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I was going to buy a new pool cue as mine was looking a bit tatty, but i was playing ok with it so just decided to give it a new lease of life.
It was an old craftsman classic cue with a red veneer, black ebony splice with 3 maple stripes, but it was chipped at the bottom and the splices had miscoloured. So i took it back to craftsman and they cut out the old splice and replaced it with a single tulip wood splice and thick maple veneer and also removed the end joint.
I also decided to have a go at regraining the shaft rather than pay craftsman to do it, so i bought these...
and mixed a little of each into an old cue slick bottle that i had....
and applied it liberally with a carrier bag (i tried it with a paper towel but it soaked more up than it left on the cue) i didnt take any pics of the cue but it was totally black, and so were my hands so i didnt dare pick my phone up but here is a pic of the carrier bag lol
i left it to dry for a few mins as it seemed to dry quite quickly and removed the excess with a cue towel with a tiny drop of linseed oil, then gave it a good buff with a dry towel. (i should add at this pointm i had only a week or 2 ago gone over the shaft with 400, 800, 1200, 2000 and 2400 grit paper)
anyway here is the before pics, as you can see the grain stood out but was more of a brown colour, probably due to years of sanding..
and after..
so it has worked, the grain it definitely darker, although i think i will give it one more coat next weekend as there are a couple of things i could have done differently. and on the plus side i have LOADS of the liberon stuff left and could probably do another 100 cues lol.... not sure if it is worth ebaying a few bottles?
It was an old craftsman classic cue with a red veneer, black ebony splice with 3 maple stripes, but it was chipped at the bottom and the splices had miscoloured. So i took it back to craftsman and they cut out the old splice and replaced it with a single tulip wood splice and thick maple veneer and also removed the end joint.
I also decided to have a go at regraining the shaft rather than pay craftsman to do it, so i bought these...
and mixed a little of each into an old cue slick bottle that i had....
and applied it liberally with a carrier bag (i tried it with a paper towel but it soaked more up than it left on the cue) i didnt take any pics of the cue but it was totally black, and so were my hands so i didnt dare pick my phone up but here is a pic of the carrier bag lol
i left it to dry for a few mins as it seemed to dry quite quickly and removed the excess with a cue towel with a tiny drop of linseed oil, then gave it a good buff with a dry towel. (i should add at this pointm i had only a week or 2 ago gone over the shaft with 400, 800, 1200, 2000 and 2400 grit paper)
anyway here is the before pics, as you can see the grain stood out but was more of a brown colour, probably due to years of sanding..
and after..
so it has worked, the grain it definitely darker, although i think i will give it one more coat next weekend as there are a couple of things i could have done differently. and on the plus side i have LOADS of the liberon stuff left and could probably do another 100 cues lol.... not sure if it is worth ebaying a few bottles?
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