Specialist care for sports grips and handles — cricket, golf and every racket sport. Afterplay Pro is the only AFTERPLAY product made for them — and it’s on its way.
BUILT FOR GRIPSCOMING SOON
50ML SPRAY
AFTERPLAY PRO
Performance Grip Care
COMING SOON
The only AFTERPLAY spray made for grips and handles — the wrapped and rubber grips that can’t be soaked, scrubbed or put through a wash. AFTERPLAY GEAR leaves them to Pro.
The only one made for grips & handles
Made for tennis, squash, badminton, pickleball and padel rackets
Targets odour at the source — never masks it
Designed to be safe on rubber, latex and synthetic grips
Made for bat, club, stick and racket grips
THE GRIP SPOTLIGHT
CRICKET HANDLES. GOLF CLUBS. RACKETS.
No piece of gear takes more sweat than a grip. Cricket bat handles and golf club grips are wrapped in rubber, worked by hand all game and never, ever washed — so the smell moves in and stays. Here’s what Afterplay Pro — the only spray in the range made for this gear — does for each.
CRICKET BAT HANDLES
CANE & RUBBER HANDLESA cricket bat handle is layers of cane and cork wrapped in a rubber grip tube. It soaks up sweat and season after season of play — and it can never go in the wash.
WHERE THE SMELL SETTLESSweat works down under the wrap where no cloth reaches, and the rubber holds the smell for good. A spray that mists through is the only clean the handle gets.
AFTER EVERY SESSIONMist the handle end thoroughly, let it air dry overnight, and it goes back in the bag fresh rather than feral.
GOLF CLUB GRIPS
RUBBER COMPOUND GRIPSGolf grips are natural rubber compounds, synthetic EPDM or injected SEBS-based TPEs — the kind of materials harsh cleaners quietly eat away at.
GLUED & TAPED ONGrips are fixed to steel or graphite shafts with rubber solvents or double-sided tape. Strong cleaners soften that bond and can work a grip loose.
TACKY WHEN FRESHA clean grip keeps its tack, so your hands stay quiet through the swing. Mist it on, let it air dry, and test a small hidden area first.
SPECIALIST SPRAY
HANDLE & GRIPS.
Handles and grips are the hardest things in the kit bag to clean. They can’t be soaked, scrubbed or put through a wash — and they’re made of rubber, foam and latex, the very materials harsh cleaners quietly eat away at. Afterplay Pro is the only spray in the AFTERPLAY range made for this gear: mist it on, let it air dry.
STRIKING & CLUB GRIPS
GOLF CLUB GRIPSNatural rubber compounds, synthetic EPDM or injected SEBS-based TPE, glued onto steel or graphite shafts with rubber solvents or double-sided tape — sensitive to harsh cleaners.
BASEBALL & SOFTBALL BATSHandle wraps in vulcanised synthetic rubber, polyurethane foam or vulcanised polymer wraps, built to absorb high-impact vibration.
FIELD HOCKEY & HURLING STICKSGrips wrapped in synthetic rubber or perforated TPE tape, designed to hold their tackiness when wet.
RACKET HANDLESMoulded polyurethane or soft synthetic rubber base grips on tennis, squash, badminton, pickleball and padel handles, usually under a soft elastomer overgrip.
SAFE FOR RUBBER.
Rubber is in more of your gear than you’d think — grips, handles, overgrips and wraps. The formulation is designed to be safe on rubber, so it won’t dry it out, soften it or leave it tacky. Spray it on and let it air dry.
Boot & trainer soles
Studs & sole plates
Goggle straps
Wetsuit seams
Bottle seals & gaskets
What wrecks this gear is rubber solvents, alcohol-heavy sanitizers and oil-based sprays — they soften the glue holding a club grip on its shaft and wear rubber wraps out early. Afterplay Pro is designed to be safe for rubber, so bat, club and racket grips can be sprayed and left to air dry. Test a small hidden area first.
GRIP QUESTIONS.
HANDLED. ANSWERED.
The two pieces of gear people ask about most: a cricket bat handle and a set of golf club grips. Both are rubber, both get soaked in sweat, and neither can be washed. Here’s what to actually do with them.
Is it safe on rubber?
The formulation is designed to be safe for rubber, so bat, club and racket grips are all in scope. As with any new spray, test a small hidden area first and let it dry properly.
Do I have to take the grip off a cricket bat handle?
No — and that’s the whole point. The sweat that causes the smell works its way down under the rubber wrap, into the cane and cork, where no cloth can reach. Pulling the grip off would mean re-gripping the bat. A fine mist soaks through the wrap and takes the smell out at the source, so the handle comes up fresh without coming apart.
Will it soften a golf grip or work it loose off the shaft?
What loosens a grip is the harsh stuff — rubber solvents, alcohol-heavy sanitizers and oil-based cleaners, which attack the solvent bond or the double-sided tape holding a grip on its shaft. Afterplay Pro is designed to be safe for rubber, so it won’t dry the grip out, swell it or lift the bond. Mist it, leave it to air dry, and test a small hidden area first.
How often should I spray a bat handle or a set of grips?
A cricket handle after every session is the sweet spot — that’s where the sweat is heaviest and the wrap never comes off. Golf grips are lighter work: after a hot round, or a couple of times a week through a stretch of play, keeps them fresh and tacky.
How long before it can go back in the bag?
Let it air dry first. A grip packed away wet just moves the damp into the bag, which is where the smell came from in the first place. Golf grips are usually dry in the time it takes to pack the bag; a bat handle is better left out of its cover overnight.
Will it leave the handle or the grip slippery?
Not once it’s dry. It’s a mist, not an oil — no silicone or conditioning film is left behind to make a handle slick. Don’t spray a grip you’re about to play with; give it time to dry and the tack comes back.
Can I just wipe it down or soak the handle instead?
Wiping only reaches the outside of the wrap, and soaking is what ruins a handle — water swells the cane and lifts the wrap away from the cane and cork underneath. Spray lightly and often rather than drenching it, and let the formulation do the work below the surface.
It’s a new bat or a fresh set of grips — when do I start?
From the first session. The smell isn’t something that suddenly appears — it builds from the sweat the first game leaves in the wrap. Spraying after every use from day one is what keeps a handle from ever getting there.
My bat handle already smells. Can it still be saved?
Usually, yes. It works on the smell at its source rather than covering it up, so a handle that’s gone musty will normally improve over a few sessions of spray and air dry. A wrap that’s been soaked through for years may never come back fully — either way, this is what stops it getting worse.
THE GRIP RITUAL.
01
MIST THE HANDLE.
Mist the grip until the surface is evenly damp — not soaked. A fine mist is what works its way through the wrap.
02
LET IT DRY.
Air dry it, overnight if you can for a bat handle. A handle packed away wet is where the smell started.
03
DO IT EVERY TIME.
Spray straight after the session, before the gear goes back in the bag. Regular is what keeps a handle fresh.
As with any new spray, test a small hidden area of the grip first and let it dry fully before you play.
