Darken Maple Shaft

[jaffa.johnson]

Hello all,

What is the best method / product to use to give a new piece of maple a nice mature darkened look.

I found this on ebay. Is this a good product to use?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/New-Liberon-Pa...item20ab35cca7

Would I put a coat of this on? Give it a sand with fine wire wool and 600+ grit paper, add another coat and then add the usual raw linseed oil??

[stejohn]

would not use that on a cue to darken it, wont give a nice finish fir a cue.
maybe some boiled linseed oil.

Steve.

[jaffa.johnson]

Wouldnt boiled linseed oil give the same as raw linseed oil?

[trigger666]

i would of said age is the best way of getting a darker maple shaft other than that you could try putting a few coats of raw linseed oil over a long period of time !!

[trigger666]

boiled tends to dry alot quicker

[BoBnoGG!n]

i find just coats of linseed oil applied with a bit of 0000wirewool darkens it. apply, rub it in, let it soak, 20 mins or so, then buff with soft lint free cloth. repeat process again, then on the third time do it without the 0000wire wool, just use something to apply it. then buff after. made my cues look a lot darker :P

[sprogbasket]

Don't darken Maple = the whole beauty of it is it's wonderful paleness !

[jaffa.johnson]

Don't darken Maple = the whole beauty of it is it's wonderful paleness !

Have to disagree there mate, I like the mature darkened maple.

Anyone got any methods for darkening a shaft they know which works?

[jaffa.johnson]

i find just coats of linseed oil applied with a bit of 0000wirewool darkens it. apply, rub it in, let it soak, 20 mins or so, then buff with soft lint free cloth. repeat process again, then on the third time do it without the 0000wire wool, just use something to apply it. then buff after. made my cues look a lot darker :P

Why apply it with the wire wool? Wouldnt apply with a cloth work?

How many coats did you give?

[stejohn]

boiled does dry quicker and is darker so you could apply more coats quicker, i use raw myself though. I use wire wool (0000) first then apply with kitchen roll, leave for a few hours or overnight, wipe any excess off with kitchen roll then buff with microfibre cloth, repeating until the oil is no longer soaking in. Repeat this every few monts with use.

[stewart31]

danish oil get it from bq, gives it the aged look, after using your cue for a week, plenty of buffing your cue has as good a finish as you can get, it just does not get sticky,6hrs to dry, leave overnight makes a difference, i have been finishing cues for people for a while now, give it a try

[jaffa.johnson]

Well i have gone with coating several coats of linseed oil with only twenty minutes leave time.

I have also used craftman cue wax and both the wax and oil together.

So far so good. Pleased with result.

I am leaving the cue overnight before giving good buff tommorow or monday.

Robin cook has advised that jacobean briwax original could do the trick. Will see result tomorrow before ordering this though.

[Pacino55]

Hello all,

What is the best method / product to use to give a new piece of maple a nice mature darkened look.

I found this on ebay. Is this a good product to use?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/New-Liberon-Pa...item20ab35cca7

Would I put a coat of this on? Give it a sand with fine wire wool and 600+ grit paper, add another coat and then add the usual raw linseed oil??

paint with a thin layer of shallec and maple will be darker,looks like the colour of amber.

[CueBallKick]

I have been busy looking through this forum for a method of giving my maple cue shaft a darker aged look. I see above some one mentioned using Jacobean briwax. Does anyone have any experience of trying this or is there a better way of oiling the cue shaft whilst also darkening. Any help is much appreciated.

[the lone wolf]

Mike wooldridge oil gives a nice natural finish which makes the maple slightly, slightly darker in look than originally.
If you want a mature look and a great feel to your cue, then give it a go...