antique white linen wrap

[cribbeecues]

A customer wanted a white wrap installed. I had never done or have had
a request for solid white(just happened to have some I was experimenting with). It was being installed on a rosewood handle. After making sure
I had a tight wrap so the rosewood wouldn't show thru I cleaned and pressed.
The wrap looks shadowy and dengy. Anyone have any tips , secrets or
horror stories to share on white wraps?

 

[KJ Cues]

They look pretty in pictures but don't seem to do well in the real world.
Think about it. You say it's shadowy & dingy and it hasn't left your shop yet.
Imagine what it will look like a month from now.
To the best of my knowledge, Meucci is the only one that does an antique white and they clear-coat over it.
It's pretty difficult as it is to prevent cross-color contamination from one color of wrap to another.
Your presser & burnisher (and other tools that come in contact with the wrap) need to be surgically clean.
The 'shadowy & dingy' that you speak of may be corrected by washing it with mild dish-soap.
Rinse thoroughly and hope your glue holds up.
It should, at least, look more uniform.

HTHs, KJ

 

[cribbeecues]

KJ, you're correct on the cleanliness. I washed my hands and cleaned my pressor. Still does not look like a wrap I would want personally. Maybe the
customer will change his mind to a double brown with white specs. I would
rather eat the cost and time than send something out that even I am not
satisfied with.

 

[ddcuerepair]

I purchased a linen press just for white wraps and I keep it in a sealed plastic bag to keep it clean.
I went to the white glue sticks just for this wrap I press it dry then I spray it with scotch guard and let it dry.
This has worked out well for me.

 

[ddcuerepair]

I still try my hardest to talk the customer out of the white wraps. But you get that one who will not take any other color.

 

[scdiveteam]

I still try my hardest to talk the customer out of the white wraps. But you get that one who will not take any other color.

Hi,

I just had a situation where the customer wanted no spec on a light cue wrap. My shop was visited the other day buy a top tier cue maker and he saw the cue and asked me what wrap was going on it. When I said antique white, he said call that guy back and tell him I said he should change his mind because it is a big mistake.

I talked to the customer who is a great guy and explained some of the downfalls and he eagerly changed his mind to a brown spec.

Rick

 

[ratcues]

I stopped offering white linen years ago unless it has finish sprayed over it. Almost every one I have done has come back because the customer is unhappy with how dirty it got after very little use. This is even after I try to talk them out of it.

Side note; when I do need to install one on a darker handle, I paint the handle white so it doesn't show through.

 

[CrukedStick]

White wrap

Oxy-Clean and Scotch-Guard are a white wraps ONLY friends..:grin:

 

[desi2960]

my first and last stingray wrap

bought a stingray hide and it looked great, nice little black bumps and it felt great. i started to cut it and it would not cut straight, i tried everything in my shop, shears, different scissors, and muti razor knives. the little bumps are as hard as dried epoxy. i finally got it on, and it looked so bad i stripped it off, NO MORE STINGRAY FOR ME.

wrong thread sorry

 

[Cue Crazy]

Glad I'm not the only one that prefers to stay away from the white. I'm the same way, and always try to talk the customer into a darker wrap.