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[adb club cricketer]

Doesn't scuff sheet and oil, both do same job (prevent dryness by creating a layer)?

Scuff sheet does more than preventing dryness right- acts as physical barrier to all that is thrown at the bat - from ball, dirt/moisture/grass(these coming from ball as well) etc..in addition, it will prevent chips of wood  from breaking/falling off the surface - but for me biggest benefit is not letting any moisture from wet balls onto the surface of bat..Not that you arent aware of all this 

[adb club cricketer]

What grade of paper do you finish with?
As crazy as this sounds the blade may be too smooth for the sheet to stick to it.

I used 60 for initial and 150 for final. Actually, the other way round, I guess the rougher it is, the less the scuff tends to stick to (based on my observation that after the rough 60 grit sanding, scuff sheets didnt stick earlier at all and any sheet will stick well on something like plastic which is theoretically equivalent to very fine sanding). Maybe I need to go finer than 150? What is the final sanding size you guys recommend?

[Cover_Drive]

Scuff sheet does more than preventing dryness right- acts as physical barrier to all that is thrown at the bat - from ball, dirt/moisture/grass(these coming from ball as well) etc..in addition, it will prevent chips of wood  from breaking/falling off the surface - but for me biggest benefit is not letting any moisture from wet balls onto the surface of bat..Not that you arent aware of all this 

Haha!! Hush hush mate!

I was just convincing myself not to oil and scuff, because I ALWAYS struggle in sticking the sheet.

[Seniorplayer]

Probably no help with problem as I don't use scuff but for that finer smoother than a baby's bottom  finish I use a specialist finishing paper called Klingsmoor.

[velvetsky01]

Scuff sheet does more than preventing dryness right- acts as physical barrier to all that is thrown at the bat - from ball, dirt/moisture/grass(these coming from ball as well) etc..in addition, it will prevent chips of wood  from breaking/falling off the surface - but for me biggest benefit is not letting any moisture from wet balls onto the surface of bat..Not that you arent aware of all this 

I always that the wood can get too dry under a scuff