Ferrule Stain Removal
- Thread starter GADawg
- Start date
Sometimes ...
It depends on what kind of ferrule it is. Cheap ferrules
have a tendency to get 'dirty' easier and harder to get off.
Try alcohol or nail polish remover. I use a Kroger product
called 'Orange' to clean my cue shaft and ferrule. It works
real good.
It depends on what kind of ferrule it is. Cheap ferrules
have a tendency to get 'dirty' easier and harder to get off.
Try alcohol or nail polish remover. I use a Kroger product
called 'Orange' to clean my cue shaft and ferrule. It works
real good.
GADawg said:
It is important when putting on a new tips to clean the ferrule first. What happens is if any glue gets on the ferrule from fingers whatever (Especially a superglue type) it will seal in the chalk or dirt where it got on and when you try clean the ferrule later you find it has a stain. You say this happened after getting a tip done so I would make a guess this is what happened.
PoolSleuth
Banned
Think the question is what Ferrule do you have. Friend use a Product called QClean to Clean Ferreles. Think it is nothing more than Fine Bon Ami Clenser in a Tiny bottle for Big Bucks. Try Rubbing alcohol. but what ever you use, use it first in/on a SMALL Sport so you get no Surprises. Green Chalk Stains less than Blue. I like Green Chalk for that reason....
If you have no glue on it and it is a white ferrule, then I suggest using plain ordinary floride toothpaste. (no gel or anything fancy, just the white pasty kind) rub it on and let it sit for about 2 minutes and then wipe it off real good and then wipe it down with a damp cloth or paper towel. That shines it up and pulls some of the deel blue off of it for me.
Sometimes you have to do it twice.
I Learned this back when I was kid even beofre I started playing. I liked watching my step dad work on his cue. Maybe that is what got me really interested when I got older.
Sorry for the tangent here.
Sometimes you have to do it twice.
I Learned this back when I was kid even beofre I started playing. I liked watching my step dad work on his cue. Maybe that is what got me really interested when I got older.
Sorry for the tangent here.
Truly the best thing out there is a product called Bleche-White for tires....use a napkin and squirt just a small amount on it, then hold it to the ferrule and spin it with your other hand...nothing I have tried works as good as this...
________
________
Last edited:
sneaky_pete
Registered
Dude watch out for bleach white, its some nasty stuff, it will give you shaft testicular cancer if it comes in contact with it.
Please, guys, stop!!!!! I think his question was very specific, and he seems to have given all the information necessary. He wasn't asking how to clean a ferrule. He was asking about a specific spot that wouldn't come out, a spot that came up just after he had a tip put on. Because he says he has tried to use soap and water, we can assume that the rest of the ferrule came pretty clean.
This type of spot comes up all too often, especially with fiber ferrules. It's a pre-cleaning issue and has been addressed very well by Macguy. It's glue.
Fred
This type of spot comes up all too often, especially with fiber ferrules. It's a pre-cleaning issue and has been addressed very well by Macguy. It's glue.
Fred
matthew staton
Banned
cornerman is right it is caused from the chalk or dirt on the ferrule the glue seals the stain on pain in the butt to take out bye hand to.i learned this the hard way. when I did some tips bye hand.I no, now to always clean the furrele very good before I retip a shaft.I would take your cue back to the repair man and have him fix it.Any repair guy that does tips should no to clean the ferrule first.