How is this done?

hangemhigh

hangemhigh

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I love the wrap on the CP cue in the F/S section. Anyone know exactly how the look is achieved? I can't tell if it is two different color linens combined, or if the linen was dyed somehow while or after it was applied.

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hangemhigh said:
Do you just knot the darker to the lighter or do you pin it somehow?
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I have done it both ways. When using more than one color of linen, I drill a small hole & pin the two ends, with a toothpick. When the linen is pressed you won't see the hole. If you dye the linen, you start with a lighter color & dye the darker areas. An interesting pattern can be gotten if you dye every other foot or so. You end up with an 1/8" stripe of white, followed by an 1/8" strip of black...JER
 
How is it done

I once saw a Cuesmith duct tape a magic marker to the tool post on a lathe & accomplish the same look.
 
Grumpy said:
I once saw a Cuesmith duct tape a magic marker to the tool post on a lathe & accomplish the same look.
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I would do it Arnott's way if I was going to do it at all. I would be afraid of a marker or such bleeding into the surrounding linen over time from sweat or dampness.

Dick
 
I've done this quite a bit on some older cues. I stop and pin one color and start another.
 
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