How to take care my maple cue?

[Samling]

Hi just bought a maple cue. Have no idear how to keep it in good condition. Oil as well?

[DeanH]

Day to day care for a maple cue is no different than an ash cue.
If the cue is new or in very good condition, then only a very slight damp cloth every now and then with immediate dry buffing.
That is all.
If the cue is old and dirty, give it a very gentle clean with slightly damp cloth until it dies not display any dirty/grim.
The you can very lightly oil it with raw linseed oil as discribed below.
see below links
http://handmadecues.com/info/20-cuecare.htm
https://www.parriscues.com/cue_care/


What cue did you get? Any pictures

[Samling]

Day to day care for a maple cue is no different than an ash cue.
If the cue is new or in very good condition, then only a very slight damp cloth every now and then with immediate dry buffing.
That is all.
If the cue is old and dirty, give it a very gentle clean with slightly damp cloth until it dies not display any dirty/grim.
The you can very lightly oil it with raw linseed oil as discribed below.
see below links
http://handmadecues.com/info/20-cuecare.htm
https://www.parriscues.com/cue_care/

Many thanks!

[pottr]

I play with a maple cue. One thing that winds me up is that after I use the rest, I have to wipe the cue down because it leaves marks on my cue

[RGCirencester]

Clean the rest head then

[Samling]

I play with a maple cue. One thing that winds me up is that after I use the rest, I have to wipe the cue down because it leaves marks on my cue

Ok. Ill pay attention to that. Thank you!

[Samling]

Clean the rest head then

Could be a good idear!

[cueinhand]

Magic eraser – cleaning the cue thoroughly
Water based sanding sealer – sealing porous wood surface
Carnauba wax – finishing the cue

I’m very satisfied with the results

[pottr]

I have cleaned my rest heads with everything you could possibly imagine.

It's everywhere I play unless the rests are plastic which means you have to put up with ****e rests

I did compose a thread on it a while back called 'rest head problems'. I didn't get a decent answer to be honest.

[hotpot]

The brass rest heads are cheap enough these days , rather spend a little bit of dough than marking the cue .

[DeanH]

The rest "marks" are not solely a problem with maple, but do appear on ash cues as well, as I am sure they will appear on a pear or hornbeam as well

[pottr]

Is there a solution?

For what it's worth I have bought cheap and costlier brass heads and chrome heads to try and rid myself of it.

[DeanH]

On Nic Barrow's DVD when illustrating playing with the Rest he does mention and show these marks and rubs them off his cue with a cotton cloth.
He says this will often happen if you use the rest a lot, as in training/practising like he was, but he does not expalin how/why they appear.
Personally, I have only come across them with new or recently cleaned rest heads, nevr got them with an old/used club rest, ?
Maybe it is a residue from the brass/metal coating from new or the cleaner (Brasso), ?

[pottr]

Tried that mate, tried allsorts.

Problem is, I can't exactly carry a can of brasso in my cue case for every place I visit.

[DeanH]

I can just see it, walking into a club with a fancy 1pc leather case, a ali case of 1g TCs, and a can of Brasso

I dont think you will have to anyway, as my thinking is the marks are related to a "clean" rest head, and not with a used/uncleaned rest head. ?
Interesting.