Is there a way to rewrap your own cue at home with leather? I dont have anyone nearby to do it for me, and I would like to learn the process. Thanks
Leather Wrap You Own Cue
- Thread starter The Prodigy
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Leather coat from the Salvation Army store... spray glue... razor blade knife
Ralph be speakin the gospil!
thats how I learned.....I went to the fabric store, got some different stuff and trial and error.
contact cement works well......and a nice new exacto knife with the curved blade.
G.
so basically, cut off the irish linen. Clean up. lay on leather, and cut to exact length. spray on the glue to the leather, not the cue, apply leather, wrap up with rubber bands. Sound like a doable method?
I would...
>cut the leather about an inch long on both sides.
>make it wide enough to overlap by maybe 1/2"
>glue up both sides.....let it dry....and put the wrap on making the overlap line up straight down the center line of the cue
>get a metal straight edge and cut the long seam....cutting through both layers. Line up the seam.....cut the top and bottom edges.....then wrap the entire thing with tape til it dries.
***this may not be the "PRO" way....but it did MANY nice wraps back in the day!
god luck!
>cut the leather about an inch long on both sides.
>make it wide enough to overlap by maybe 1/2"
>glue up both sides.....let it dry....and put the wrap on making the overlap line up straight down the center line of the cue
>get a metal straight edge and cut the long seam....cutting through both layers. Line up the seam.....cut the top and bottom edges.....then wrap the entire thing with tape til it dries.
***this may not be the "PRO" way....but it did MANY nice wraps back in the day!
god luck!
Actually, the more common leathers that are used today are pretty much the same thickness as the linen so there is no modification to the wrap area needed. This will allow you to go from linen to leather and back again at will without upsetting the integrity of the cue.
There have been some very do-able methods described here and that pretty much is how it's done anyway. There's a certain amount of massaging done to hide the seam and to snug the ends but I suspect that your technique will develop with practice.
The rubber bands and/or the tape are not needed.
I've never used them.
I've never seen them used.
I've never heard of their use before I read this thread.
Contact cement works very well all by itself.
Sometimes too well.
Hope this helps.
There have been some very do-able methods described here and that pretty much is how it's done anyway. There's a certain amount of massaging done to hide the seam and to snug the ends but I suspect that your technique will develop with practice.
The rubber bands and/or the tape are not needed.
I've never used them.
I've never seen them used.
I've never heard of their use before I read this thread.
Contact cement works very well all by itself.
Sometimes too well.
Hope this helps.
You said what I was going to say. I haven't heard of this kind of problem in years.
Where can I get some quality leather for when I actually do my own cue, and not my practice sticks 
