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[pacman75cricket]

I have an ex pro's bat which has been repaired & seems ok but face has some de-lamination so sounds a bit different to other bats was wandering how de-lamination effects performance.

[hit4six]

From what I have experienced, it does not affect performance at all, if anything, it improves it, but it only gets worse I find. Delamination is simply an internal crack under the face of the bat, causing a hollow sounding spot.

[Talisman]

Sadly it is a killer, glue it back down and you get no performance.

[pacman75cricket]

just wandered as remember Andy saying quite often happens to some of the best performing bats

[Talisman]

Grains and small sections lifting on the face are a sign of a great playing bat, sadly the end result in time is a lifting and separation of the whole face.

[procricket]

Bit like the masters bat???

[pacman75cricket]

Nice of you to say Dave

[100 not out]

From what i could tell on the tv looked like some of the face had been peeled off.

[100 not out]

Can someone pls post if they have used a delaminating bat. . .i have one, it  absolutely flies, but am debating about using it.

[RossViper]

I repaired a bat for a guy at our club which was de-lamination in different places, and it goes fine. Performance not really effected in this case...

[RossViper]

I should also add that I held the face down using a bag of pea gravel! I thought it was a good technique!

[100 not out]

are you sure it was delaminated?

there are no surface cracks on my bat, the face looks fine, but if you press it in a certain area, the face goes in. when you strike a ball on it flies but sounds strange.

[100 not out]

how did u get below the surface, what glue did u use. i have heard if you glue down the "spring back" aka ping, is reduced.

[RossViper]

I made a small hole in the face and "injected"* some Polyurethane glue, drill the hole at the top of where you think it starts to delaminate, then let it slide down, the polyurethane expands a bit in to the gaps as it dries which helps too.

According to the guy whose bat it was it went as well as it did before, maybe just got lucky?!

*I decanted the glue in to a smaller tube, and short of forced it in.

[Colesy]

So effectively laminating the de-laminated area