Anal?

[Ktown D]

Seriously

I am very particular about the condition of my cues. After playing for an extended period I clean and burnish the shaft. I have found, being a new Dad, that wet baby wipes clean chalk residue from a shaft quite well. All of my cues shafts are perfect, slick no dings. The tips are perfect and I even clean the wraps after playing at the pool room because they gather chalk. I carry an ultimate tool, a willard, a porper shaper and tip burnisher, a tip pik, cue silk, finishing papers and a leather burnisher at al times. I guess I am overly protective of my investments. My father on the other hand is exactly the opposite. He plays probably 4x as much as I get to and never maintains his cues( I do it for him when I can't stand it anymore). He has an old Franklin SW, a Mottey, and a couple of nice old schons and he couldn't care less about maintaining them. It makes me sick.

 

[sarahrousey]

I clean my very rarely. When I do I just use some windex on a paper towel or maybe Comet. Otherwise it stays dirty...knicks and all. It's bad luck to clean it if things are going well. Plus I can't stand the way the cue feels when it is totally clean.

Sarah

 

[BlowFish]

I'm in this category too(on my Mezz Cue). Clean it and all after every session. No one gets a hold of my cue and chalk for that matter. If ever someone wants a view, I guard it carefully, tell the person to be carefull and don't take my eyes out of it. It's been 3yrs now and still no ding or nick.

With my Taiwan cue, you can use it whatever pleases you.

 

[blah blah]

Plus I can't stand the way the cue feels when it is totally clean.

Sarah

I find a clean cue distracting, too. I can't have any dings, but I can't have silky clean, either.

 

[Travis Bickle]

I find a clean cue distracting, too. I can't have any dings, but I can't have silky clean, either.

That's weird ... unless you're afraid it might knock your action.

I hit my shafts with magic eraser every couple of weeks, or before any tournament, and burnish with white paper. Also clean the wood threads with alcohol maybe once a month, using a cue tip, then just shaking it. Tightens up the fit ... and to make sure the cue doesn't make like two dogs in heat and need lube poured over it, I spray the screw with some WD-40 or silicone spray, then a little of the old in-out, in-out.

Chalk fetishes? Man, some of you guys are nutz!

 

[chefjeff]

It's a tool, for Pete's sake. Use it like one. Keep your tool clean, cover it when it strange places, and don't wave it around unless you mean it.

OK, Drivermaker, you're up!

Jeff Livingston

 

[drivermaker]

Keep your tool clean, cover it when it strange places, and don't wave it around unless you mean it.

OK, Drivermaker, you're up!

Jeff Livingston

I ALWAYS do what you say regarding my tool. You especially have to watch waving it around in strange places and NEVER when the crowd is predominantly male. That is....UNLESS...........(well, you know)

 

[ScottR]

Scott,

Yep, that would be my pride and joy! Barry still does lacquer finishes. I have one beaut of a ring. Instead of ivory and ebony, the ring contains maple and the red and black veneers that match the veneers on my points. I think he's only done of handful of those rings, mine being the 3rd of such when I received the cue in 1997. And I've never had any problems with the finish over the ring, either. Why? Have you?

Barbara

Barbara,
Thanks for the clarification. Yes, I have a lacquer finished cue (the maker learned some tricks from a well-known master and will use them to his grave!) with silver rings at the joint. The lacquer seems to be coming loose and is off-color in a spot.

Do you know if Barry sprays or brushes his lacquer?

p.s. I really dislike you for having that cue......j/k But, I am jealous!

 

[Barbara]

The lacquer seems to be coming loose and is off-color in a spot.

Do you know if Barry sprays or brushes his lacquer?

Scott,

I believe Barry sprays his finishes. BTW, it's really important to wipe your body oils off the finish or it will eat through the finish or discolor it. Barry even gave me a peice of one of his Dad's t-shirts to do this.

If you have the lacquer coming off through no fault of your own, you should go see the cuemaker and ask him to rectify the situation. No well-known cuemaker wants one of his/her cues out there looking bad.

Barbara

 

[ScottR]

Scott,

I believe Barry sprays his finishes. BTW, it's really important to wipe your body oils off the finish or it will eat through the finish or discolor it. Barry even gave me a peice of one of his Dad's t-shirts to do this.

If you have the lacquer coming off through no fault of your own, you should go see the cuemaker and ask him to rectify the situation. No well-known cuemaker wants one of his/her cues out there looking bad.

Barbara

Thanks. I will. You're a sweetie!!
I still lust after that cue, though!

 

[rukiddingme]

I've got a black ferrule on my cue so blue chalk lines on the ferrule are not a problem for me.
I wax the cue every month or so. I clean the shaft when dirty...not after every use.
I arrange my cues in a case and use a level to make sure the case is straight, then I use another level to make sure the original level was level ...yes Monk is my hero
ruk

 

[Sweet Marissa]

I've got a black ferrule on my cue so blue chalk lines on the ferrule are not a problem for me.
I wax the cue every month or so. I clean the shaft when dirty...not after every use.
I arrange my cues in a case and use a level to make sure the case is straight, then I use another level to make sure the original level was level ...yes Monk is my hero
ruk

Wow, do you really have OCD?

 

[rukiddingme]

I've got a black ferrule on my cue so blue chalk lines on the ferrule are not a problem for me.
I wax the cue every month or so. I clean the shaft when dirty...not after every use.
I arrange my cues in a case and use a level to make sure the case is straight, then I use another level to make sure the original level was level ...yes Monk is my hero
ruk

Marrisa,
I was kidding. As I was reading this thread an episode of Monk was on and he was using a level to make sure that the first level he was using was level. I just thought that it was hilarious and I decided to write that little blurb about leveling a case...Looks like I fooled you and possibly others...
ruk