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Originally Posted by Ramon
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Thanks Rog ,
Well,here's a picture from the cue (he was made after a while). And honestly, I just can't imagine a maple any whiter than this.
I also can show you a video from my brother playing with that cue and you can clearly see that color of maple was'nt changed after he got it .
Take a look at the picture 2 (Mac cue maple shaft made for me by Richy) And compare it with picture number 3 (Niche Ultimate). Actually the same cue with maple shaft ( except diff spcse and diff design). Atsanan made this one for my brother.
take a look at the color difference. We could immediately see that these 2 cues were both Oil finished ( NO WAX AT ALL ). But there was 2 different kind of Oil used.
There are some cue makers who are able to finish the maple with Oil without changing the color. Kevin Deroo is also one of them.
I did contact ( while ago ) one of these cue makers cuz I was curious what kind of oil he has used.
Unfortunately I got no answer to my question. His answer was, Yes I do use Oil, but it's Defo NOT raw linseed Oil.
Which in this case I understand his point of view completely to not answer me. It's part of his job (his secret) and he has the right to give no information related to this issue. ( as you do , btw ).
My best guess is , they use sum kind of polymerized Oil for maple . I may be wrong though !!
As someone who plays with maple for a few years, I prefer to buy the maple which has'nt changed from the color and is white. especially if i have to make this decision online and i do'nt get the chance to try the cue.
This due to 2 reasons :
1-From my experience and from what I've seen so far, white maple is more stiff compared with dark maple ( generaly ). Since Maple is a denser wood from nature (denser compared with ash), that would be a perfect combination to play this game with. ( stifness and density ).
of course, has to be said, this is my personal preference.
2- Once the maple is finished and the color has'nt changed, this makes it for me alot easier to see whether i deal with a piece of clean maple (without small arrows, and other stuff ... ..), Or not. ( Again , my personal perference
).
Anyway , It's just my view in regards to this matter . ( hope you do'nt mind
)
I also found this website and sum info on it , which i would be glad to hear your opinion with regards to this website ( if u have sum time of crs ).
http://www.woodworkdetails.com/knowledge/finishing
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Well,here's a picture from the cue (he was made after a while). And honestly, I just can't imagine a maple any whiter than this.
I also can show you a video from my brother playing with that cue and you can clearly see that color of maple was'nt changed after he got it .
Take a look at the picture 2 (Mac cue maple shaft made for me by Richy) And compare it with picture number 3 (Niche Ultimate). Actually the same cue with maple shaft ( except diff spcse and diff design). Atsanan made this one for my brother.
take a look at the color difference. We could immediately see that these 2 cues were both Oil finished ( NO WAX AT ALL ). But there was 2 different kind of Oil used.
There are some cue makers who are able to finish the maple with Oil without changing the color. Kevin Deroo is also one of them.
I did contact ( while ago ) one of these cue makers cuz I was curious what kind of oil he has used.
Unfortunately I got no answer to my question. His answer was, Yes I do use Oil, but it's Defo NOT raw linseed Oil.
Which in this case I understand his point of view completely to not answer me. It's part of his job (his secret) and he has the right to give no information related to this issue. ( as you do , btw ).
My best guess is , they use sum kind of polymerized Oil for maple . I may be wrong though !!
As someone who plays with maple for a few years, I prefer to buy the maple which has'nt changed from the color and is white. especially if i have to make this decision online and i do'nt get the chance to try the cue.
This due to 2 reasons :
1-From my experience and from what I've seen so far, white maple is more stiff compared with dark maple ( generaly ). Since Maple is a denser wood from nature (denser compared with ash), that would be a perfect combination to play this game with. ( stifness and density ).
of course, has to be said, this is my personal preference.
2- Once the maple is finished and the color has'nt changed, this makes it for me alot easier to see whether i deal with a piece of clean maple (without small arrows, and other stuff ... ..), Or not. ( Again , my personal perference
). Anyway , It's just my view in regards to this matter . ( hope you do'nt mind
)I also found this website and sum info on it , which i would be glad to hear your opinion with regards to this website ( if u have sum time of crs ).
http://www.woodworkdetails.com/knowledge/finishing
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