The only time I may clean ferrules is when I am retipping.
I may use a very small piece of brasso wadding when the old tip is off, ensure a some masking tape to protect the shaft. Wipe on and then wipe off many times to ensure no chemical is left, and add the new tip.
Apart from then, I don't touch them, let them naturally tarnish
I think it is sanman (RSA) who uses soemthign that does prevents the tarnishing.
I don't use any abrasives, however fine (I thought the £20 trick is to burnish the side of the tip, not clean the ferrule probably wont work with the plastic ones coming in a few years ).
See the image below, this is done by using a scotch cloth! Bras is very soft and wears away easily if mistreated
My fried used to use it to clean the shaft down, not even to polish the ferrule but after every pool frame he would wipe the cue down with the green scotchcloth. the brass was so thin you could see the wood tenon showing through in places. Needless to say I told him the error of his ways and he no longer does this
second photo is after I sent it to Andy Travis, luckily no much shaft length was lost
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I may use a very small piece of brasso wadding when the old tip is off, ensure a some masking tape to protect the shaft. Wipe on and then wipe off many times to ensure no chemical is left, and add the new tip.
Apart from then, I don't touch them, let them naturally tarnish
I think it is sanman (RSA) who uses soemthign that does prevents the tarnishing.
I don't use any abrasives, however fine (I thought the £20 trick is to burnish the side of the tip, not clean the ferrule probably wont work with the plastic ones coming in a few years ).
See the image below, this is done by using a scotch cloth! Bras is very soft and wears away easily if mistreated
My fried used to use it to clean the shaft down, not even to polish the ferrule but after every pool frame he would wipe the cue down with the green scotchcloth. the brass was so thin you could see the wood tenon showing through in places. Needless to say I told him the error of his ways and he no longer does this
second photo is after I sent it to Andy Travis, luckily no much shaft length was lost
my photo upload
my photo upload
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