Shaft wax - Yes or No

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cluelesscuer

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Just wondering if there is a consensus among player where cue shaft wax is necessary or beneficial, or just a waste of time and money?
 
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When I send my shafts into my guy, he cleans, and uses some type of wax on it and it's awesome for about 3weeks! He doesn't give up his secrets but he only charges 5$ a shaft for a few locals. If any thing happens to him I'm learning to do it!
 
you can keep the shaft slick either way. If you like it to look clean, then a good cleaning followed by proper sealing and waxing is the way to go. Both require regular maintenance.
 
Come to Blue Fin Billiards in Fresno. Ask any players on the front tables about Bava's cue shafts.If you doubt what you hear, ask the owner, Tommy Hill. When you know what you are doing and use the right products, the shafts do not get sanded down in size of any appreciable difference using Croakus Cloth, Then applying a good sealant afterwards and following that with burnishing the shaft using leather. The shafts feel like a polished ballroom floor and glide through a closed bridge. Been doing this for 35 years and all my cues are straight, wobble free and in better condition than any cue shafts I have ever touched which includes brand new shafts straight from the cue-maker. To each their own but the proof is in the pudding and I have the pudding to support my comments.
 
Butchers Wax.

Gus used it on his cues, and for those who think they are smarter, use something else.

Ken
 
Not a fan. I burnish with a piece of brown paper bag followed by a piece of leather. Everyone has their something.
 
Ken_4fun said:
Butchers Wax.

Gus used it on his cues, and for those who think they are smarter, use something else.

Ken
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Hey Ken, try that Gerlitz Guitar wax I mentioned on an old shaft you have laying around. It's about $5 or $6 for a tin of it. If you ain't well satisfied, sent it to me & I'll send your $ back. With all due respect, I think Gus had not heard of this stuff !!! (BTW, I used to load at Cat in Lafayette fairly often, I drove for Lone Star Transportation), take care...
 
Ken_4fun said:
Butchers Wax.

Gus used it on his cues, and for those who think they are smarter, use something else.

Ken
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I sure don't think I am smarter than Gus, but there are better waxes now for cues than Butchers wax. The better cue waxes only came out shortly before Gus passed away. He was using the best product available in a hardware store.
 
Hard to get a proper finish without a lathe it's definitely worth it if you find someone that can wax shafts for a good price, otherwise your shoulder/arm will be so sore it will probably throw your stroke off.


Neil
 
Ken_4fun said:
Butchers Wax.

Gus used it on his cues, and for those who think they are smarter, use something else.

Ken
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The guy who replaces tips for me uses Butchers. My shafts are amazng! Both play and break shafts have had it done and they are both super smooth and incredibly durable! I love it!
 
captainjko said:
Do you know the brand? Paste or liquid?
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My tin of it says, surprisingly enough, that it is made by the Butcher Company in Marlborough, MA. It is paste, and comes in a tin. It is very readily available.

I believe Ace Hardware sells it.

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I use to wax, especially in the summers when it's humid. Really don't need to for me in the dry winter air (nor need any kind of hand powder). In the summer when the humidity is high is the problem for me. And quite honestly, I don't find any difference in preventing the cue from feeling sticky whether I wax the shaft or not. I'll clean it with a mr clean pad and some rubbing alcohol. And whether I add wax or not, I do get a temporary smooth, slick shaft. The only thing that really prevents the stickiness from the humidity after an hour or two of playing is either hand powder or shaft conditioner (actually it's hair conditioner called Biosilk). But the wax doesn't seem to make a difference either way...


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cluelesscuer said:
Just wondering if there is a consensus among player where cue shaft wax is necessary or beneficial, or just a waste of time and money?
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I see your in Chicago. Any Art Van furniture stores close to you?

They have a multi surface cleaning/polishing kit for $40 You get free refills on for life. Comes w a glass cleaner and a hard surface polish.

I've been using the hard surface polish for the last eight years. Clean shaft first then put some on a rag so it's wet. Apply to shaft, let dry, polish out.

Shaft is slick and I never need anything else like chalk on my hands. What's great is it lasts quite awhile. If I'm out playing and want to refresh it, after I wash my hands, I use the damp paper I dried my hands with and go over the shaft. It's fairly clean again and it's slick again.

If you want to try it out first, take a back up cue into a store and tell them you want to try it first. They'll let you.
If they're like our store they're using the glass cleaner on their phones and have open boxes laying around.

Works great on a ton of other stuff too. Perfect for the high gloss finish on butts of sticks. Kind of its original purpose.

Uses micro-acrylic polymers.
 
Tried a few...

I have tired a few different kinds of wax. I think it is like cleaning a rifle barrel, more then one technique gives good results.

I normally clean a shaft by wiping it down with a damp micro fleece cloth, if it is real dirty I will use denatured alcohol and the Magic Eraser.

For the last year I have been using the Acrylic Shaft Sealer from Pool Dawg.

It is easy to apply and appears to penetrate the wood well and dries to a hard seal on the surface of the shaft. I normally do 3 light applications and then buff it with leather.

This finish seems to last longer then then any wax I have tried.

Pat Diviney told me he uses Hog Wax. If I could find it here in Alaska I would try it.
 
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