Epoxy Question

[fiolledapool]

hi friends,

I hope help...
Today I was checking a cuemaker web site and I dont understand a expression because my english is very bad, so i hope help for understand this question, I read :

"The cue is drenched in a water thin epoxy, wetting its fibers and embellishing the colors. This is not to be confused with coating a cue with epoxy. No epoxy is left on the cue, only in the cue"

What difference between coating with epoxy and "No epoxy in left on the cue, only in the cue" ?
I dont understand this expression???

thanks??:thumbup:

 

[Mase]

hi friends,

I hope help...
Today I was checking a cuemaker web site and I dont understand a expression because my english is very bad, so i hope help for understand this question, I read :

"The cue is drenched in a water thin epoxy, wetting its fibers and embellishing the colors. This is not to be confused with coating a cue with epoxy. No epoxy is left on the cue, only in the cue"

What difference between coating with epoxy and "No epoxy in left on the cue, only in the cue" ?
I dont understand this expression???

thanks??:thumbup:

With a very thin epoxy, the cuemaker is expecting it to soak into the wood and he probably wipes the excess off the surface. This should seal the wood and prepare it for his finish coat.
I use this method when I am tapping into wood. I drill the hole and then fill it with a thin material that will soak in and harden the surface. I then tap the hole and get better results that just tapping into bare wood.

 

[macguy]

hi friends,

I hope help...
Today I was checking a cuemaker web site and I dont understand a expression because my english is very bad, so i hope help for understand this question, I read :

"The cue is drenched in a water thin epoxy, wetting its fibers and embellishing the colors. This is not to be confused with coating a cue with epoxy. No epoxy is left on the cue, only in the cue"

What difference between coating with epoxy and "No epoxy in left on the cue, only in the cue" ?
I dont understand this expression???

thanks??:thumbup:

It helps with moister exchange and to try to stabilize the wood. It also helps with woods that want to drink up the finish and aids in finishing the cue. It does in fact bring out the color and grain in the wood adding to the natural beauty of the woods.

 

[Paul Dayton]

On the surface of the wood vs. under the surface, (inside). It is a quick substitute for a wood sealer that prevents the finish from soaking into the wood, sort of.

 

[cueman]

"No epoxy is left on the cue, only in the cue"

This simply means the epoxy was used to fill up the pores in the wood and none was left on the surface of the cue. It means the epoxy is only being used as a grain filler.

 

[fiolledapool]

ah....Ok, I understand now???
thanks??

 

[rhncue]

This simply means the epoxy was used to fill up the pores in the wood and none was left on the surface of the cue. It means the epoxy is only being used as a grain filler.

Good answer. Many confuse the difference between a sealer and a filler. A sealer is usually a very thin material that soaks in quickly and then getting hard causing a barrier so that other materials will not soak further into the wood. It needs to be a material that is transparent, have very good adhesion to whatever material es it comes in contact with, and have a surface that the next material will readily stick to. As far as I'm concerned, the sealer is the most important part of a good finish. It is the foundation that all else is built upon. A filler, on the other hand, is just as it's name implies, it fills the pores and grain in the material that is being finished. It can be any number of different materials from Plaster of Paris to numerous coats of the finish itself. Once the properties of fillers are understood many new and varied uses can be utilized for striking effects.

Dick