This is where we can agree to disagree. Any time yourself or Joey or anybody would like to compare their finish to my CA finish, I'm game. I'm not even a little worried about pitting my finish against any on the planet. I go to the shows & tourneys, and I look closely at all the other cues, custom and production. Any time you'd like to find out how good a finish is or isn't, I'm ready. Until then it's just opinions, right?
Great looking finish and I am not here to make any claim of what is the best.
A great way for a CA finish, test for yourself with an open grain wood like Purpleheart or Wenge, rub BLO on it and then put a little more on some 320 or 400 grit and start sanding. Go to 600, 800, 1000, 1200 and finish at 1500. Around 1000 the oil is soaked into the wood and the sandpaper now becomes dry, 1200 and 1500 will sand dry as well.
DONT WIPE!!! Let it sit for 3+ days at proper temp and humidity.
You now have a glass smooth surface, lightly sand for roughness and begin the CA process.
Use Blue paper towels with a small amount of BLO on it and then with lathe spinning, apply medium in two coats, dry, sand and then polish with 3 steps.
I have restored many muscle cars in my life, some very rare. I was taught auto finish by a guy who won best finish at Vegas a few times, his trophies were 6 feet tall, we grew up together. The last cars I restored in the last ten years I let a custom shop do the finish, having 4 first gen Camaros at the same time left me void of time, he charged a lot but they were show quality.
I like AC but I believe CA is a stronger finish in the end, it takes more to scratch it.
There are so many fantastic cues and cuemakers in the world and many great finishes, Thanks to all.