Small ding in my playing shaft.

bmo972

bmo972

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Is there anyway one could remove it buy themselves or is it something that a professional should do? It is a pretty small ding but I can feel it when I am in the process of shooting. Anybody have any special tricks that they have picked up along the way in order to fix this themselves personally. Any input would be greatly appreciated.
 
The best thing I can recommend, if you have a steady hand, is a tiny drop of water atop the ding. By a drop, I mean literally a drop... or half a drop.

I've taken out dings by dipping my index finger in water, and letting a super super tiny part of it touch the wood where the ding is. Let sit for an hour or so (leave the shaft sing-side up, horizontal). The wood will absorb the water and expand.... and you'll have your shaft back to new.
 
There are several ways to fix this.If the ding is not deep try lightly sanding it with 1000 grit sandapaer to expose bare wood(get rid of old wax).Take a little water(a few drops will do the trick unless it`s deep)let the water stand on the ding for a minute or two then take bath towel and rub it up and down the spot fast until the towel feels a little warm against the shaft.The ding should have risen back too the original height of the shaft.Then resand with the 1000 grit and apply wax(Mothers or mequires car paste wax works well) let wax set a few minutes and wipe off.
There are other ways but that way is the easiest and fastest.Some people don`t like to get there shafts wet but for the small amount of water it takes it`s not going to make a difference.
You can also try steam but that`s a little more difficult.
Hope this helps you.
 
bmo972 said:
Is there anyway one could remove it buy themselves or is it something that a professional should do? It is a pretty small ding but I can feel it when I am in the process of shooting. Anybody have any special tricks that they have picked up along the way in order to fix this themselves personally. Any input would be greatly appreciated.
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This is what I use for my dings and the dings of most of the players I know. All the other methods described work just fine, this tool takes away any danger or overdoing the said methods.

http://www.poolndarts.com/p-5022-Cue-Doctor-Buffer/ :thumbup:

Dwight
 
BigDogatLarge said:
This is what I use for my dings and the dings of most of the players I know. All the other methods described work just fine, this tool takes away any danger or overdoing the said methods.

http://www.poolndarts.com/p-5022-Cue-Doctor-Buffer/ :thumbup:

Dwight
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I also use the Cue Doctor Buffer on the really small dings but you can do the same job just by rubbing over the ding several times, until it's gone, with a shot glass, a beer bottle, a drinking glass, any smooth round glass item.

It will help push the wood fibers back up to the surface level.

The water method works well but takes a little sanding at some point.

Not a big deal. Don't fret. I few years back I was completely new at removing dings but now I do it without fear and the least damaging way is the shot glass or drinking glass method.

I don't get dings anymore. :groucho:
 
Please don't use a shot glass or that dr. cue buffer on your shaft.

It will not remove the ding, instead it will create a really large ding or flat area
around the area of the small ding so you won't notice it as much.

The drop of water method is a much better solution.

gr. Dave
 
ding in shaft

If you have to ask, seek a professional and observe how its done.
 
bmo972 said:
Is there anyway one could remove it buy themselves or is it something that a professional should do? It is a pretty small ding but I can feel it when I am in the process of shooting. Anybody have any special tricks that they have picked up along the way in order to fix this themselves personally. Any input would be greatly appreciated.
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If in fact it is very small, I have used a smooth piece of glass before, otherwise the drop of water works too.
 
JimS said:
I also use the Cue Doctor Buffer on the really small dings but you can do the same job just by rubbing over the ding several times, until it's gone, with a shot glass, a beer bottle, a drinking glass, any smooth round glass item.

It will help push the wood fibers back up to the surface level.

The water method works well but takes a little sanding at some point.

Not a big deal. Don't fret. I few years back I was completely new at removing dings but now I do it without fear and the least damaging way is the shot glass or drinking glass method.

I don't get dings anymore. :groucho:
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Using things like that does not push the fibers back up to the surface, instead they make a small ding one really long one so you don't feel it. But the result will be a long low spot on the shaft where you rubbed.
 
foxcues said:
There are several ways to fix this.If the ding is not deep try lightly sanding it with 1000 grit sandapaer to expose bare wood(get rid of old wax).Take a little water(a few drops will do the trick unless it`s deep)let the water stand on the ding for a minute or two then take bath towel and rub it up and down the spot fast until the towel feels a little warm against the shaft.The ding should have risen back too the original height of the shaft.Then resand with the 1000 grit and apply wax(Mothers or mequires car paste wax works well) let wax set a few minutes and wipe off.
There are other ways but that way is the easiest and fastest.Some people don`t like to get there shafts wet but for the small amount of water it takes it`s not going to make a difference.
You can also try steam but that`s a little more difficult.
Hope this helps you.
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I have always wondered what to use on the shaft after a sanding.

Thank you
 
I'll tell you, I've only removed a ding in my shaft once, but I used this method with very good results!

