Wood Bat Handle Treatment

Wood Bat Handle Treatment

Gives your wood bat:

The handle strength of a composite bat with the hitting power of a natural wood bat.

Using a fiberglass wood bat wrap can significantly reduce the chances of breaking a bat. Many league players have experienced a reduction in the number of wood bats broken without any loss of power by using the wood bat wrap. The Denver MSBL/MABL Board would like to thank Ed Warner of the Red Sox 28+ team for providing the wood wrap process for the benefit of all Denver MABL/MSBL players.

ALSO

Thanks to Clay Pershing who has wrapped many bats for our 48+ league players. Clay has the distinction of hitting the first 48+ homerun in a practice game at Hinkley High School baseball field recently using one of his wrapped wood bats.

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Fig. 1: Shown are the materials you will need to wrap your bat. The fiberglass wrap ( 24 inches long) can be purchased at Home Depot (about $3) and the fiberglass resin (the liquid) with the hardener can be purchased at Walmart in the auto department (about $10). Other materials shown are rubber gloves, a coffee cup to hold the liquid resin, sandpaper, and a scissors.

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Figs. 2 & 3: Sand your bat vigorously from about 2-3 handgrips from the bottom of the bat to the trademark.

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Figs. 4, 5 & 6: Pour about an inch of fiberglass resin into the coffee cup and add 20 drops of the hardener (without the hardener the resin will take about 3 days to dry).

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Figs. 7 & 8: Cut a piece of fiberglass wrap about 18 to 24 inches long and 2 inches wide.

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Figs. 9, 10 & 11: Put your rubber gloves on. Stuff the piece of fiberglass wrap into the coffee cup and let the fiberglass wrap absorb the fiberglass resin until the wrap is completely soaked.

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