Anyone else do this to their Shaft?

[CocoboloCowboy]

I will share a secret, well maybe common sense v/s secret.

What you see below is piece of cotton flannel, yellow is just a layer of Q-Wax worked into flannel.

After playing a few stroke in flannel, and Q-Way transfers.

I carry the flannel in Zip-Lock, to prevent ing up case.

 

[tableroll]

I will share a secret, well maybe common sense v/s secret.

What you see below is piece of cotton flannel, yellow is just a layer of Q-Wax worked into flannel.

After playing a few stroke in flannel, and Q-Way transfers.

I carry the flannel in Zip-Lock, to prevent ing up case.

Wood shaft?

 

[straightline]

Good way to seal in chalk dust. Taom users might even find a way to extract and reform it.

 

[CocoboloCowboy]

Wood shaft?

That is all I use wood, my old school, and you do not get chalk Dust on Shaft if you clean personally between uses. With clean cotton flannel rag, or Kleenex they will remove dust.

 

[straightline]

You said after playing. That's the best time to trap those precious particles.

 

[CocoboloCowboy]

You said after playing. That's the best time to trap those precious particles.

Some people with open mind try thing, other with closed minds know thing, or new ideas will not work.

I use to do the Q-Wax thing to Shafts 8-12 weeks, not think in between treatment seem to extend time.

BTW I get some people over Chalk, so it might not work for them.

If you have guts to try new idea, report back findings. If not no big deal.

 

[straightline]

Hah there...
Just hassling your post. You know like you do???
I use car paint sealer right on the clean wood. If I feel like it, I follow with a synthetic polish by Turtle Wax they call Ice. It happens to be the slipperiest hazardous chemical I've tried so far. The trick with that one is to let the solids sink to the bottom and just apply a drop (literally) from the lubricant. No glove. Shaft still gets blue though. I have a mysterious 30 yr supply of master chalk that seems to increase over the years.

 

[Bavafongoul]

Renaissance Wax…..it protects your cue shafts from chalk stains, well,
unless you are just a slovenly player and core your chalk like an apple.

 

[Tommy-D]

I use a small Scotch-Brite microfiber towel and worked white polishing compound and Meguiar's #26 carnauba wax into it. I've reapplied over the years,but been using it for 20 years now.

Here is something else you can use it for. If you are playing on a table where there are rubber pocket liners and/or metal corner brackets,you can set it down before you shoot and eliminate a possible stroke error,plus it keeps the same things from marking your shafts up.

I got the idea from a place that used to make you break off a "break cloth" or small patch of Simonis that minimized the burn spot once a table got broke in. In this case I had to draw my ball a couple feet,but jacked up off of a sticky rubber pocket liner. I didn't think I could physically do it,so I stood up to reassess and looked down in the pocket was a 4" square piece of cloth so I picked it up,laid it down like I needed it,and of course I overhit it,but still got out and learned yeah I can draw my rock from downtown. Tommy D.

 

[Biloxi Boy]

Renaissance Wax…..it protects your cue shafts from chalk stains, well,
unless you are just a slovenly player and core your chalk like an apple.

No greater zealot than a convert. Renaissance Wax is the BOMB! I used Cue Silk for many years, and it worked great, even in the atmosphere of this coastal swamp (completely kicked powder) but RW has a little something more.

We keep seeing it repeated here in a variety of ways, but it all comes down to two things within our control: clean hands and a properly treated shaft. Clean tables are also desirable but seem to be asking too much of many owners.

 

[xX-Wizard-Xx]

i basically clean my shafts about once a month.

 

[DeeDeeCues]

Nothing goes on my shafts. I wipe with damp paper towel.

 

[DDiabolico]

May I ask if there's a certain brand of renaissance wax to look for? How do you apply it? I've used cuesilk for some time now but am not really happy with it. Normally I use a cordless screwdriver and a spare pin to rotate the shaft an then i run a soft towel up and down. But cuesilk feels somewhat coarse initially and kind of sticks to the shaft until it spreads out.

 

[Biloxi Boy]

May I ask if there's a certain brand of renaissance wax to look for? How do you apply it? I've used cuesilk for some time now but am not really happy with it. Normally I use a cordless screwdriver and a spare pin to rotate the shaft an then i run a soft towel up and down. But cuesilk feels somewhat coarse initially and kind of sticks to the shaft until it spreads out.

RW is the brand. Amazon sells it, Wipe a small amount on, wipe off quickly, buff with a soft cloth.
CS -- try burnishing with copying paper.

 

[CocoboloCowboy]

Well when I receive New Shaft, I smooth with micro fiber gizmo like magic sanding films.

Apply good amount of Q-Wax, let sit 20-30 minutes.

Polish with clean flannel.

So my post play treatment is just a little more help.

 

[Icon of Sin]

That is all I use wood, my old school, and you do not get chalk Dust on Shaft if you clean person. Of not a dry rag, or Kleenex will remove.

I imagine you speaking like this...

 

[CocoboloCowboy]

I imagine you speaking like this...

I imagine you speaking like this...

Please do not have Attack, if you have

 

[DryFlyTrout]

That is all I use wood, my old school, and you do not get chalk Dust on Shaft if you clean personally between uses. With clean cotton flannel rag, or Kleenex they will remove dust.

Chalkdust torture...
I usually have my Butler clean my shafts.

 

[CocoboloCowboy]

Well Chalk don’t stocked to Waxed Shaft.

 

[Fatboy]

I use 120 grit now, I used up all my 80 grit paper. That way I can knock down a layer of dirt and have a brand new shaft when ever I want. Unless I run out of sand paper. Hard work but a lot of elbow grease and a firm grip gets it done.

Fatboy<———likes his shafts real clean