Refinishing a Meucci

[Cornerman]

Have you guys refinished Meucci Cues from the 90's and 00's and what have been the results? I've got one that all the points are raised,and everything simply feels terrible on the outside. Would stripping, sanding, and refinishing make this cue feel better?

Can I assume that the wood has stopped moving? Should I assume that since the points have raised, the integrity of the glue surfaces are suspect?

Fred

 

[BLACKHEARTCUES]

Have you guys refinished Meucci Cues from the 90's and 00's and what have been the result? I've got one that all the points are raised,and everything simply feels terrible on the outside. Would stripping, sanding, and refinishing make this cue feel better?

Can I assume that the wood has stopped moving? Should I assume that since the points have raised, the integrity of the glue surfaces are suspect?

Fred

DON'T use a stripper. It will eat your plastic parts...JER

 

[Cornerman]

DON'T use a stripper. It will eat your plastic parts...JER

Thanks Jerry. I want to clarify that I have no intention of doing this. I'd send to a professional, but only if it actually can be done. I'd hate to have it done, only to find out that the finish is the only thing holding the points in place! The buttcap already fell apart when I took the weight screw out.


Fred

 

[pdcue]

Have you guys refinished Meucci Cues from the 90's and 00's and what have been the results? I've got one that all the points are raised,and everything simply feels terrible on the outside. Would stripping, sanding, and refinishing make this cue feel better?

Can I assume that the wood has stopped moving? Should I assume that since the points have raised, the integrity of the glue surfaces are suspect?

Fred

glue suspect?
you betcha!
this can be verified by reading the name that says Meucci.

the falling off of the butcap is also very typical

the points could be re-glued somewhat using thin superglue
and would prolly be bonded as well as they ever were, ie, not very.

for the feel better part, I'm guessing the forearm is stained,
which adds to the dificult factor of sanding it back to smooth.

good luck with it

Dale

 

[JoeyInCali]

DON'T use a stripper. It will eat your plastic parts...JER

Dear Lord.

 

[TATE]

Have you guys refinished Meucci Cues from the 90's and 00's and what have been the results? I've got one that all the points are raised,and everything simply feels terrible on the outside. Would stripping, sanding, and refinishing make this cue feel better?

Can I assume that the wood has stopped moving? Should I assume that since the points have raised, the integrity of the glue surfaces are suspect?

Fred

Fred,

I have a lot of experience having Meucci's refinished. Scot Sherbine has done mine with great success. The finish he uses has held on all the cues.

If you can feel the inlays, including the points, it doesn't necessarily mean much other than the wood around them has shrunk, and often their thick clear coat and glue squeezes back up along the edges. Even a tiny ridge can be felt by the hand. They slap the cues together so fast and put a thick clear on them and ship, so this is what you get. I also wonder about their clear because it yellows like anything and is soft, like it's uncatalyzied.

What Scot does is sand them down and fills any lines with epoxy, then recoats them. They have all come out great for me. None of mine have had the paint lines pop up again. They look better than new because his paint is good.

Other problems - Their plastic often yellows under the finish, mostly on the older cues. How dep to go is a judgement call. Some of the fancy cues have inlays that have printed lines or designs - those are easy to sand off by mistake, etc. and will catch an unsuspecting refinisher by surprise. The plastic is thin and tends to burn if sanded improperly, etc.

Scot hates doing Meucci's but they represent a lot of his work. He's careful with them and won't work on the cue if he thinks it's going to ruin something.

Chris

 

[ratcues]

I've refinished hundreds of Meuccis and I've found that sometime you feel the points because of the way it was sanded. The wood sands faster than the plastic points thus giving it a "square" feel when you turn it. That can be fixed.

Also the thermplastics also move around quite a bit just because of the glue that was used. It doesn't stick all that well and they probably were not scuffed enough or had enough pressure holding them while it was drying.