[av8er23]

I have heard that using powder to make you stick glide is not good for it overtime. I have been told to simply keep your stick clean by using rubbing alchole to clean it after each use. What do you guys use? :-D

[Billy_Bob]

I clean my shaft with alcohol. You can get those alcohol wipes in tear packets and these will fit in a case easily. I use two wipes, then dry with my shirt or a towel, then burnish (rub) the shaft with a piece of leather until it is warm.

The alcohol cleans my finger oil off the shaft and the burnishing with leather makes the shaft quite smooth.

If you have sweaty hands, I have seen the best results with wearing a glove. You get the most consistent shooting by always wearing a glove. With the powder, the shaft will vary in slickness as you apply powder then it wears off.

I have a couple of friends who started wearing gloves because they have sweaty hands. They got a bit of teasing at first, but everyone stopped teasing them when their shooting improved quite a bit.

I know with myself, if I use a bar stick and the shaft is sticky, I don't shoot very well. If it is clean and slick, I shoot much better. A glove does the same thing.

[av8er23]

I am debating purchasing a glove with my new cue but also do not want to deal with my friends giving me crap. I guess i will do my best to keep it clean with alchole

[Sodapop]

I where a glove. Grow some balls and stop caring what your friends think!

[Billy_Bob]

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av8er23 wrote:
I am debating purchasing a glove with my new cue but also do not want to deal with my friends giving me crap...

Those "friends" will not be very friendly when you begin winning games. They can turn quite nasty as a matter of fact! Ignore them and do what is best for you and your game.

[Billy_Bob]

BTW, to get my piece of leather to burnish my shaft with, I went to a second hand store. The only thing I found with natural (not dyed) leather was an old purse from the 60's.

When I went to pay for it, the female clerk looked at me funny. So I told her I just bought new shoes and needed something to match! :-P

Then I went home and cut the leather into 4 inch by 4 inch squares. Then use one of these squares wrapped around the shaft to burnish it.

[TryingHard]

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Billy_Bob wrote:
Those "friends" will not be very friendly when you begin winning games. They can turn quite nasty as a matter of fact! Ignore them and do what is best for you and your game.

Quite right. I started using a glove last season, and the people kidding me about it at the beginning of the match are the ones asking me where I got it and how much it cost when the end of the match comes.

[codycox]

dont put any liquid on your cue wen u clean it beacuase if it touches the furoulle it will make the glue holding it come off so id advise u to get a glove i hav 1 and i love it

[PoolGhoulish]

:-) No Glove, Powder, or anything but Naked Skin for me.. :-)

[NoirX252]

skin or glove for me

[seymore15074]

I do not use anything. However, I'm going to pick up a glove for emergency use ONLY. I recently went to a different hall for a tournament and it was so hot and humid I could hardly play. I mean it was an extreme case, I am considering a towel/glove combo for my case; just in case!

[gian323]

I use a tan Sir Joseph glove.

I have tan skin because I'm Filipino and using a tan glove is better than using a black one. I also have sweaty hands and no matter how smooth the shaft is when i sand it, it always gets sticky within minutes. So glove for me. I got it at www.seyberts.com and i didnt have to pay shipping.

I stopped sanding my cue to keep it smooth, even with 2000 grit sandpaper. I just use water and a paper towel. MUCH cheaper than buying sandpaper.

[qbnhand]

gloves do not help much in hot humid weather your shaft still gets gummy I suggest alcohol wipe then 1000 gritt sand paper once every other game in hot humid weather and once every couple of weeks without hot humid weather, big difference

[whitey]

I very much prefer to use absolutely nothing, as I keep my
shafts highly polished using the McMagic set of 4
increasingly fine abrasive sheets that supposedly end up
at the equivalent of 5000 grit. Unfortunately when I head
23 miles into the city, for the only "real room" in my area,
it is in the basement of large building, and has pipes overhead
which include the hot-water pipes for the entire building.
It gets very hot in there sometimes, especially during the
heat of a tournament and under those conditions I absolutely
have to use glove. Before I obtained a glove, I would have
to use the cone-talc which is actually the only place I have
even seen one of those in a very long time. I really hate
that stuff, and I'm not fully comfortable with a glove, but
if the environment forces me to use one I do. In the more
upscale rooms, which I do not get too very often these days,
the environment is better, but after about 90 minutes of
continuous serious playing, I find I need to put on a glove
or stop playing until I cool down and the shaft slides without
friction.

[Pelican]

Nothing, nada, zip. Clean slick shaft and clean dry hands.

Pel

[North_GA_Greg]

When I started using a glove, I instantly started playing better. It made a bigger difference than any other single thing I have tried. Larry introduced me to the Sure Shot gloves and I like them alot.

Greg

[seymore15074]

One question...what pros wear gloves?

[ Edited by seymore15074 on 2007/1/12 12:10 ]

[FASTLARRY]

I am on tour and I wear a glove, Earl Stricklin does, several do now.

[onebigred51]

If you use the Q-Wiz pad you won't need to use any cleaning compounds or use a glove (except during extreame humid days) or powder. It works wonders and it is washable.

[sofy60]

I like to use a little powder, but don't go crazy and you should definitely clean it after each use. Sweat ,powder and chalk build up really quick.