linen wrap is to slippery
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Perhaps I am missing something or I did not understand your original post. If your current linen wrap is too slippery, why would you want it pressed or waxed as both of those processes would make the wrap grip more slick or slippery. It is impossible to answer your question definitively without actually seeing and feeling your cue but if you want it to feel the grip more or make it less slippery, I woulds suggest that you start by properly cleaning the wrap. Some might also suggest a very light sanding with a very fine grip paper.
Use a little wax paper and rub on the wrap. Should make it a little tackier.
The problem is:
It took lots of time and effort - filling, pressing, maybe sanding and sealing, to get the
linen to the point where it is too slick.
Trying to "undo" all the smoothing actions may have mixed results.
The fact is, most who want a linen wrap, seem to want it so smooth you can hardly
tell there is a wrap. To me this kinda defeats the purpose of a wrap in the first place,
but, people want what they want.
If all else fails, since you like the look of linen, you could perhaps find an elderly
cuemaker who remembers how cues were wrapped back in the good ol' days.
Dale
Try cork wrap.
When you go cork, you can't go back.
Just remember, it's ok to be a sucker for cork. But, not as a cork sucker.
When you go cork, you can't go back.
Just remember, it's ok to be a sucker for cork. But, not as a cork sucker.
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You can rub some paste wax such as Butchers wax or Briwax into it. Let it dry and buff it off and it will feel tacky. I do it to my own cue because I like that feel.
http://www.woodcraft.com/Product/85C25/(H)-BRIWAX-CLEAR.aspx?gclid=CJKjzrSKgMgCFYUUHwodJDoGKQ
I used a VERY light dusting from about a foot away of this I had on hand for a friends cue and it worked fantastically. I stress VERY light dusting. (Good idea to cover up the areas you don't want this on)..You can even spray it on a rag and lightly dab...Don't use too much though because it's very tacky..
Since you don't like this wrap as is, try this........take a warm, damp cloth and wipe the wrap......use a round circular motion rising and lowering vertically on the wrap.
Rotate the cue and rub in the direction the wrap was spun onto your cue........then take a dry cloth and wipe dry the wrap......repeat this a 2nd time if needed.......the
wrap should feel raised.....you should be able to feel the strands........now the most important step is the last one........use a heavy round, smooth glass object.......it needs
to be round and smooth.......I have some heavy glass beer mugs that I use.........lay the cue on a flat surface and supported by a towel.........now rub the linen wrap pressing
hard using fast strokes.......you rub the wrap up and down and use fast, very rapid strokes pressing down hard......really firm.........you can start using short strokes and
eventually you can stroke the length of the wrap......be sure to rotate the wrap so you cover and treat the entire surface area.
You will heat burnish the linen strands to lay flat and even again but keep in mind the results can vary with the quality of the linen wrap. I do this with my Cortland Linen wraps
and the interwoven flax strands in the linen respond incredibly well to this heat burnishing and lay perfectly flat and smooth again.....I do not care for leather wraps......I have an
elephant wrap on my EP cue and I dislike it so I really take care of my Cortland wraps since it's incredibly scarce and soon even Cortland #9 will become unavailable.
Matt B.
Rotate the cue and rub in the direction the wrap was spun onto your cue........then take a dry cloth and wipe dry the wrap......repeat this a 2nd time if needed.......the
wrap should feel raised.....you should be able to feel the strands........now the most important step is the last one........use a heavy round, smooth glass object.......it needs
to be round and smooth.......I have some heavy glass beer mugs that I use.........lay the cue on a flat surface and supported by a towel.........now rub the linen wrap pressing
hard using fast strokes.......you rub the wrap up and down and use fast, very rapid strokes pressing down hard......really firm.........you can start using short strokes and
eventually you can stroke the length of the wrap......be sure to rotate the wrap so you cover and treat the entire surface area.
You will heat burnish the linen strands to lay flat and even again but keep in mind the results can vary with the quality of the linen wrap. I do this with my Cortland Linen wraps
and the interwoven flax strands in the linen respond incredibly well to this heat burnishing and lay perfectly flat and smooth again.....I do not care for leather wraps......I have an
elephant wrap on my EP cue and I dislike it so I really take care of my Cortland wraps since it's incredibly scarce and soon even Cortland #9 will become unavailable.
Matt B.
By all means, follow the advice of the actual cue-makers that visit this section before listening to suggestions from just
Azers that own a few pool cues.......professionals tend to be right more often I have found but anyone can be mistaken.
Just keep in mind you could wind up paying for someone else's mistake if they gave you bad advice on what to attempt.
Matt B.
Azers that own a few pool cues.......professionals tend to be right more often I have found but anyone can be mistaken.
Just keep in mind you could wind up paying for someone else's mistake if they gave you bad advice on what to attempt.
Matt B.
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