I picked this cue up here on AZB a few years ago. Played with a bit then put it away due to weight and balance point. Fast forward a couple of years and another AZB'er came to town and he used it when we were out shooting. At some point he realized the wrap was loose. I'm guessing my use of a slip stroke/stroke slip prevented me from feeling it? Either way, I took the wrap off a while back and I noticed it wasn't the original wrap, the person who put the second wrap on used glue very sparingly 
The original wrap was black and looked good, I purchased this black/green a while back for a cue I never got around to building so on it went. I used the toothpick method and a glue stick. I did not use power to rotate the cue, I hand cranked the whole thing which allowed me to keep a close eye on the tolerance of the wraps as they went on, it's rock solid. I did find that a thick guitar pick works awesome for pushing the wraps when needed and to do some final moving near the ends when done. I don't have any starch so only used water. I used two pieces of purpleheart with a bolt through the end to press it. It has some texture to it, which I like, but is pretty smooth. Not sure I'll starch it. I'm happy with it, being my first one.
After looking at the pics I do I see the finish barely got touched on the butt end, that's not really visible in person.
As I previously mentioned, it did not have the original wrap, this picture shows where person who installed the last wrap over drilled the hole. I didn't mess with it and left the original two toothpicks in the hole and hit it with some black magic marker. It shows up way more in the pic, it's visible in person but is harder to see now then it was before.
The original wrap was black and looked good, I purchased this black/green a while back for a cue I never got around to building so on it went. I used the toothpick method and a glue stick. I did not use power to rotate the cue, I hand cranked the whole thing which allowed me to keep a close eye on the tolerance of the wraps as they went on, it's rock solid. I did find that a thick guitar pick works awesome for pushing the wraps when needed and to do some final moving near the ends when done. I don't have any starch so only used water. I used two pieces of purpleheart with a bolt through the end to press it. It has some texture to it, which I like, but is pretty smooth. Not sure I'll starch it. I'm happy with it, being my first one.
After looking at the pics I do I see the finish barely got touched on the butt end, that's not really visible in person.
As I previously mentioned, it did not have the original wrap, this picture shows where person who installed the last wrap over drilled the hole. I didn't mess with it and left the original two toothpicks in the hole and hit it with some black magic marker. It shows up way more in the pic, it's visible in person but is harder to see now then it was before.
Because I can be a bit anal retentive I tend to overdo things so I did a couple of practice runs with some old partial rolls of wrap I bought here on AZB and I didn't like how the linen could/would get bundled up by the pressure of squeezing it so essentially I would grab a length of it (think of wrapping up an extension cord) and then as I rotated the cue I would move my arm forward instead of letting slide through my fingers. Painful, yes, but given I only had the wrap on hand and I'm thinking of selling this cue, or it will be with me a very long time, I wanted it to as perfect as I could get it. That being said, I do not have a foot pedal, I would've used that if I had one.