This method uses steam. Take a small pot of water and cover it with a doubled-over sheet of aluminum foil. Poke a pin hole through the top of the foil and boil the water. This should give you a relatively constant and focused stream of steam to use. Put your shaft a few inches over the hole, hitting the ding for five seconds at the most, then wiping off the surface moisture and checking the dent. Repeat until you get to the next part. When you feel the ding start to come up a bit, let it sit and the latent moisture will do the rest. Then treat the shaft using your favorite methods.
 
BWTadpole said:
I'll tell you, I've only removed a ding in my shaft once, but I used this method with very good results!

This method uses steam. Take a small pot of water and cover it with a doubled-over sheet of aluminum foil. Poke a pin hole through the top of the foil and boil the water. This should give you a relatively constant and focused stream of steam to use. Put your shaft a few inches over the hole, hitting the ding for five seconds at the most, then wiping off the surface moisture and checking the dent. Repeat until you get to the next part. When you feel the ding start to come up a bit, let it sit and the latent moisture will do the rest. Then treat the shaft using your favorite methods.
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The steam method is on one of the old Bert Kinister / Don Feeney instructional videos, and it works better than anything else for getting dings out of your cue, even pretty big ones. My shaft was real dinged up and I was able to get all the dings out with this method. Here's what you do:

1. Put a small amount of water in a sauce pan.
2. Cover it with aluminum foil.
3. Put a rubber band around the lip of the sauce pan to help keep the air from escaping
4. Poke a small hole in the middle of the aluminum foil using something like a tooth pick.
5. Bring the water to a boil.
6. Straddle the shaft over the sauce pan using 2 metal coat hangers. Make sure the ding is over the hole in the foil.
7. Let the steam hit the ding for a few minutes. Check the ding about 5 minutes. It didn't take very long for this to work for me. Repeat for each ding that you want to get out of your shaft.
 
you could wrap a damp paper towel around the part of the ding. that should swell the wood just enough to remove the ding. don't leave it on too long, or use the whole towell. wrap just the dinged area
 
A wet Q-tip placed on the ding will remove almost all of them - it only lifts the grain of the ding. Repeat as necessary. Minimize sandpaper - a good buffing with leather normally does the trick.
 
small dings a drop of water, or a little spit and let it sit until dry. I buff with a old leather pad.

Bigger dings I usually just get the really small bandaid, and a drop of water and wrap it over the ding. Literally use one drop of water and try hard not to get any water anywhere but on the ding. Let it sit a few hours and then I use some 1200 or 2000 grit sandpaper and the leather pad.

Hot water on a q-tip works great as well.
 
blueridge said:
The steam method is on one of the old Bert Kinister / Don Feeney instructional videos, and it works better than anything else for getting dings out of your cue, even pretty big ones. My shaft was real dinged up and I was able to get all the dings out with this method. Here's what you do:

1. Put a small amount of water in a sauce pan.
2. Cover it with aluminum foil.
3. Put a rubber band around the lip of the sauce pan to help keep the air from escaping
4. Poke a small hole in the middle of the aluminum foil using something like a tooth pick.
5. Bring the water to a boil.
6. Straddle the shaft over the sauce pan using 2 metal coat hangers. Make sure the ding is over the hole in the foil.
7. Let the steam hit the ding for a few minutes. Check the ding about 5 minutes. It didn't take very long for this to work for me. Repeat for each ding that you want to get out of your shaft.
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If I may put a small word of warning along with the method, the rubber band may or may not stay on. I first tried this with a rubber band around the tin foil, and it eventually snapped and flew to the wall, giving myself and my dog a bit of a scare.

:p
 
Jigger said:
A wet Q-tip placed on the ding will remove almost all of them - it only lifts the grain of the ding. Repeat as necessary. Minimize sandpaper - a good buffing with leather normally does the trick.
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:thumbup:

I just put a couple of small dings in my shaft from an over head table light (:angry: ). Man was I bummed. I read through this and the linked threads and decided to try this method first as it seemed very simple and low on the intrusiveness and skilled labor scales.

WORKED LIKE A CHARM!

I used a steam iron only as a source for the very hot water to apply to the Q-tip. I then used the Q-tip to dab a small drop of water on the dings. The Q-tip offers really good control to place the water only on the ding and nowhere else. I let sit for a couple of minutes then wiped dry. I repeated this process maybe 4-5 times in order to gradually raise the dings.

I am absolutely amazed that the dings came completely out. As per the suggestion I tried only hand burnishing with a piece of leather - my shaft is good as new. I had gone out and bought some #600 sandpaper; 00000 superfine steel wool, and some paste wax in anticipation of the repair. These are all being returned unused.

Thank you all for these tips. This is a very valuable thread! I'm new here but I wish I could blitzkreig all of you with tons of rep.

Thanks again, gang.

DPP
 
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