Those are FUN! I'd definitely buy one if I found one out in the wild!
How many cues is too much?
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CajunPopeye
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Roger Roger
Sir, I seem to associate wax with stickyness but having never used it before, could you explain to me where the slickness comes from by applying it..?
And many thanks for offering a phone consultation on the subject, that is very generous of you and I wish for your generosity to return to you a thousand fold...
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I cannot explain the chemical composition nor how it creates a smooth finish. The wax is described as micro fine bubbles and it is used by the British Museum and other restoration specialists. I pay more attention to the end result instead of the chemical composition and properties of Renaissance Wax. I have recommended and promoted this wax as the best to use whereas all the others as basically crap in contrast with Renaissance Wax.
If there are any forum readers that tried Rennaisance Wax at my urging, please do chime in. Did I steer you wrong? Are
you pleased with the product? Yes, it is pricey but the damn wax is just amazing if you apply it properly and cleaned your shaft before using it. Remember if your shaft has dings, dents, scuffs, etc., Rennaisance Wax will not remove these and in all likelihood make it more noticeable because the rest of the shaft will be smooth so the damage would be more noticeable to yout touch. Always treat the damage first and restore the shaft before using Renaissance Wax.
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I use it on pen blanks after finished. Some jewelry. Ferrules. Good stuff. Expensive? Well worth it.
Sticky?
This isn’t candle wax.
Think more like car wax.
It's hard and polishes.
Think of how smooth and slick a properly waxed car is.
I've used it for years on all my cues built before 1950 both to clean them after purchasing and then once a year there after to maintain the protective layer the wax provides.
I do this rather than refinishing because I want to keep them in great shape but just don't want to waste the money to refinish a cue I have no intention of playing.
Renaissance wax is basically a refinish in a can for old cues that have lost what ever traces of varnish they used to have while both hydrating and semi-sealing the wood.
i will be the party pooper and say i sold my collection because i felt the people who appreciate scruggs/tad/gina/searing/josswest/gilbert/nitti/tasc ...etc
you get the idea
were dying off and did not feel they would really appreciate in value that much if kept longer
and the cues stayed in cases only occasionally taken out to hit a few balls
only cues i kept were cues i really enjoyed playing with and the ones with not much bling
you get the idea
were dying off and did not feel they would really appreciate in value that much if kept longer
and the cues stayed in cases only occasionally taken out to hit a few balls
only cues i kept were cues i really enjoyed playing with and the ones with not much bling
There are a small handful of cues that seem to be appreciating significantly and maintaining those values.
It's everything else that is having problems.
What's been interesting to watch has been a small but active group of dealers that are attempting to make the market and are routinely pricing cues well above what recent public sales have been around.
Now the argument I've been told is their pricing them that high because they want to drive interest and know the cue will sell below the ask but I'm not sure that's actually their strategy.
I think their loosing their asses right now and are attempting to push the entire market up in an effort to try and recoup what their spending to market and acquire collections.
I'm avoiding dealers like the plague right now and will personally rejoice when at least half of them have gone bust and disappeared back into obscurity...
This is a hobby that has always worked better when it's collectors dealing with other collectors and not people attempting to make a living from it.
Go get a real job.
Problem is that a lot of cue makers these days only sell through dealers. So even collector "0" need to go through a dealer and pay the fee that keeps on rolling with the cue price.
I think that a lot of cues are just being flipped over and over between dealers and flippers, so the market look alive, I wouldn't be surprised that reality is a lot more sadder.
You can't eat pool cues. The real issue is the economy. Nothing but uncertainty. If and when the economy improves collecting cues will prevail. Fuel costs have risen to the point where a tank of gas requires a bank loan.
it's more complicated then that. cue collecting is a dying art and cue collectors are a dying bread.
Young people don't care about these things.
And the original reason for custom cue making (to make better playing cue compared to what was offered as production cues) is irrelevant these days as there are great production cues out these, some of them are even cheap and today's young players want the cue that their favorite player is using.
I have and am still using it based on your recommendation! I have tried a lot of others, but nothing comes close to the Renaissance wax!!!
I have to agree on that. The craftsmanship and playability of production cues now rival that of what custom cuemakers used to brag about. And at a much lesser cost. Sometimes though it annoys me when certain production cues are being sold like they are nice customs but are not. Other than that, my main motivation for owning a custom is a having a pool cue that others dont have or unique. Of course, playability and quality are a requirement.
Randy…..thanks for posting……I hope others will follow your lead and discover that this is not a pool wax.
It is a wax intended to revive and protect wood which is why professionals use it for restoration of artifacts.
The best wax I ever used is Craftsman Wax located in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. The tariff cost and shipping plus product cost that was already steep makes it very expensive and don’t ship during the hot weather. The product takes
10-12 days to reach you and it can melt during shipment because it is a paste wax like Kiwi shoe polish.
Frankly, Renaissance Wax is more affordable, simple to use and does a marvelous job. I’ve been using it since 2014 and really there isn’t any pool wax that comes close. It works best on shafts that don’t also need steaming and burnishing to render any nicks, scuffs, dents to be first removed before using Renaissance Wax. Every shaft I own is as smooth as satin. People bring me the shafts of their brand new cue asking me to refinish them like I’ve done for them before. They’ll get dents and scrapes and bring the shafts to me as if I’m their cue shaft doctor.
Bottomline is without Renaissance Wax, I could never get the cue shaft to feel as smooth as it does after I refinish it.
Thankfully Pechauer has customization module now, that's exactly what I was looking for (modular production cue that isn't too expensive).
Now that is a cue brand that is worth considering especially with customization. Not to mention it is cheaper than some other Asian production cue that they were advertising to cost initially around $1600 but is now down around $600. I like the quality and aesthetics of the Pechauer. I would have considered it if I didn't have an upcoming order for another custom.