If i had a BEM cue could you stain it jet black?

poolplayer2093 said:
anyone ever done this for a customer before?
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Yes. There are some black Asian cues that are made that way. I believe Predator is one. Stain will probably leave the grain and birdseyes showing. If you really want it Jet black, sand to bare wood then spray with a can of flat black automotive primer and then when dry, finish with clear as you normally would.

Dick
 
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Like Dick mentioned, if the eyes and grain will stand out, it could look A OK with a good finish on it.

Kevin Varney used to stain PH black and you couldn't tell that it wasn't ebony. I thought it looked pretty decent. He told me that he used India ink. I bought a couple of bottles. I can tell you one thing, India Ink doesn't work well on cork wraps.

In the long run, its whatever blows your hair back.
 
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You could try ebonizing BEM. Staining wood with iron. It is an old method of staining wood black. Google ebonizing wood, I only have three posts so I can't post links yet.
 
rhncue said:
Yes. There are some black Asian cues that are made that way. I believe Predator is one. Stain will probably leave the grain and birdseyes showing. If you really want it Jet black, sand to bare wood then spray with a can of flat black automotive primer and then when dry, finish with clear as you normally would.

Dick
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This is a great old trick and I tried it recently on a Predator "Sport"? where the customer wanted to get rid of the big logo on the forearm. The flat black/clear was too grey. I re-shot it with primer/auto black/clear....much better, a nice deep finish.

Don't know why the old flat black/clear didn't work better this time.

Robin Snyder
 
carguy said:
This is a great old trick and I tried it recently on a Predator "Sport"? where the customer wanted to get rid of the big logo on the forearm. The flat black/clear was too grey. I re-shot it with primer/auto black/clear....much better, a nice deep finish.

Don't know why the old flat black/clear didn't work better this time.

Robin Snyder
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I got the idea from KJ. I had posted once that black was black and KJ corrected me. He was correct, as usual.

Dick
 
I have stained cues black before. You have to look really close to see any birdseye.
 
I once tried black stain with a bit of black pigment in the clear; I had heard it was the hot setup. It was OK but it didn't have the depth of clear over gloss black. That one I just did looked like you could fall in. I'll do it again.
The same guy I did the job for has an all super black ebony cue I made for him a couple years ago. The black paint gives it serious competition, looks wise.

Robin Snyder
 
We mixed black pigment powder from Hightower in with cue cote that he also sells. And it turned out ok but could not make out birdseyes.
 
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