How to Fix Your Pool Cue Shaft Dents By RockHead !

This info has been around forever. I used to take dents out of my rifle stocks like this long before I ever owned a decent pool cue. I will say this though, you had better take it DAMN SLOW and VERY LIGHTLY if you are gonna hit your favorite shaft with #220 grit sandpaper :shocked2:!!! I prefer to start out with #400 grit, and that's only if I want to remove an amount of wood.

Maniac
 
Maniac said:
This info has been around forever. I used to take dents out of my rifle stocks like this long before I ever owned a decent pool cue. I will say this though, you had better take it DAMN SLOW and VERY LIGHTLY if you are gonna hit your favorite shaft with #220 grit sandpaper :shocked2:!!! I prefer to start out with #400 grit, and that's only if I want to remove an amount of wood.

Maniac
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I posted this in fun . I would never ever take 220 grit to any of my shafts .

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How to take out a dent in your shft

The best way to take a dent out in your shaft is to wet a corner of a rag or a bar napkin will do. Then heat up a soldering iron , put the rag on the dent and the iron on the rag and hold till it starts to steam but be careful not to burn the rag or your shaft. Re-wet and repeat till dent comes up and then lightly use 600 sandpaper and then 1500 paper till your satisfied. Works all the time.
 
Here is what I've been doing for years with great success.

Take a small pan and put about 12 oz of water in it.

Get some aluminum foil, enough to double up and place over the pan with a little crown to it. (kind of like those "Jiffy Pop" pop corn things.

Next, get a substantial elastic band and snap it around the aluminum foil to hold it tightly on the pan.

Poke a small hole in the center of the foil with a pencil.

Place the pan on the stove, let the water come to a raging boil.

When a jet of steam come out of the hole, hold your shaft with the dent just ever so slightly below the portion of the steam that you can see.

(that's the hottest part.)

Leave it there for a minute or so, the stick will get wet with condensation, no big deal, just wipe it off after with a paper towel.

Let it sit and cool for 5 minutes, and then get some 600 or 1200 sandpaper and touch it up.

This method allows you to wet heat it very hot and only in the specific place needed to that the expansion of wood happens much more directly to the affected area.
 
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Hmm... I'll have to try that out. I've got a shaft with a ding in it that I've been thinking about working on.
 
yep

3andstop said:
Here is what I've been doing for years with great success.

Take a small pan and put about 12 oz of water in it.

Get some aluminum foil, enough to double up and place over the pan with a little crown to it. (kind of like those "Jiffy Pop" pop corn things.

Next, get a substantial elastic band and snap it around the aluminum foil to hold it tightly on the pan.

Poke a small hole in the center of the foil with a pencil.

Place the pan on the stove, let the water come to a raging boil.

When a jet of steam come out of the hole, hold your shaft with the dent just ever so slightly above the portion of the steam that you can see.

(that's the hottest part.)

Leave it there for a minute or so, the stick will get wet with condensation, no big deal, just wipe it off after with a paper towel.

Let it sit and cool for 5 minutes, and then get some 600 or 1200 sandpaper and touch it up.

This method allows you to wet heat it very hot and only in the specific place needed to that the expansion of wood happens much more directly to the affected area.
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This is probably the best of all the posts so far.........
 
Tea Kettle

I've been using a tea kettle for years. Been also using comet and a damp papre towel to pull all the chalk residue out of the wood. It lightly sands the cue too. Then finish it off with some 600 to level out the surface of the wood.
 
wahcheck said:
This is probably the best of all the posts so far.........
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A teapot would do the same, I believe.

Or, just breakdown your cue and take one of its five pieces that is dented and put it in the microwave.:cool: :grin-square:

I just run the dent under a slow trickle of warm water for a few seconds, wait, and repeat til gone. I wipe it off, use some alcohol to remove all water and wipe that off, then maybe sand it slightly if needed.

Jeff Livingston
 
I smell rubber burning....

Please... what would you describe as a 'substantial elastic band'?


3andstop said:
Next, get a substantial elastic band and snap it around the aluminum foil to hold it tightly on the pan.

Place the pan on the stove, let the water come to a raging boil.
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Tom In Cincy said:
Please... what would you describe as a 'substantial elastic band'?
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LOL ... I mentioned it as "substantial" because once I used a little skinny tiny band and the heat from the pan weakened it enough to snap off and then you end up chasing the aluminum cover all over the stove. :) So, something with some girth to it. :)


***edit*** I also just notice that I said to hold the stick slightly above the portion of the steam you can see. I mistakenly said above, it is actually below. When you begin to see the steam it is slightly cooling and condensing, so just under that point is the hottest. Sorry about that.
 
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**SHANE** said:
The best way to take a dent out in your shaft is to wet a corner of a rag or a bar napkin will do. Then heat up a soldering iron , put the rag on the dent and the iron on the rag and hold till it starts to steam but be careful not to burn the rag or your shaft. Re-wet and repeat till dent comes up and then lightly use 600 sandpaper and then 1500 paper till your satisfied. Works all the time.
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Time is a suitable replacement for heat. I usually just tear of a tiny piece of the napkin, wet it, role the cue so that the ding is "up", and just rest the wet paper on the ding for a few hours. If you let it sit overnight, by morning the paper AND the cue will be dry and you can then burnish or use super fine sandpaper (I use 1000).
 
cue dents

use a drop of water on a bandaid and place over dent,let sit for half hour and sand with 600 grit,bonami liquid remves chaulk stains real well.
 
**SHANE** said:
The best way to take a dent out in your shaft is to wet a corner of a rag or a bar napkin will do. Then heat up a soldering iron , put the rag on the dent and the iron on the rag and hold till it starts to steam but be careful not to burn the rag or your shaft. Re-wet and repeat till dent comes up and then lightly use 600 sandpaper and then 1500 paper till your satisfied. Works all the time.
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I use a terry cloth towel or washcloth and dip the corner in the water. Squeeze out the excess and then apply the tip of a clothing iron to it.

If the fibers of the wood are broken this won't work. So what I do is use the above method to bring up the dented part and then use some wood dust mixed with glue to fill in the broken part. Then I sand it flush.
 
Guys, guys, guys, keep it simple. Takes a little longer but here's what you do for a little ding in the shaft. Take a piece of tissue and fold it over until you have about 4 layers. Dip it in water, lay it on top of the ding and let it sit for about a half hour. The water will make the wood swell. Once you're done with that use whatever it is you use to smoothen your shaft out. Whether that be 1000 grit sandpaper or a shaft slicker. Water will do the trick on a minor ding. Something really deep and you should consult a professional.
MULLY
 
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