can you use bleach to remove a dark spot on a shaft ?

Txstang1

Txstang1

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can you use bleach to remove a dark spot on a shaft ?

I love the way this shaft hits, but it has a couple of dark sports on it, like very small spots where the wood is darker and it bugs me to no end. i have to spin the shaft around before I shoot and that messes up my routine if i dont catch it before i get down and "zoned in" so to speak. Sometimes i think it causes me to miss. I hope there is a fix.
 
I am no expert at all, but I do know one thing, whatever bleach touches, bleach kills. it does not sound like a good idea. try it on a cheap shaft first, see what happens, im curious.
 
There are a couple of different type "Wood Bleach" available... http://www.amazon.com/Savogran-1050...F8&qid=1406753588&sr=8-3&keywords=wood+bleach . Most contain Oxalic Acid and are used for removing stains. However what you are experiencing is PROBABLY what is commonly called sugar spots which are often found in rock maple. They are I believe actually mineral deposits and there is little or nothing that can be done to remove them. I would suggest that you try to just forget about it and shoot.

I hope this information is helpful.
Todd
 
Wood Bleach will not do the job. Nothing I have tried worked. I gave up years ago.
 
Txstang1 said:
can you use bleach to remove a dark spot on a shaft ?

I love the way this shaft hits, but it has a couple of dark sports on it, like very small spots where the wood is darker and it bugs me to no end. i have to spin the shaft around before I shoot and that messes up my routine if i dont catch it before i get down and "zoned in" so to speak. Sometimes i think it causes me to miss. I hope there is a fix.
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i'm guessing it's a mineral spot?
get a new shaft or cut it out with a razor or have a doctor lazer it.
let's play again :thumbup:
 
Sugar marks, mineral spots, are not blemishes. They are Beauty Marks or Character Marks and can help identify a stolen cue.
It's wood, not plastic. I'm a little befuddled by the notion that it's PITA to turn the cue so one doesn't see them. Some recommend a spot to rotate to the top when shooting to ensure that if there is any difference in the way the shaft/cue hits because of grain, then you are shooting with the same orientation every time.
To each his own I guess,
Gary
 
im confused

Does this upset you when you are shooting or just when you are looking at the shaft. Myself I do, at no time look up and down my shaft when I play, I look at the tip, cue ball and the object ball
 
desi2960 said:
Does this upset you when you are shooting or just when you are looking at the shaft. Myself I do, at no time look up and down my shaft when I play, I look at the tip, cue ball and the object ball
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I am sure just knowing it is there mentally can screw with you. The littlest thing can screw someone up. Me a mineral spot doesn't bother me though but chalk fuzz on one side of tip, I miss by a diamond.
 
sugar

My cue has more sugar marks than a bag of Dixie Crystal. It is also one of the best playing cues I have ever owned.
 
There's a difference between sugar & mineral. What folks know as sugar lines are the tiny red/brown hair-like lines that randomly show up in the seam between grain lines. Mineral spots are the green or black spots of various size that show up pretty much anywhere. The mineral spots are the distracting ones. Most folks don't even notice sugar lines unless there are a lot of them.

Neither are actually caused by sugar or mineral, AFAIK. Mineral spots are caused by the tree being infected by bacteria or fungus, or by wood boring bugs. Sugar lines are also caused by bugs that are under the bark. One builder I know calls the lines "bug sh!t", which is actually pretty accurate. Not that any of this matters, just food for thought.
 
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