Bat maintenance

Having actually spent some money on a bat for the first time I can remember (rather than my traditional tight attitude) I'm actually having to do some bat maintenance. Takes ages when you have as much tape on your bat as I did, and you have to know to take the face off by pulling it across the face rather than down it. Found that out pretty quickly. Fingers crossed that the bat isn't ruined, but at least now it has a little bit of oil on it rather than disintegrating in my hands due to total dryness. Definitely ruined my hands though which are now blistered from the sanding as I used my thumb as the block. You live and learn!