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[itsnoteasy]

If it was my cue I would firstly get in touch with CC see what they say, then if they won't help I would send it to another cue maker, I wouldn't spend £350-400 (just a guess) on a cue and risk ruining it for the sake of a £20-40 refurb ( again just guessing at the costs).

[jrc750]

If it was my cue I would firstly get in touch with CC see what they say, then if they won't help I would send it to another cue maker, I wouldn't spend £350-400 (just a guess) on a cue and risk ruining it for the sake of a £20-40 refurb ( again just guessing at the costs).

Any idiot can use wire wool surely

[itsnoteasy]

Any idiot can use wire wool surely

It's knowing when to stop, I would end up with a toothpick lol.

[jonny66]

I've hit varnished cues with 100 grit and still not taken all the varnish off, varnish loses it's shine quite easily and looks like it's gone, but it's still there. I suppose not all varnishes are created equal if you can take it off with 0000 wire wool. To do a really good job I used the J6 technique of scraping it off with a stanley blade, not for the faint hearted though and I have quite a few crappy old cues to butcher that I don't mind losing.

[Catch 22]

Are you sure it isn't just multiple layers of oil with a hardener in it ?

My GBL cue is shinny like glass when I got it ....100% oil finished

I finish the butts of cues with an oil like Danish oil with hardeners . You can give it light coats and buff between coats to give it a standard oil finish or you can give it a few "wet" coats which really gets it on there and can harden to look like a lacquer finish .

[Big Splash!]

Are you sure it isn't just multiple layers of oil with a hardener in it ?

My GBL cue is shinny like glass when I got it ....100% oil finished

I finish the butts of cues with an oil like Danish oil with hardeners . You can give it light coats and buff between coats to give it a standard oil finish or you can give it a few "wet" coats which really gets it on there and can harden to look like a lacquer finish .

Doesn't a hard shiny oil finish stick in the bridge?

[jonny66]

Probably does if you cue with the wrong end

[Catch 22]

Doesn't a hard shiny oil finish stick in the bridge?

It's only on the butt

[steve7698]

For those who are interested, 0000 wire wool did the job. Must have only been a thin layer so came off strait away.