Carbon fiber shaft cleaning techniques..

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Flintlock

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I recently purchase a Meucci Carbon Fiber Pro shaft. So far, I love it, but only have about 15-20 games on it so far. It's still in great shape and clean, but I know with use it's going to get chalk, etc., on it. I used to use CueSilk on my wood shafts with great results. Up until now, I haven't thought about what to use for a CF shaft. Any tips? hehe
 
Flintlock said:
I recently purchase a Meucci Carbon Fiber Pro shaft. So far, I love it, but only have about 15-20 games on it so far. It's still in great shape and clean, but I know with use it's going to get chalk, etc., on it. I used to use CueSilk on my wood shafts with great results. Up until now, I haven't thought about what to use for a CF shaft. Any tips? hehe
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Alcohol eye-glass wipes.
 
I am not sure what the alcohol % is on the eye glass wipes, I know that the Cuetec CF shafts come with a warning that the alcohol % used to wipe down their CF shafts needs to be at a 75% or higher alcohol content. I only use 91% on my wood shafts as long ago cue makers warned against rubbing water into wood shafts on a regular basis- makes sense- the content of wipes or bottled rubbing alcohol that is not alcohol is water.

If Cuetec is stating 75% or higher alcohol content is required; then there must be some detrimental effect that results from too much water; even on a CF shaft. Some of these lens wipes are only 30% alcohol, so the rest of that moisture in the wipe is water. I would check the alcohol % of any wipe used for CF and make sure it is at least 75% and for wood I would not go below 91%.

Cuetec does produce alcohol wipes for their CF shafts- in case the other brands prove to be too high in water content.
 
mikemosconi said:
I am not sure what the alcohol % is on the eye glass wipes, I know that the Cuetec CF shafts come with a warning that the alcohol % used to wipe down their CF shafts needs to be at a 75% or higher alcohol content. I only use 91% on my wood shafts as long ago cue makers warned against rubbing water into wood shafts on a regular basis- makes sense- the content of wipes or bottled rubbing alcohol that is not alcohol is water.

If Cuetec is stating 75% or higher alcohol content is required; then there must be some detrimental effect that results from too much water; even on a CF shaft. Some of these lens wipes are only 30% alcohol, so the rest of that moisture in the wipe is water. I would check the alcohol % of any wipe used for CF and make sure it is at least 75% and for wood I would not go below 91%.

Cuetec does produce alcohol wipes for their CF shafts- in case the other brands prove to be too high in water content.
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Water might be an issue if you were using a wet rag all the time. Using an eyeglass wipe evaporates very quickly. A couple friends have had cf shafts for over 2yrs and they still look brand new. Both just use standard eyeglass wipes. I wouldn't sweat this personally.
 
garczar said:
Couple friends have had cf shafts for almost 2yrs. They use standard eyeglass wipes and the shafts still look brand new. No clue what the alcohol % is.
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Could be- of course- I just received a Cuetec CF cue on a trade- new in the box- I was surprised to see the 75% recommendation myself, really don't understand why that should matter on a CF shaft- but there must be some reason for them to state that up front right in their instructions.

For pure wood, I only use the 91%. I am going to put this new CF cue up for sale- they just are not for me - but just wanted the OP to know what I read this week right on the Cuetec box that the cue comes in- as per their instructions on cleaning the CF shaft.
 
Ok, thanks guys. I got to play with it a little bit more tonight. I used to use a glove and still do, but I tried gloveless a bit and was still fine. No drag at all and today was humid! So I guess, a trip to the local pharmacy and pick up some 91% alcohol and those wipes in the women's makeup department should do the trick. Thanks all!
 
As of yesterday, I have 10 cf shafts and because I have like 60-70 of them I use the Revo wipes on anyofthe 10 shafts. They all seem to clean nicely with the wipes.
 
garczar said:
Water might be an issue if you were using a wet rag all the time. Using an eyeglass wipe evaporates very quickly. A couple friends have had cf shafts for over 2yrs and they still look brand new. Both just use standard eyeglass wipes. I wouldn't sweat this personally.
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I've been using the eyeglass wipes for as long as I have my Mezz Ignite (2 years) and it still looks brand new. I can't imagine those wipes or even water is detrimental to the carbon material.
 
I use distilled water and a microfiber cloth. I spray a small area of the cloth until it gets slightly damp then rub the shaft. I've been using it on my custom Revo for 1 year and a half since I have it and it's the smoothest shaft I have seen.

I use one of the alcohol wipes that came with the shaft once every few months but there's no noticeable difference. The only thing alcohol does better than water is dissolve fats, but that won't matter unless you smear oil allover your shaft. Water is not detrimental to carbon fiber.
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As a pure cleaner,the DENATURED alcohol that has only 1% water works best. It also dries faster. Tommy D.
 
garczar said:
The eyeglass wipes are nice 'cause each is sealed and ready to use. 400 of them(Zeiss) on Amazon is around 25bux. About 6cents each. Walgreen's brand works as well. About same price.
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I get 100 Zeiss wipes at WalMart for $5
 
Flintlock said:
I recently purchase a Meucci Carbon Fiber Pro shaft. So far, I love it, but only have about 15-20 games on it so far. It's still in great shape and clean, but I know with use it's going to get chalk, etc., on it. I used to use CueSilk on my wood shafts with great results. Up until now, I haven't thought about what to use for a CF shaft. Any tips? hehe
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I used the Zeiss wipes and it worked well. Can you use them on a wood shaft?
How about wiping down pool balls with them?
 
REVO wiped…Use enough and get wiped out at $.50. I’m saving mine. Might be collectibles someday.
 
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