Storage of cue, cue hanger or simply case?? and in a plastic bag

[var1234]

Hi there,

Just got a Glover one piece cue in store..

The retailer advised to hang the cue with a rubber cue hanger.

And always put the cue in a plastic bag (while hanging at home or in a cue case to club)
to maintain stable humidity...

making sense to me... but is this true???

[var1234]

Anyone???

Really want to know the appropriate method to store a cue

[Deepscrew]

A case will keep it away from sunlight and protect it from being knocked by accident. A rack is only really used for display purposes in the home environment anyway.

[poolqjunkie]

You can do that if you want, but if a piece of wood is going to move, hanging it up is not going to stop it.
But I guess it is better than leaning it agains the wall or something like that.
If you have a good case just leave your cue in your case (and you can also leave it in a plastic sleeve) should be good enough.
I would think storing your cue in a case should provide more protection against drastic temperature and humidity variation than just hanging it up in the open...

[Wayne G]

You can do that if you want, but if a piece of wood is going to move, hanging it up is not going to stop it.
But I guess it is better than leaning it agains the wall or something like that.
If you have a good case just leave your cue in your case (and you can also leave it in a plastic sleeve) should be good enough.
I would think storing your cue in a case should provide more protection against drastic temperature and humidity variation than just hanging it up in the open...

Airin,

Is there a real advantage to putting the cue in a plastic sleeve? If so, is it for long periods of storage, say over the summer when not playing much?

I have two 1 pc. cues. The one that I don't use regularly I keep in a proper plastic cue tube that is hung vertically, butt pointing down.

[poolqjunkie]

I would think it is like building an air jacket around the cue to keep the exchange of temperature and humidity less drastic. For this very reason, I believe storing the cue in a case should be better as the case would provide yet one more "air jacket" surrounding the cue to reduce the rate of exchange of temperature and humidity between the wood and its surrounding.
Kind of the same principle as wearing a jacket in winter to keep yourself warm as air can help to insulate.
I know cue makers who left their woods in room temperature with the heat on in winter and the windows opened in summer and their wood stay straight. Their theory is that wood should be allowed to get used to different climate before they are turned to their final taper so they can become more stable.This is one school of thought.
I also know some people who keep their storage controlled with de-humifier in summer and humidifer in winter and so on to have a constant level all year long...
I believe there are more than one way to store your cue properly; if a method works for you then by all means keep it.
Trying to insulate against temperature and humidity variation does not stop the wood from moving entirely. If the stress inside the wood is not at equilibrium with the surface it will move.
And then sometimes wood just moves no matter what you do, how much you have paid, and how well or how long you have prepared it...