Irish Linen Wrap & Slickness

[DrCue'sProtege]

I picked up a new break cue from Chad Carter down in Owensboro yesterday. Has an irish linen wrap. They are always slick when you first get them. Anybody have any thoughts on how to best get rid of the slickness on a new irish linen wrap? Or is Father Time about the only cure?

r/DCP

 

[mikemosconi]

If you want a more tacky linen wrap just take a one foot section of wax paper and wrap it around the wrap beginning at the top and lightly rotate the wax paper onto the surface of the wrap in a circular motion- the wax will adhere to the wrap and , if done correctly, create the tackiness you so desire- you can repeat twice with fresh wax paper for your desired degree of wrap tack.

Hold one hand on the cue butt just below the wrap as you rotate the wax paper round and round the linen wrap from top to bottom.

 

[RickLafayette]

If you want a more tacky linen wrap just take a one foot section of wax paper and wrap it around the wrap beginning at the top and lightly rotate the wax paper onto the surface of the wrap in a circular motion- the wax will adhere to the wrap and , if done correctly, create the tackiness you so desire- you can repeat twice with fish wax paper for your desired degree of wrap tack.

Hold one hand on the cue butt just below the wrap as you rotate the wax paper round and round the linen wrap from top to bottom.

This. When I used to shoot linen wrapped cues, this is what I did.

 

[maha]

works as long as he didnt put a sealer on it then you have to remove that. and fluff it up if he ironed it. two things i always asked them not to do and explicitly said he would have to redo it if he did.
when left untreated you can use a little soapy water on a warm rag to clean and fluff it.

 

[Island Drive]

I always carry a piece of beeswax in my case, and add it to areas that get a scrape into the linen.

To answer your question.

If the linen isn't tacky enough, I lightly rub the beeswax/cube up down into wrap area.

Next....I take a hair dryer and bleed it/rotate and the tackiness is back.

Do it every now and then because I live in the high arid/dray desert climate.

 

[Biloxi Boy]

I use beeswax applied, like Island Drive, by scraping it on the wrap. I have never used a hair dryer though. Instead, I use a clean sheet of copy paper to burnish the wrap. This spreads the wax evenly all across the wrap. Not only good for increasing tackiness but also makes wraps look like new. (I, of course, live in the hot and muggy South.) This method has worked wonders for me for many years.

 

[Island Drive]

I use beeswax applied, like Island Drive, by scraping it on the wrap. I have never used a hair dryer though. Instead, I use a clean sheet of copy paper to burnish the wrap. This spreads the wax evenly all across the wrap. Not only good for increasing tackiness but also makes wraps look like new. (I, of course, live in the hot and muggy South.) This method has worked wonders for me for many years.

Try the bleed and let us know. Doesn't require adding additional wax.

 

[Biloxi Boy]

Will do.