Do you wipe down your cue?

[Chopdoc]

Do I wipe down my cue?

Do I wash my hands?

Yeah...

 

[9BallKY]

I wipe my cue off once in a while. I used to hate a dirty ferrule but now I’m old and can’t see so I don’t know when it’s dirty.

 

[GoldCrown]

I like to keep mine in showroom condition....yes it's a tool but also a nicely crafted piece. If I wanted a beater I'd buy one. My buddy spent $2500 on a cue it looks beat to shit. Maybe he thought it would make him play better....

 

[Rocket354]

I wipe my CF cue down with an alcohol wipe after each session. It's surprising how brown that little wipe gets after just a couple hours in a typical pool hall.

 

[maha]

i dont remember wiping my shaft. i dont carry a towel. my glove wipes it down every shot. maybe once or so on a hot humid day decades back before we had air conditioning and gloves .. i wonder why its needed. but my shaft is kind of blueish.
heaven forbid.

 

[HawaiianEye]

I always wipe down my cue before I put it in the case.

All of my cues stay clean.

 

[Pushout]

I thoroughly wipe down my cue with a soft cloth or dry paper towel after every session. I make sure to wipe off the ferrule, and end of the tip as well, removing any remaining chalk. This keeps my cues looking really nice after years of play. I can't stand a dirty ferrule.

Yes, always and always have.

 

[Twocylndr]

I use a microfiber cloth daily.
Wipe it with alcohol monthly.

 

[fastone371]

Nope. I like my cue. I’d rather it not be dirty and dinged. But I just kind of accept the natural life it will live. It is a personal extension of who I am. But also somewhere in my brain it’s just a tool. It’s there to be used and the put away so it’s ready to be used again later. I don’t care about its collectibility, resale value, or identity as a piece of art. It’s not to the extreme as Willie Nelson’s guitar “Trigger” but it’s very adjacent in my mind to that.

The reason I wipe my cue down is because it is in fact a tool, I have so much invested in tools that I take very good care of all of them.

 

[Matt_24]

Ditto. Kind of anal about my cue care Matt.

quik wipe and in the case.

That's it. It just takes a minute. Knocking the dust and grime off each time keeps it nice, paying special attention to the ferrule and tip.

 

[GoldCrown]

Thanks to TOAM shafts do not need much maintenance/cleaning.
Some people I know wipe their shaft. Others wack it.

 

[Matt_24]

I always wipe down my cues, butt and shaft, before putting them back in the case. I also clean my tips and do any needed tip edge burnishing, shaping and scuffing too....it takes me forever to pack up at the end of a session, haha. But I like knowing my cues are clean and ready to go as soon as I pull them out of the case, every single time.

I play wrapless now and can get sweaty hands at times so it's important for me to wipe it down so it doesn't get. I still did it when I had a wrapped cue but I find it even more important with wrapless.

I've switched to wrapless after years of playing with irish linen...and I really like the wrapless. I feel like I can grip the cue even looser but it won't slip out of my fingertips.