off topic bat question

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Just a few tips I have come up with in my efforts to preserve and restore wooden bats.....if the bat is in decent shape, I do not sand and restain...I prefer the oldtime patina that age has given the bat....I do clean the bat...

And to do that I tape over the identifying marks....trade mark, signitures etc.... with blue masking tape....and clean the bat with "soft scrub"....and a very soapy brillo pad...but gently.....you dont want to take off the finish, just the dirt......then remove the tape...it will protect the marks you want to keep.....

I have a "crackerjack" bat I found in a bucket at a yard sale....It was in horrible shape......so I sanded and refinished it.........now its the centerpiece of my bat display in my hallway at home......$.50 bat...$10 in finishing materials.......2 weekends of fun.......pretty cheap winter entertainment...