Bat paint flaking?????

[worldchamps]

Has this happened to anyone else....It has remained this way for a couple years now. I am not sure if it eventually will all peel off or not????

If anyone is interested, I would sell for $100 shipped

If anyone has contacts with a card company maybe they would buy to cut up and put on cards????

rangersstars@yahoo.com

[OaklandAsFan]

Re: Bat paint flaking?????

yeah i have a scott hatteberg bat like that and alot of the paint has chipped off.

[Jags Fan Dan]

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Here is a Lenny Harris with the same issue:

[worldchamps]

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It is the only bat I have ever had do this, I think Raffy (or the Rangers) might have had them in storage too long, ?? not sure

It is a double dipped bat, you can see where there is regular black wood and then where the second coat was appplied, there is a small tape like ring to show where the seperation of paint is.

I think he might have rubbed HGH or bat this bat a B-12 shot!!!!

[geoff]

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I have a Jorge Posada Black LVS that looks like that and has that problem also.Never understood why.But I like the bat and really don't care.

[AWA85]

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Does this happen to all black bats, or is there a reason for this? I am just getting into the game used field and want to make sure this doesn't happen to my new pieces.

[Number9]

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Bumping this up to see if anyone has more info on this? Is this something that may happen to all of our black bats over time?
Thanks.

ML

[metsbats]

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I have black bats from the 1993-2000 seasons which don't have this problem. I have stored some of these bats in a storage bin away from the light and the bin is air tight. Some others i have displayed on a wall rack.

I really think it has to do with the fact that some of these bats were double dipped and makes for a thicker finish more prone to this type of wear. On the black bats I have you can still see the wood grain. On these bats you cannot perhaps?

I did own a 2003 Posada WS bat which was double dipped and i did notice some of the same patterns starting to form on it before I sold it.

David

[metsbats]

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Perhaps BHM can help out on this one...

[dwolfe12345]

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I have a Sandy Alomar Jr. also from the Rangers that is doing the same thing. I wonder if it could be that they store all the bats together, some with tape and others with not. If not maybe the humidity here in Texas makes the paint come off when stored to long?

[indyred]

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Never seen it before. The couple black gamers I have you can see the grain patterens still and it's more that their stained, not caked on paint like the looks of the one pictured here. Could just be that paint didn't adhere well to the wood. Something in that wood wasn't dried out completley before it got dipped and over time it worked it's way out to the surface cracking the paint like that.

[BMH]

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LOL!!!

God, that did turn out pretty bad...

Alright, back in 2000 we started playing with a new finish procedure that would allow us to dry the bats in seconds using UV technology. It was a stunning finish when done properly, looked like glass. Anyway, the Black bats had problems because the first coat of clear wasn't drying properly before being sanded and having the second coat applied. The vapors from the first coat did thier best to get to the surface but couldn't. When the bats came out of the box and hit sunlight that dried the topcoat even more and shrinking causing the cracking. The program was terminated in 2004.

[Number9]

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BMH,
You are quite an asset to this forum. Thanks for sharing your knowledge. Glad to know I don't have about 15 bats about to go bad!

ML

[BMH]

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It wasn't used on all black bats either. At the time we had a finish called Smith finish. It took FOUR days to apply to a bat. It looked great, but the time involved was horrible. So we started toying with the UV polyurethane coatings. The UV technology was new being used primarily by hardwood flooring, furniture, and pool stick manufacturer's.

These other companies applied many thin coats and sanded between. We only applied two thick coats. Our UV lights weren't drying them very well so that caused the problem. We even had the problem on clear bats but not to the same extent. Another issue was the coating was so thick, it would start to crack as the players used it. That was a million dollar mistake...

[worldchamps]

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Well that million dollar mistake makes my $250 not so bad

Oh well he is a cheater...i still think he spilled HGH on it ...