Keeping your billiard cue clean

There are a variety of cleaners in the market. When playing, dirt and oil from your hand may get inside the pores of the billiard cue stick, thus giving you a sticky feel. So you decide to use chalk to smoothen the play, after that, the sticky feel comes back, so you decide to use more chalk. Stop! The only next best thing is just to use a Towel. Use the towel to clean during, before and after the game.

Here's another tip you may want to know. Almost all of the billiard cue stick you have ever seen are made of wood. As we all know that wood is a porous material, so the ultimate goal is to close up or minimize the small holes, so that your billiard cue stick can last and last, giving you the best feel you can get from your billiard cue stick . So how do you do that? It is by means of applying friction and heat over your billiard cue stick.

Use a smooth, clean and undyed leather to do the job. Rub the billiard cue stick up and down in a quick motion while turning the billiard cue stick. Slowly move the action upwards till you have covered the whole billiard cue stick. The faster you do the rubbing action on the billiard cue stick, the more heat you produce and the more effect of closing the pores. If you can't find any leather, you can substitute it by using a dollar bill, or maybe paper.

So you got a mushroom on the tip. Simply use a sandpaper to smoothen it out. Be careful not to hurt the ferrule. And if you do, use the leather to polish it like you just did on the billiard cue itself. If your mushroom is just too big, you may use a razor blade or maybe a pen knife to trim away the extras.

What can a toothbrush and toothpaste do? Hey, it is to clean the ferrule, amazing right.

If you just maintain your billiard cue well, you will enjoy your billiard cue stick and it will serve you well. for a long time.

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