"Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Mon, 09 Jan 2006 17:26:16 GMT, "Doug Kanter"
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"Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Mon, 09 Jan 2006 17:09:16 GMT, "Doug Kanter"
wrote:


"Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Mon, 09 Jan 2006 15:20:38 GMT, "Doug Kanter"
wrote:

Tom:
My son got a pool cue stick for Christmas. The grip is made of wound
thread/string, like some older fishing poles. After he removed the
plastic
shrink wrap from the wooden sections of the stick, it appeared to him
that
he should do the same with the wrapped area. It turned out it was
lacquered,
and a significant portion of the lacquer came off in one big chunk. I
figured the thing to do was remove all of it, which will be easy, and
then
apply a different type of lacquer. Is there an appropriate product
that's
available at hardware stores? What do you suggest?
-Doug

oddly, i have done this in the past. ive wrapped and repaired pool
cues with an epoxy made for rod wrapping called flex coat. i would
use a light coating of flex coat once the cue base is rewrapped.

the problem would be rotating the cue while the flex coat is drying.
if you have a tackle shop in the area that repairs rods, they can
probably do it for you on the cheap.

you could send it to me, but it wouldn't get done until june. `insert
smiley emoticon here`

Flex coat - likely to be found in a well stocked craft shop? Or.....???
Mars? And...rotating - to keep drips from forming on the underside?

dont know about crafts, but maybe. flex coat is available at most
good tackle shops - in small quanties. rotating - yes - keeps coating
smooth.

Thanks, Tom.

de nada...

jiminfl had it right - find a good tackle shop that repairs or builds
rods and have them fix it for you.

you could also be really cool and take it to a shoe repair shop and
have leather stretched and stitched.

When he walks into the honor student lounge and half the pool players get
cold sweats and leave, then I'll go to the shoe repair and have the stick
all pimped out. Maybe a hand tooled trout design?