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masonh

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to amaze me.i am finishing some cues right now.i would guess i have made about 40 so far.it never ceases to amaze me though,when you are preeping the cue and you seal it and then sand it with 320 or 400 or whatever you sand it with and it looks all whitish and dull and basically nasty.you look at it and say damn that is ugly.then you hit with the clear and bam,all the white,scratches and nastiness are gone in an instant.the cue looks like glass.

i have never understood how that works,but i like it.
 
no i never thought about it.mainly i guess b.c the prepped cues look so ugly.i might do a before and after pic next round of cues.the Ebony and Blackwood before and after would be schocking to most.
 
masonh said:
to amaze me.i am finishing some cues right now.i would guess i have made about 40 so far.it never ceases to amaze me though,when you are preeping the cue and you seal it and then sand it with 320 or 400 or whatever you sand it with and it looks all whitish and dull and basically nasty.you look at it and say damn that is ugly.then you hit with the clear and bam,all the white,scratches and nastiness are gone in an instant.the cue looks like glass.

i have never understood how that works,but i like it.
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It's nice when a plan comes together. I remember the first time I saw that, and thinking I screwed the cue up, then adding a fresh cote and seeing the magic transformation. It is a pretty cool sight to see:cool:
 
The other "amazing" transformation during finishing is going from 2000+ grit to the first stage of a polishing compound. It's amazing to watch the shiny finish magically appear as you start to buff it out. Hey, if we didn't have these neat little milestones along the way, the process of building (and finishing) a cue would become even longer and more tedious.
 
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