Linen to Leather Wrap
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Seyberts does a fine job I am told. No personal experience, just word of mouth.
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I've had both Seybert's and Proficient Billiards do leather wraps for me. Both did outstanding work and both had fast turn around times. I couldn't recommend one over the other.
You could avoid shipping charges back and forth if you can find a local cue repair person to do the work.
Maybe it was the particular kind of leather wrap but mine became quite slippery in dry weather to the extent that I had to tighten my grip on power shots to keep my had from slipping.
Like Bob's concern. I'd test grip em all before install. Yrs ago, it was the reason I sold my Zamboti. Too Slippery. I actually held the handle in my lap to keep it warm and the tack right.
Wouldn’t it have been easier to change the wrap?
I was hesitant to change an original Balabushka wrap.
Ditto Bob....
I then went to a new Kirschenbrock, I liked the stickiness of the lacquer handle.
I needed to experience different grips, my game kept improving.
As I started playing better, I got into weekend play at the Reno pro events, then realized this. The crowds were bigger, inturn the room became more humid. On a close up simple straight back draw, my grip slipped.
Sold that, then talked to Nick, he recommended I switch to linen.
Growing in the Midwest with all the humidity, nicky told that linens the best when room conditions changed.
Ever since, linen.
I had mine changed from linen to black leather by one of the guys at the BCA at the Riviera about 2010. Cost $100 back then and has held up perfectly to this day. Never slippery or to sticky.
I changed it for two reasons; First it was a white/green linen and was super dirty. Second, something was off with the glue in it. It would ooze out a bit of something (glue? old sweat?) and it put a stain on my table when I left it laying on it for a day or two.
I changed it for two reasons; First it was a white/green linen and was super dirty. Second, something was off with the glue in it. It would ooze out a bit of something (glue? old sweat?) and it put a stain on my table when I left it laying on it for a day or two.
But like bob said, a Zam or a Balabushka, it's not a good move to change the original trim on that vehicle.
Occasional leather conditioner solves that
I eventually discovered that, but I don't want a grip that requires maintenance. A wrapless cue works well for me.
The same applies to a woman!
From my experience of having wraps changed out- some cues with leather wraps have a slightly deeper channel cut in the handle to accommodate the leather's thickness. Cue repair persons sometimes have to make some handle alterations to keep a changed wrap perfectly even with the rest of the cue to the front and back of the wrap area.
So the thickness of the new leather wrap is key to replacing a linen wrap with leather as well- since a linen wrap channel could be too shallow and need to be sanded down a bit to allow the leather wrap to fit the cue perfectly. Only work with a cue repair person who fully understands this possibility- otherwise your new leather wrap replacing an existing linen wrap may sit too high on the cue handle.
So the thickness of the new leather wrap is key to replacing a linen wrap with leather as well- since a linen wrap channel could be too shallow and need to be sanded down a bit to allow the leather wrap to fit the cue perfectly. Only work with a cue repair person who fully understands this possibility- otherwise your new leather wrap replacing an existing linen wrap may sit too high on the cue handle.