Care 4 Your Cue

[Sam147]

thanks for enlightening me

seriously tho, would u think painting them or cues for that matter would affect the weight so much as to defy the purpose?

[Wity]

Yes, seriously paint can be quite heavy. For instance Some Ferrari's (yes i mean their road cars not just the racing ones) have paint so thin you can see the graphite pattern through the panels. it's an expensive material which can be super strong yet extremely light. Google "fishing pole" and you'll see they are all black with only the barest of a painted on makers label on the handle.

It's compiled in a simlar way to fibre glass ie; matting, so you'd have the weave going crossways in a car panel to give strength in any direction and in one way only in the likes of a fishing pole giving it strength in it's length yet so fragile in another thus tread on one and it'll snap easily.

Paint weight can be a major factor when it comes to a cars perforance 80kg I think was the figure saved by ferrari on one of its cars by having only the thinnest of coats. And saving any amount on a 16 metre pole is a godsend if your fishing out that far in a 5 hour match i can well vouch for.

When it's used in the making of a cue though carbon is not used for its strength and lightweight qualities in the same way as its merely bonded onto a usually maple shaft to ensure the wood wont warp. Fibreglass or plastic would do the job just as well and if heavily painted the overall weight of can be negated by using thinner wood.

Dunno if a solid carbon cue actually exists, if it does it'd be very expensive i bet.

[Sam147]

thank u, Wity

that was very informative

[rajiv]

when it gets sticky, a dry cloth smeared with a small amount of talcum powder should do nicely (not too much, u wouldn't wanna smudge the baize)

in case it gets dirty, i believe rubbing it with a damp cloth followed by buffing with a dry cloth should do the trick

but i agree with Craig, nothing like a wooden cue

Thanks a ton...i started with a wooden cue and used one that is generally found lying about in clubs..but the graphite one i am using now comes more 'naturally' to me..i hope u get what i mean..now when i use any other cue -just for the heck of it - i get my shots all wrong. so i am gonna stick to this stick..lol

[lbs]

do maple cues require the linseed oil treatment?

[ADR147]

do maple cues require the linseed oil treatment?

all wood needs feeding one way or another.