Playing conkers

[5MUG]

Hi all
my daughters school have a conker competition all next week. Has anyone got any tips about how to prepare your conker or about hitting your opponents conker?
S

[metro lover]

vinegar? my mate did cement when he was about 10 but it's quite noticable

Edited by metro lover on Sunday 5th October 13:14

[andy400]

I thought 'preparing' the conkers was illegal? Naughty......

[rockinatmidnight]

Make sure she wears safety goggles!!!

[okgo]

I found vinegar made them go a bit soft..

I used to spray mine with a varnish/lacqeur

[metro lover]

okgo said:

I found vinegar made them go a bit soft..

I used to spray mine with a varnish/lacqeur

SHHHHH!! don't tell the competition

[Fex2005]

If you cant win..Cheat. I was the durham conker champion with a conker lasting 3 years. I used a lathe at school and made a fake conker using the school lathe. Varnish and jobs a good-un.

[andy400]

Fex2005 said:

If you cant win..Cheat. I was the durham conker champion with a conker lasting 3 years. I used a lathe at school and made a fake conker using the school lathe. Varnish and jobs a good-un.

Quality!


Er... I mean, naughty, naughty.

[pies1981]

inject with steriods, dip in varnish

[Alex97]

Feed the conker up before it's first race. Then it will run slow and get put in a lower category. Ah hang on thats grey hound racing

[oilandwater]

Some say it is best to drill out the soft center, then fill with resin. Some say not.;)

[Zad]

Dry them out in the airing cupboard to harden it off. That will either make them brittle or strong, so you need to test them against each other to find out which is best.