New cue

[j6uk]

I wouldnt fancy touching my cue with 400 tbh

i hear you but you maybe being a bit too precious, a cue is more robust than you think. 400 is fine enough as finishing paper

[fg147]

i hear you but you maybe being a bit too precious, a cue is more robust than you think. 400 is fine enough as finishing paper

I used something like 2000grit sandpaper top to bottom and the result was only a white dust coming off.

Even on the butt. Only white dust

So I guess it was a thin layer lacquer on the cue. I wiped off the dust with a dry cloth.

Used a wet wipe to clean off any excess. Wiped again with a dry cloth and now its silky smooth for the last few frames with no wiping at all.

Thanks to all for valuable advice.

[j6uk]

okay well if you don't mind it then id leave it as it is for now. could get a handful of 000git wire wool and carefully rub the last 12" so its that bit smoother over your bridge hand, i use a lacquered cue but the last 12" has been carefully removed with paint stripper and wire wool.
if you remove all the lacquer from the cue the cue could move

[Chappy5]

It's sweat from your hand mate, otherwise the shaft would feel sticky from the off. Use a three finger pool/snooker glove on your bridge hand, pure frictionless cueing at all times.

Agree with this.

Buy a glove and leave the Cue alone.

[j6uk]

Agree with this.

Buy a glove and leave the Cue alone.

imao, no one wants to wear a glove to play snooker for the sake of easy to remove lacquer

[vmax4steve]

imao, no one wants to wear a glove to play snooker for the sake of easy to remove lacquer

If the cue isn't laquered and your hands sweat more than usual then a glove is the perfect remedy.

I agree with you about not needing to remove all the laquer as the laquer is present for one reason only, the timber isn't naturally seasoned for years or kiln dried to the best it can be on mass produced cues and removing the laquer will result in the wood drying out and moving as it does so.
Again another good reason to wear a glove on your bridge hand imo.

[j6uk]

i kinda get the glove thing in pool tournament play when playing lots of matches, with lots of chalk around and hot conditions. but in snooker i don't get it, unless your in a tropical climate and insist on playing throughout the high humidity time of year without an ac
i like lacquer and have de-lacquered many cues only to re finish them and ether oil/burnish or re-lac.. i will say out of all the cues iv taken all the lacquer off only a few have moved and were easy enough to move back. i think from the time the cue has dropped out of the machine and sprayed, to the time its in your hands slapping balls around the cue has had enough time to settle
the more noticeable thing on removing the lac, it will take away i little weight depending on the thickness of the coating and it will loose some stiffness in the cues resonance

If the cue isn't laquered and your hands sweat more than usual then a glove is the perfect remedy.

I agree with you about not needing to remove all the laquer as the laquer is present for one reason only, the timber isn't naturally seasoned for years or kiln dried to the best it can be on mass produced cues and removing the laquer will result in the wood drying out and moving as it does so.
Again another good reason to wear a glove on your bridge hand imo.

[vmax4steve]

i kinda get the glove thing in pool tournament play when playing lots of matches, with lots of chalk around and hot conditions. but in snooker i don't get it

There is no difference between snooker and pool when it comes down to it j6. I bought a pack of pool cueing gloves for use in the summer when it's hot and sweaty and I simply got so used to playing with one that I now use one all the time.
Those who pooh pooh the use of cueing gloves really ought to have a try with one, it means totally smooth frictionless cueing at all times (especially the looped bridge) no matter what your shaft is finished with and no matter if the conditions are hot or cold and damp.

So no need to muck around with any cue that feels a little sticky, but if you feel like you stand out and those around you are giggling over your glove, simply play good snooker, beat them and shut them up.