knick in pool stick

[sonnic]

I know i cannot believe this i dropped my cue last weekend and the Table left a gouge in the worst spot of my stick about 3-5 inches from the tip. I was so pissed i cannot say on this board. I think i might be able to sand it out obviously with extremely fine sandpaper but sand none the less. What do you think about this? Is their another way to get the knick out?

yes! be very careful and don't be clumsy next time.

[Oberyn Martell]

Well some cuemakers will remove the ding for you if you send them the cue , im not sure how much the service is but if fairly sure its less than a new shaft. But if you are gonna go the sandpaper route try not to use somthing too abrasive as it will eventually leave your shaft whippy and more likely to break.

If it is a gouge, where there is actually part of the wood missing, you will probably have to sand it down or, better yet, send it to a cue maker to have it professionally refinished.

If it is a dent, I ran across a cue repair site on the internet (sorry, I can't remember where I found it) that talked about covering the dented area with a damp paper towel and then touching the spot for a few seconds with the tip of a hot clothes iron. Apparently the steam created gets into the wood and raises the dent out. I had a dent in my Huebler cue and since I had a spare shaft for it, I decided to try this method. I had to repeat the process several times but it actually worked for me....so well in fact that I actually raised the wood in that spot just a tiny bit more than I wanted it to raise. But, that was still much better than the dent. Bear in mind that I have only tried this method once....but I was impressed with the results that one time.

If you do decide to try this...be careful and don't leave the hot iron in contact with the paper towel on the shaft for too long..(maybe 3-5 seconds each time). You can always retry it but it might be really hard to undo if you raise the dent too far.....and although I did this on a Huebler cue, I would be far more reluctant to try it on a really expensive custom cue.