Nicer than my break cue question...how to make my Irish linen wrap shiny?

Thanks for all of your input so far. I have tried the wax paper and brown paper bag routine with promising results. I just bought some fine sandpaper and carnauba wax to try next.

We'll see how that turns out.

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Wrap

The best thing I have found to clean and press a wrap is a bounce dryer sheet. You'll see the results after the first couple times up and down the wrap.
 
Way back when, I heard someone say to do what others have said about the wax & brown paper but they said Glass. They said to rub it with a smooth glass bottle or shot glass.

I've never done it, so I don't really know & I would think that the papers would be easier.

Now does anyone know how to get a white wrap with specks to get that overall 'soiled' green look without just using it for years?

Thanks in advance,
Rick
 
I got to thinking a while back, about how people were always saying Irish linen was "slippery". I've played with linen since the mid '70s if memory serves and never had one that I thought was slippery. I've handled many newer cues over the years that have had shiny appearing linen wraps and I have thought they were slippery, that's why I've stayed away from them.
 
You Can Improve The Wrap Right Now & Costs Nothing To Do.

If you want to get that result, and you may not depending on the quality of the linen, you can burnish the wrap.
Take a round glass object, like a beer stein, and lay the cue butt on a towel on a flat surface.

Use the smooth, round glass side of the beet stein or other glass object to rub....hard & feverishly.
You want to start with short strokes and rotate the wrap and you heat rub the linen. Gradually you will see the
linen start to shine....acquire a sheen.....the strands start to lay much flatter and smoother,

If you have Blue Mountain or Cortland Linen, your wrap will turn out magnificently......repeat the process.
I still burnish my wraps regularly and this process really helps improve the feel and appearance of the linen wrap.
I have done this at the pool hall for people who didn't know and they were amazed how the wrap on their cue improved.

You'll need to do this several times and if your wrap is dirty, take a damp cloth and rub it in the direction the wrap was spun.
Take a dry cloth afterwards and rub the wrap again, let it dry for 4-5 mins and start burnishing your linen wrap.
You'll need to do this burnishing the wrap repeatedly but it will definitely improve unless the linen was in poor condition.


Matt B.
 
Irish linen wrap

Chopdoc said:
Basically press and polish.

There are many ways to finish a wrap up to and including clear over it. Some products will make it slick. Some will make it grippy.

I have no idea how to finish a wrap and am using an original cortland wrap on my JOSS. I would cry if it needed replaced. Sure, you can still get cortland done, cuemakers have their stash and I know i could get a rewrap on an old classic like mine. But it has aged and would not be the same.


Find a wrap finished as you like. Send your cue to the maker who did that one. Just a thought.

I highly doubt it needs re-wrapped unless there is something not right about the linen.



How do you make a non-pressed Irish linen grip better?
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EddieBme said:
Chopdoc said:
Basically press and polish.

There are many ways to finish a wrap up to and including clear over it. Some products will make it slick. Some will make it grippy.

I have no idea how to finish a wrap and am using an original cortland wrap on my JOSS. I would cry if it needed replaced. Sure, you can still get cortland done, cuemakers have their stash and I know i could get a rewrap on an old classic like mine. But it has aged and would not be the same.


Find a wrap finished as you like. Send your cue to the maker who did that one. Just a thought.

I highly doubt it needs re-wrapped unless there is something not right about the linen.



How do you make a non-pressed Irish linen grip better?
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No idea. Non-pressed? Without pressing it's kind of pretty rough. I really don't like it that way.

I have been down this road with my own cues (yes, even my JOSS many years ago). I tried so many different things. Waxes, sealers, polishing with fine grit papers, all kinds of things. I usually ended up with what I wanted. But it is simply so much easier to have a repair guy or cue maker do it.


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I found a satisfactory way (for me) to make my wrap shiny and forgot to post here about it.

There is another post featuring a photo and a description of what I did...which was coat my wrap in a couple of layers of polycrylic.

An odd approach, to be sure, but I like the results and previous experience tells me it will be long-lasting. I did something similar to an Irish linen wrap 20yrs ago and its looks and feel haven't changed to this day.


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The improved wrap. uploadfromtaptalk1454928675568.jpg

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