Should sand paper ever be used by a player?
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wish i had a pic of the mali some dink had in college, was older fella....had the cue for 20 years....always used scotch brite (green)
tip was 13mm.....maybe 6 inches below the shaft it was uner 10mm, well under 10mm....had over the years turned it into an hour glass shape......
complete trash but could spin the piss out of the ball though...
i dont like sandpaper on a cue on my lathe with it on and spinning........
so whats that tell you.
sandpaper and scotchbrite are not substitutions for dirty hands and cues not being cleaned or taken care of.
tip was 13mm.....maybe 6 inches below the shaft it was uner 10mm, well under 10mm....had over the years turned it into an hour glass shape......
complete trash but could spin the piss out of the ball though...
i dont like sandpaper on a cue on my lathe with it on and spinning........
so whats that tell you.
sandpaper and scotchbrite are not substitutions for dirty hands and cues not being cleaned or taken care of.
I had a buddy of mine that carried around scotch brite and used it on his Gilbert. He hour glassed it in about a year. When he would go to sanding dust would fly everywhere and I would just shake my head. He finally took the whole shaft down to about 10 mm and shortly after that snapped the shaft while breaking.
It's OK, I can send you some 80 Grit, LMAO.
Did you ask the other player what grit sandpaper he was using?
Most likely he was using 1500-2000 grit and perhaps he put a little Olive Oil on at the same time.
When in doubt, ask yourself what Popeye did when he hurt his finger, (he put it in Olive Oil.)
he got what he deserved...the pool gods frown upon such things lol. Does he still like the Gilbert?
He still has the butt, but no shaft. He did a Schon skull cue that way for a week and then I told him him I saw him do it anymore I'd take his cue from him and snap the shaft in half. He finally threw away the scotch brite pad.
like sands trough the hour glass....these are the days of our lives lol
Sandpaper should definitely be encouraged to be used. Cuemakers need some recurring revenue 
Sandpaper should definitely be encouraged to be used. Cuemakers need some recurring revenue
no no scotchbrite is no good....use this 60 grit.......oooops i meant on the tip garwsh my baddddddd
OMG! 
This issue comes up so regularly.
IMHO cue makers should include care instructions with every cue that would include a WARNING about using sandpaper or abrasive pads.
Obviously poor cue care leads to more repair work, but I feel confident you guys really don't want that.
Fairly regularly we see cues for sale on eBay or elsewhere like estate sales with a case and accessories. In the background you'll see a Scotchbrite pad or piece of sandpaper. IMHO The presence of that item kills the value right off the bat.
People commonly abuse shafts, tips, wraps, etc. It's hard to blame them because they saw somebody else do it or somebody even told them to do it.
Usually by the time we ask someplace like here we already screwed up.
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This issue comes up so regularly.
IMHO cue makers should include care instructions with every cue that would include a WARNING about using sandpaper or abrasive pads.
Obviously poor cue care leads to more repair work, but I feel confident you guys really don't want that.
Fairly regularly we see cues for sale on eBay or elsewhere like estate sales with a case and accessories. In the background you'll see a Scotchbrite pad or piece of sandpaper. IMHO The presence of that item kills the value right off the bat.
People commonly abuse shafts, tips, wraps, etc. It's hard to blame them because they saw somebody else do it or somebody even told them to do it.
Usually by the time we ask someplace like here we already screwed up.
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these are much better for working the proper taper profile though joey.....dont work so hard pal
