Shaft collar
- Thread starter obe1
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The shaft collar refinish can be done, but might not be easy. If the finish was put on thick it would be hard for the repairman to match it to your butt. The original maker might have the mandrels to make that job easier for himself. If it is a really thin finish then most any super glue finish guy can do it.
As long as the repair man mics the collar before he strips it down for refinish, a good repair man can always rematch the size needed. Only time this is hard to do is if the clear is totally chipped away, then it would be best to send the butt of the cue also for proper fitting. But yes, can be done easily.
I have noticed that if I do a CA finish on the shaft and it has a white collar, it comes out whiter than the joint cap on the butt.
Is there any way to match the color with out doing the same finish on the shaft??
Kim
I'm just spit balling here but is it possible the clear coat your using is discoloring it? And i don't even know if this is possible but if it is discoloring it is it possible to finish both collars with CA and then when finishing but not apply the clear as thick over the collar? Just an idea no idea if it is even possible
It is best to use the same finish if you have white collars. You need to put a thin coat of the butt finish on the shaft as a base or seal coat before the super glue.
If you were sealing the butt with epoxy before finishing it, that is probably where your slight amber color is coming from. Just seal the shaft with that same epoxy before going with the super glue and that might solve the problem.
If you were sealing the butt with epoxy before finishing it, that is probably where your slight amber color is coming from. Just seal the shaft with that same epoxy before going with the super glue and that might solve the problem.
NEVER....EVER.....EVERsay EASY when working on another maker's cue. No one knows what you will find.....except him
I concur with the statement above!
I said can easily be done, and I meant it. Reworking a shaft collar IS easy for a qualified repair person who has dealt with many. Wasn't meant to start a debate , but if a shaft collar causes someone major problems, you may wanna rethink working on cues. And as I stated, it is best to send butt of cue also when sending in for repair.
My apologies. I'll defer to your experience then.....
When you strip finish off the white collar of a cue you didn't make and can't match the colors after finish is applied, what is the solution? If he was warned beforehand, then it's no problem I suppose. If you promise him otherwise, then what?
How about doing a leather wrap on a cue and finding the original is super thick, takes yah 45 mins to cut and scrape it off, then another hour and a half to rebuild the wrap groove?
Sanding for a refinish and cutting through a bit of clear to find the Ebony isn't really Ebony at all, but some light brown wood that was painted black?
This is the point I'm trying to make. I'm not trying to be rude or start some sort of debate. Both of the above should have been easy, but weren't because of surprises....
I'm not Ryan or KJ, but I'll bet you dollars to donuts they have a ton of stories about surprises.
I don't need to rethink anything other than where the cue comes from if I'm doing more than a tip.
Now that you mention it
One day many yrs ago while delivering work to Sey, I was talking to Rick, the store mngr.
He brings out a cue from his office that he'd like me to do some work on. It's a Pino cue.
The area he'd like the work done on is the jnt. I said "Rick, I don't like working on Pino cues."
"Too many times they turn-out to be traps." "What starts-out as a 20 min. job can go to a couple of hrs."
He picks-up the cue from the table to show me what he'd like done and the butt-cap comes off in his hand.
He then looks at me and I reply: "Welcome to my world."
KJ
One day many yrs ago while delivering work to Sey, I was talking to Rick, the store mngr.
He brings out a cue from his office that he'd like me to do some work on. It's a Pino cue.
The area he'd like the work done on is the jnt. I said "Rick, I don't like working on Pino cues."
"Too many times they turn-out to be traps." "What starts-out as a 20 min. job can go to a couple of hrs."
He picks-up the cue from the table to show me what he'd like done and the butt-cap comes off in his hand.
He then looks at me and I reply: "Welcome to my world."
KJ