Cleaning the Cue...

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JimS said:
The lighter fluid is for cleaning off residue and polishing the shaft...at least that's my take on it.

I use a small piece of old T shirt material, maybe 3 by 3" square, folded over and just use a little bit of lighter fluid. I then wrap the cloth around the ferrule, not getting it on the top of the tip, and then squeezing pretty tight I "scrub" the ferrule using a twisting motion and turning the cue. Then I slide the cloth onto the shaft and start wiping up and down and turning the cue as I go, still squeezing pretty tight, and clean/polish/burnish the shaft all in one swell foop. I'll do that for maybe 30 secs and the shaft gets nice and warm...maybe hot. That's it! It's done! The shaft glistens! You're happy!! Go play pool!!!

I like to do that again before I play. I play better if all my equipment is bright and shiny and the maintainance is done and the cue is ship shape..ready for action, and busy hands are happy hands. It helps me find that "BRING'M ON" feeling :)
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Oh okay, sounds good. What about the wrap? Should that be cleaned too and if so how? (Leather that is)
 
No. The Irish linen wrap does not respond well to cleaning. I tried to help a guy out once by cleaning his wrap and he about cleaned my clock :) .

Seriously though, most of the players that I know dont clean their wrap except that they might take a slightly damp towel and wipe around the cue, not up and down. Wiping up and down, which is how I "helped" my friend, makes the wrap rough...roughs up the edges of each wrap, or so he told me.

If you have already roughed up your edges you can help to fix that problem by rubbing the wrap up and down with a drinking glass. An empty drinking glass. The roundness will help to flatten the edges.....at least that's what my friend showed me to do when he attempted to fix the damage I had caused by washing up and down vigorusly.

Curiously, he didn't want my help fixing it. :rolleyes: I figured it was the least I could do. He figur........well...we know what he figured.....
 
as far as cleaning the wrap, that depends on how well you know a cue maker. it might be less of a hastle just having the wrap replaced. the price may not be as much as you think. if you have a good cue have it done by a pro and save yourself the troubles.
 
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