best way to remove ding?

ace911

ace911

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What's the best way to remove a ding? I had a bad nick in the cue the other day, I took a piece of glass and buffed it, but it still bothered me and I took it to the local cuemaker. He steamed it and sanded it out, but said that I shouldn't use the glass because it seals the wood up and makes it harder to get out later on. He suggested I just use a wet cloth napkin instead, and sand it later if necessary. I don't really like using the cloth because I'll get a part of the shaft that is rough, compared to the rest of the shaft that is smooth. Also I'm not really crazy about sand paper, unless a cuemaker does it on a lathe, and I'm still not crazy about it. I don't think I should keep running to a cuemaker to clean my shaft up or get nicks out, but anyone have any suggestions? Thanks
 
getting nicks out of cue

ace911 said:
I don't think I should keep running to a cuemaker to clean my shaft up or get nicks out, but anyone have any suggestions? Thanks
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Spend $1000 and get your own lathe, simply, or keep spending $10 to keep your cue repair guy in business so that he can keep you in business
 
I guess the most obvious answer would be to quit putting dings in your shafts, but on the other hand, a drop of water in the ding and a soldering iron to steam it out is one way to do it
 
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Your repair guy gave you the best advice. Use a very small piece of napkin, or q-tip. Careful with the heat, then sand that small area with 1500 grit paper to smooth. Be sure to let your repair guy have it every so often to reseal the shaft if you are removing several dents. Go easy with the heat and sandpaper they are your shafts worst enemies. OK maybe the drunk guy "borrowing" your cue is the worst.
 
I use water and a burnisher to produce heat. It's a slow process, but eventually it does the trick. You could also use an iron with a wet napkin, but finish with a burnisher. I'd avoid sandpaper if at all possible.
 
So, I use qsmooth papers a couple times a year. After the white paper evenly on the unfinished part of the shaft. I wet the divot with a 3mm x 3mm ish piece of wetted paper towel attached with masking tape. I let it set for a couple hours. I do all divots at once. Then I run through the qsmooth papers and seal with cue wax. Works will for me and removes almost zero material.

I would be careful with any regular sand paper as wood material removal rates can be quite high. Qsmooth feels duller to me.
 
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