Finish rub out advice

[macguy]

I was surprised to not get any responses to my question about rubbing out the cue finish. I wet sand using a series of grits and finish with the Maguires system no. 7 last and then wax. It's good but I am always looking for something better when it comes to the final looks of the cue. Just looking to find what others do to get that finished wet look that knocks out the buyer.

 

[cueman]

I was surprised to not get any responses to my question about rubbing out the cue finish. I wet sand using a series of grits and finish with the Maguires system no. 7 last and then wax. It's good but I am always looking for something better when it comes to the final looks of the cue. Just looking to find what others do to get that finished wet look that knocks out the buyer.

Sounds like you already have a good system. Some use a buffing wheel, but I have almost always used the lathe and soft white vanity fair napkins to apply and buff the cue buff buffing material. I do this after wet sanding down to 2000 grit sandpaper. Sometimes I sand with the grain after that with wet Micro Mesh down to 12000 grit. I used to spin the lathe at 1550 rpms or faster, but found that sometimes heats the cue too much. Now I spin it at only about 1000 rpms and though it takes longer to buff to a brilliant shine I don't get the inlays hot and start seeing little dips around them or the rings. Another thing that is good is to buff the cue again after about a week. Wax is really not needed. I have no experience with Maguires buffing material so I can't say if it is as good as Cue Buff or not. If you are using a Dupont High Glamor finish I found that only Dupont buffing compounds did a good job. Must have been a chemical reaction built in to their products to make people buy their buffing materials.
Good Luck,
Chris
www.internationalcuemakers.com