Shaft wax/polish

Bavafongoul said:
Renaissance is by far and away the best wax to use for your pool cue.

Anyone advising you differently is giving you untrustworthy advice. This
wax is absolutely ideally suited for applying to a cue shaft that renders it
smooth as satin. No talc is needed to feel your cue shaft glide effortlessly.
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It was no as good as the Cue Wax made by Chem Pac before they sold out. The best wax ever is no more unfortunately.
 
Right now I am not sure which is best. I located some wax made by Chem Pac for a difference purpose that is close and bought all I could find and and that is what I am using now. But when I run out it is no longer made any more either. I have tried to get the people that bought out Chem Pac to make the Cue Wax or sell me the formula and so far no good results. They are a very large company and said Chem Pac was only making a few hundred a month off their Billiard product line and there is not enough profit for them to pursue it. So they shelved the whole line. They want over a 100,000 can order to make the wax.
 
The very best wax I ever used is made by Craftsmen Cues in a Birmingham, England.
It is rather costly because of the shipping and you can’t order it when the weather is
hot during the late Spring thru the early Fall. When the temp remains in the 70’s & lower,
It is okay to ship the wax but if it is hot, the wax will melt and won’t reconstitute so you
can throw it in the garbage. A decade ago, I had a huge order ruined…..24 tins of wax.

I previously had been a steady customer buying a 7-8 cans at a time and reselling to
others I had refinished their cue shafts using Craftsmen Cue Wax. This order was after
a tournament where I had refinished a lot of shafts for friends and some entrants. The
out of town players wanted their own tin of wax so I got names and addresses to ship
them the wax after I placed a new order. So I ordered 2 dozen cans and the order was
expensive, over $400. The order reached me and the wax had melted and was ruined.
The manager at Craftsmen Cues at that time was Simon Brown.

He was very understanding about the incident which hadn’t happened to him before. I
suppose because he hadn’t been shipping much to the USA and never during the summer
months when I hadn’t previously ordered any wax before. He generously issued me a full
refund and decided that shipping the wax to the USA in the future is at the buyer’s peril
and a large multiple order posed too much hassle. Shipping time from England was like
10-12 days and the package doesn’t sit in air conditioned locations all the time.

The weather also gets rather hot overseas during the warmer months so the wax will sit
during its long journey of being handled and shipped thousands of miles in locations,
planes & delivery vehicles involving exposure to hot weather. Nonetheless, it was the best
wax and I even tried to obtain distribution rights for the USA. After the incident of my ruined
order, Simon said no having a USA distributor was not of any interest to Craftsmen Cues and
so I looked for a another pool wax….. Hence, Renaissance Wax and it works absolutely great.
 
DeeRay86 said:
Hey guys, Im curious what you use for polishing a shaft after retappering or reconditioning. After I reseal the exposed raw wood, I apply sealer, let it sit for a few and knock off the excess with a paper towel or 3000 grit. then I add cue wax from Chris Hightower from Cue man Billiards. Give it a few them work it in with a piece of leather. They come out "Good" but I feel they could be even glossier and slicker. Curious as to yall's steps and products.
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You might find that most sealers will make the shaft sticky if you don't remove them from the surface of the wood.
I lightly sand with 800 after applying sealer, then a light hit with 1200 and then wax.
In my experience, anything past 1000 or 1200 grit is a waste of time.
 
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