Ok, yes i searched...so there are all kinds of contradictory stuff on here...i wont go into all the stuff i read...what is the best way to store cues. I have had mine on a wall rack, screwed together and standing verticle, recently read several post saying this was terriable and that 2 piece cues should not be stored screwed together. Seperate butt and shaft and store shaft seperatly. I have also read that cues should be stored in a case...but then read different views on if the case should be laying down [horizontal] or upright [verticle]. Anyone have a difinitive answer...or does it not really matter as long as the cues are not leaning against something, or in a unstable temperature environment? TIA
Cue storage question
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I have always stored cues in a case laying flat on the floor or shelf. I have never had any problems with warpage.
ramw5p said:
Well to start with i am living in Canada, the winter is crazy cold and dry but the summer will reach a good 35+ humidity to bring it to mid 40s. this unstable temperature makes it hard to really store a cue properly.
my cues are stored in my basement, i keep them in there cases (that are very well insulated) with a dehumidifier, and in the winter it is kept at the same temperature for the entire 6 months of -30 snowy hell
(and i live where its warm)i am not sure if this is the best way to store your cues but i havent had a cue warp yet.
For what it is worth, seperate and vertical is best, it's just physics. In a cool dry interior closet in your home is good. You can make a holder from a suit bag, (sewing in pockets) holding shafts and handles and hang it in the closet. This way they will not have to lean against a wall.
The problem with storing your cues in the rack is that your cues are "exposed" from humidity, sudden changes in temperature, etc. Even if your cue is just standing there, it's not really standing there perfectly straight and most likely that your cue is leaning onto something (perhaps a clamp, as it can't stand on its own) causing some stress somewhere along its length and therefore, may lead to warpage.
THE BEST way to store cues is to hang them like a pendulum, you can leave them safely for a very long time & will remain straight. HOWEVER, the only problem is that they are exposed, especially the shafts. If you can control the temperature & the humidity of the storage area, then why not?
If you can't control the fluctuation of humidity & temperature, then might as well store them in the case vertically especially if you want to store them for a long period of time. You can store them horizontally if you use the cues often like several times a week. What is important is not to let gravity act on the different parts cue at a very long period of time :smile:
THE BEST way to store cues is to hang them like a pendulum, you can leave them safely for a very long time & will remain straight. HOWEVER, the only problem is that they are exposed, especially the shafts. If you can control the temperature & the humidity of the storage area, then why not?
If you can't control the fluctuation of humidity & temperature, then might as well store them in the case vertically especially if you want to store them for a long period of time. You can store them horizontally if you use the cues often like several times a week. What is important is not to let gravity act on the different parts cue at a very long period of time :smile:
cue storage is a tricky thing, ld cues 40 years + are easy if they are straight they usually stay straight, When you move a cue from a wet area like Miami to a dry area like Vegas all sorts of problems can happen to a cue, woods shrink, I have a Tad that the finish by the rings cracked, another Tad the Ivory butt cap cracked from top to bottom the widht of a credit card 30 mil's. Tads are great cues but they are made in Sandton Ca and its alot more humid there than Vegas, Thomas Wayne cues have a bad time in Vegas, for the same reason.
if you live in a moderate climate like LA and the cue comes from a similar climate, storing them in a case verically is fine, that pretty much all you can do, even with climate changes, i run humidity
what I do is keep them all in cases standing in different safes in my house that never gets cold or too hot 75-82 is the tempertaure year round, Its dry here so I run humidifyers-real ones not the phony ones at Wal Mart you add water too, I dont keep them high or on in the roome the safes are in so its dry in there.
if you live in a moderate climate like LA and the cue comes from a similar climate, storing them in a case verically is fine, that pretty much all you can do, even with climate changes, i run humidity
what I do is keep them all in cases standing in different safes in my house that never gets cold or too hot 75-82 is the tempertaure year round, Its dry here so I run humidifyers-real ones not the phony ones at Wal Mart you add water too, I dont keep them high or on in the roome the safes are in so its dry in there.
I hang my shafts by the tips/ferrules and the butts at the joint, they hang friction free. I keep the humidity in one area at about 35 to 38% and another at 42 to 44% year around.
No direct light or a/c breeze near my cues.
I store my cues with Ivory at a minimum of 42%
I live in an area with heat and humidity pretty much of the year.
So when I buy a cue from out west I acclimate the cue to my environment over a perod of time etc.
Anyway, I always hang my cues as described above.
No direct light or a/c breeze near my cues.
I store my cues with Ivory at a minimum of 42%
I live in an area with heat and humidity pretty much of the year.
So when I buy a cue from out west I acclimate the cue to my environment over a perod of time etc.
Anyway, I always hang my cues as described above.
I do not know if this will help you as I am in Hot Dry Arizona with LOW Humidity most of the years. Except MonSoon Season where it FEELS Like you are in a SAUNA.
I store Cues in Cardboard Shipping Containers, wrapped in Baby Flannel, or Flannel. They are stored BUTTS & TIPS DOWN. So Far no Problem, cost per Cue is UNDER $5.00 For Tube, and Flannel.
**Sidenote is all the Cues are from Quality builders who AGE, Dry, and Do not build out of GREEN WOOD.
I store Cues in Cardboard Shipping Containers, wrapped in Baby Flannel, or Flannel. They are stored BUTTS & TIPS DOWN. So Far no Problem, cost per Cue is UNDER $5.00 For Tube, and Flannel.
**Sidenote is all the Cues are from Quality builders who AGE, Dry, and Do not build out of GREEN WOOD.
Hmmm. I've stored my cues in the cheapest possible cue rack for 25 years, in a basement environment, with many years going by when they weren't touched. Screwed together of course. No warpage of any kind. 2,000 years from now, when my house is unearthed by archeologists from the planet Vulcan, they will still be dead straight. Sometimes I think we worry too much.