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You can never put too much oil on a cue. The more the better.
Wood naturally may have 40% moisture in it and has to be dried out before it can be used either air dried or kiln dried it makes no difference but for a cue it has to be below 10% or it will most definately bend.
Oil penitrates into the wood replacing much of the sap and as it's boiling point is roughly 3 times that of water it is not going to be effected by the change of temperature and the humidity in the air which is the cause of most cues warping.
I put as many as 6 coats of oil on a new raw cue basically till it won't accept any more. then I will put a couple more on as it then dries and hardens sealing it.
Each coating takes only a minute to put on with a rag cotton wool or kitchen roll but depending on the oil used it will take from 3hrs to 24 before another coat to soak in.
the last couple of coats are the ones sitting on top and they are the ones you really need to leave to fully cure then polish up.
Cheap cues are often lacquered which merely seals the wood, it feels terrible, gets sticky but it dies shine nice.
Many cuemakers will because they are pressured to deliver will put one maybe two coats on . It may look oiled nice and shiny but it's not doing the job properly at all.
Wood naturally may have 40% moisture in it and has to be dried out before it can be used either air dried or kiln dried it makes no difference but for a cue it has to be below 10% or it will most definately bend.
Oil penitrates into the wood replacing much of the sap and as it's boiling point is roughly 3 times that of water it is not going to be effected by the change of temperature and the humidity in the air which is the cause of most cues warping.
I put as many as 6 coats of oil on a new raw cue basically till it won't accept any more. then I will put a couple more on as it then dries and hardens sealing it.
Each coating takes only a minute to put on with a rag cotton wool or kitchen roll but depending on the oil used it will take from 3hrs to 24 before another coat to soak in.
the last couple of coats are the ones sitting on top and they are the ones you really need to leave to fully cure then polish up.
Cheap cues are often lacquered which merely seals the wood, it feels terrible, gets sticky but it dies shine nice.
Many cuemakers will because they are pressured to deliver will put one maybe two coats on . It may look oiled nice and shiny but it's not doing the job properly at all.
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