Care 4 Your Cue

[DAVIDLAND87]

WHAT IS THE BEST WAY TO CARE FOR YOU CUE :confused:

[craigslater]

During play, if the cue becomes sticky, wipe it down with a slightly damp cloth and buff dry immediately. Never sandpaper the cue, this removes the protective sealer on the shaft leaving bare wood and also gradually wears away the cue shaft.

Occasionally, (3-6 months depending on the amount you play) treat the cue with raw linsead oil. Wipe cue down with a damp cloth and dry. (If cue is very dirty, mild detergent can be used) do not use to much water or this can cause the cue to swell. Apply oil onto cue with a cloth or paper towel, leave overnight to soak in, buff cue with a clean cloth until smooth and dry and no residue is visible on clean cloth. Then wipe with damp cloth and dry and buff.

If cue is jointed, occasionally clean brass faces of joint with very fine wire wool (00-00 grade). Dirt or grease on the faces of joint can effect the contact when striking cue ball.

[Sam147]

During play, if the cue becomes sticky, wipe it down with a slightly damp cloth and buff dry immediately. Never sandpaper the cue, this removes the protective sealer on the shaft leaving bare wood and also gradually wears away the cue shaft.

Occasionally, (3-6 months depending on the amount you play) treat the cue with raw linsead oil. Wipe cue down with a damp cloth and dry. (If cue is very dirty, mild detergent can be used) do not use to much water or this can cause the cue to swell. Apply oil onto cue with a cloth or paper towel, leave overnight to soak in, buff cue with a clean cloth until smooth and dry and no residue is visible on clean cloth. Then wipe with damp cloth and dry and buff.

If cue is jointed, occasionally clean brass faces of joint with very fine wire wool (00-00 grade). Dirt or grease on the faces of joint can effect the contact when striking cue ball.

Craig, u 4got to quote the above from John Parris' website ;) :p

but that's exactly how i look after my cue :)

[craigslater]

Alrite sam hows u?

Sorry yes that advice was from www.parriscues.com john parris knows his stuff

[rajiv]

How does one clean a graphite cue..i have been using one for last six months?

[craigslater]

Dont really know what to suggest as i wouldnt really think rubbing a damp cloth would do any good, the only thing i would suggest is to keep rubbing the cue down with a dry towel after a few shots, if that fails you could try a cue glove, not my cup of tea but if it helps....

If all else fails i would get a wooden cue as i dont hear many good comments about the carbon fibre ones.....

Sorry i cant be much help.

[Sam147]

How does one clean a graphite cue..i have been using one for last six months?

when it gets sticky, a dry cloth smeared with a small amount of talcum powder should do nicely (not too much, u wouldn't wanna smudge the baize) :)

in case it gets dirty, i believe rubbing it with a damp cloth followed by buffing with a dry cloth should do the trick :D

but i agree with Craig, nothing like a wooden cue ;)

[craigslater]

minimum amount of dampness thoughm i dont know what graphite would do if it was wet.....

[Sam147]

minimum amount of dampness thoughm i dont know what graphite would do if it was wet.....

the graphite cues are treated in a special way so even if u rinse'em in water, nothing will happen to them :) ... yet i would NOT rinse'em in water :D

[craigslater]

Thats ok then ;)

I know my friend used to have one and i think it was guarenteed against warping.....

[Wity]

the graphite cues are treated in a special way so even if u rinse'em in water, nothing will happen to them :) ... yet i would NOT rinse'em in water :D

What a load of bollocks.
Carbon fishing poles which almost always get submerged aint treated yet cues are? ROFLMAO

[Sam147]

What a load of bollocks.
Carbon fishing poles which almost always get submerged aint treated yet cues are? ROFLMAO

i see u get my point ;)

[Wity]

Summat tells me you said that knowing i'd read it Sam.

Award yersen a wind Wity up point. :D


btw how come a carbon cue can be had for £15 yet when i dropped a section of my pole that was 1/2 as big and hollow in the pool the other day the buggers want £120 for a replacement.

[Sam147]

it's all good fun, Wity :D

no idea about the £15 vs the £120 :confused:

btw, the kind of treatment i was referring to on graphite cues is basically what gives it the shine/color (same goes for fishing rods) :)

[Wity]

Actually it's called paint. :D

Although come to think of it,it may be some colouring inpregnated in manufacturing, at least with cues. Carbon Rods and poles are naturally black or a very dark grey. Painting them merely adds weight defeating the whole purpose.

I look forward to the chinese making poles, unlike cues their strength and weight is easily classified thus the £1000 + pole of today would be at least halved.

[Sam147]

thanks for enlightening me :)

seriously tho, would u think painting them or cues for that matter would affect the weight so much as to defy the purpose? :confused:

[Wity]

Yes, seriously paint can be quite heavy. For instance Some Ferrari's (yes i mean their road cars not just the racing ones) have paint so thin you can see the graphite pattern through the panels. it's an expensive material which can be super strong yet extremely light. Google "fishing pole" and you'll see they are all black with only the barest of a painted on makers label on the handle.

It's compiled in a simlar way to fibre glass ie; matting, so you'd have the weave going crossways in a car panel to give strength in any direction and in one way only in the likes of a fishing pole giving it strength in it's length yet so fragile in another thus tread on one and it'll snap easily.

Paint weight can be a major factor when it comes to a cars perforance 80kg I think was the figure saved by ferrari on one of its cars by having only the thinnest of coats. And saving any amount on a 16 metre pole is a godsend if your fishing out that far in a 5 hour match i can well vouch for.

When it's used in the making of a cue though carbon is not used for its strength and lightweight qualities in the same way as its merely bonded onto a usually maple shaft to ensure the wood wont warp. Fibreglass or plastic would do the job just as well and if heavily painted the overall weight of can be negated by using thinner wood.

Dunno if a solid carbon cue actually exists, if it does it'd be very expensive i bet.

[Sam147]

thank u, Wity :)

that was very informative :cool:

[rajiv]

when it gets sticky, a dry cloth smeared with a small amount of talcum powder should do nicely (not too much, u wouldn't wanna smudge the baize) :)

in case it gets dirty, i believe rubbing it with a damp cloth followed by buffing with a dry cloth should do the trick :D

but i agree with Craig, nothing like a wooden cue ;)

Thanks a ton...i started with a wooden cue and used one that is generally found lying about in clubs..but the graphite one i am using now comes more 'naturally' to me..i hope u get what i mean..now when i use any other cue -just for the heck of it - i get my shots all wrong. so i am gonna stick to this stick..lol

[lbs]

do maple cues require the linseed oil treatment?

[ADR147]

do maple cues require the linseed oil treatment?

all wood needs feeding one way or another.