October 26, 2014, 08:13:35 PM
I'm not 100% about the texture and quality of amalgamating tape. You're best of emailing the guys at GG. Rob and co are good guys who will be honest with you.
Somehow I can't see a business owner saying "yeah, it's just self amalgamating tape on a smaller roll and in a different packet, save yourself some money and don't buy our product"

Or maybe I'm just being cynical again...  :D
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