Lube for your shaft

[Tooler]

Cue Silk is a great product, if used correctly.

Your shaft needs to be clean first, drip a few drops on a folded paper towel an stroke your shaft up and down as fast as you can for 30 seconds whiles rotating your shaft.:grin-square:

Seriously(if that's possible here), It has never harmed any of the shafts I've used it on, which is at least 3 dozen over the last 10-15 yrs. The only shafts I won't use it on, are my Gulassy shafts, that are pre-treated with his shaft freeze.

I would never use Cue Clean.... it's to abrasive.

 

[HawaiianEye]

Cue Silk is a great product, if used correctly.

Your shaft needs to be clean first, drip a few drops on a folded paper towel an stroke your shaft up and down as fast as you can for 30 seconds whiles rotating your shaft.:grin-square:

Seriously(if that's possible here), It has never harmed any of the shafts I've used it on, which is at least 3 dozen over the last 10-15 yrs. The only shafts I won't use it on, are my Gulassy shafts, that are pre-treated with his shaft freeze.

I would never use Cue Clean.... it's to abrasive.

I have Cue Silk and I don't think it makes the cue as "slick" as the cloth I mentioned above. I haven't bought one of those cloths in decades, so I can't vouch for them now.

I have never used the cloth on a laminated shaft because they didn't make them at the time. I don't know if whatever is in the cloth will "interfere" with all the glue in the laminates.

If you try it, please experiment first on one of your less expensive shafts to see if you like it before you put it on your Balabushka to find out it isn't the product for you.

If I can find one of the "wax" versions like in my link, I will buy it and give a new review.

Aloha.

 

[trinacria]

Did she shit right afterwards? Your fiancé is AWSOME !!! My girlfriend won't even let me finger that. Prude *****

 

[joe76195]

RAIN-X works

 

[Bob 14:1]

Did she shit right afterwards? Your fiancé is AWSOME !!! My girlfriend won't even let me finger that. Prude *****

 

[macguy]

So after the fiance and I had some...adventures I realized how smooth and silky silicone based lubricant feels on the fingers and thought...."Could I use this for my pool cue...?"

Anybody else try or think this might work? Also don't want to damage the shaft...I play with a predator 314-3 so it is laminated...maybe I'll just come out with a product line "Rock's Cue Lube!"

Disclaimer: Do not use water based lubricant on your shaft! At least the one attached to your cue!

I had a bottle of some stuff miz gave me he was selling. You put it on your bridge hand fingers and it made the cue real smooth. It worked. I just looked and I don't know what it is called because the print has worn off the bottle but I am sure someone knows.

 

[alaskanadams]

Get a glove, when you get used to it you'll never go back............true dat..hahahahaha :grin:

 

[3kushn]

I didn't plan on squeezing the bottle and soaking the shaft lol. Lightly coat and burnish!

A cue maker would throw you out on your ear if you even mentioned bringing silicone into their shop. Its a huge no no. They don't even want it in the trunk of your car parked in the driveway.

 

[Darkridder]

What if you just use some wax paper?

 

[Robert58]

I use Birchwood Casey Gun Stock Wax. It is a mixture of Carnauba, Bees Wax and Silicone. It works great on just about anything.

 

[zencues.com]

liquid glass

Try liquid glass. I never have, but I would like to know if it works.

Look it up in a search engine. It's real stuff. Let us know

 

[j_zippel]

A cue maker would throw you out on your ear if you even mentioned bringing silicone into their shop. Its a huge no no. They don't even want it in the trunk of your car parked in the driveway.

A cabinetmaker would do the same thing. Silicone can be a nightmare for the finishing room.

 

[HawaiianEye]

A cabinetmaker would do the same thing. Silicone can be a nightmare for the finishing room.

Why is that? What happens?

 

[pocket]

Why is that? What happens?

Silicon on raw wood, prevents stains, paints and glue from working.

 

[Dave-Kat]

Over the years I have tried many items including specialized waxes, baby powder, talc, Q-silk, even the house donut chalk back in the day on cue shafts to get them 'slick' since I will not use a glove.

I now use super fine hybrid aircraft films while spinning shafts on my lathe. Then I burnish with small thick Ace Hardware brown paper bag. I only do this 'treatment' if it has not been done or shaft has many hours on it.

I wipe my shafts down regularly after play and keep them clean, and silky smooth. I hit them with the my old school bag prior to play and keep one in my case should I need to freshen them up.

I am curious about the slick treated 'towel'

Good night,

 

[HawaiianEye]

Silicon on raw wood, prevents stains, paints and glue from working.

Isn't that the purpose of "slick" stuff?

Maybe that is why it slides through your bridge so easily...no sticking.

 

[j_zippel]

Why is that? What happens?

Silicon on raw wood, prevents stains, paints and glue from working.

Isn't that the purpose of "slick" stuff?



Maybe that is why it slides through your bridge so easily...no sticking.

Lol.. Exactly. For me, when using silicone sprays for saw blades, tooling etc I'd end up with finishing defects such as fish eyes or orange peel and it happens too with diesel fumes being air born.

Q slick works good, for me keeping the shaft clean and washing hands with cold water does the trick. I've used Longoni wax burnished in on a lathe and it works but found in higher humidity it looses it's slickness and feels almost a bit tacky.

 

[Drop The Rock]

Get a glove, when you get used to it you'll never go back............true dat..hahahahaha :grin:

Finding a nice glove is the other problem!! I play with a glove now but want to find a solution for this as well!

 

[Drop The Rock]

Yeah I would have a problem with Longoni wax because I live in Houston...

 

[poolguppy]

out of curiosity I tried this with some KY intense, and I was on fire