On Sat, 17 Feb 2007 15:08:10 -0500, "Dick"
wrote:

Thanks for the information fellows. I haven't been ignoring you as I've been
reading the replies 3 or 4 times a day. I have a U.V. outfit for putting on
a finish but the U.V. will not stick to phenolic without an epoxy sealer so
that takes longer than spraying automotive finish. When building a cue I
don't mind having to take a few days or a week to apply and rub out a good
finish but often people come in just to have a shaft made or a butt cap
replaced and this repair work needs a finish on the end of the shaft where
it meets the butt of the cue. It needs to be fairly durable and look good,
quickly. I know those words don't fit together, good and quickly. I have
been using thin CA for a finish on these shafts for some time but as a
little time expires this finish seems to break down badly. It turns white
and chips and peels badly. Maybe I'm using the wrong CA or my technique is
wrong but I have quit using it and that's the reason I am looking for a
substitute.

Ahhh...

Yeah, stay away from shellac for pool cues, of course. Maybe it's
different in your neck of the woods, but around here, pool is a
drinking game, and alcohol will dissolve that finish in a matter of
seconds.

Give a can of Deft a try- you'll need to clean up with laquer thinner,
but I've found it to be not only quick, but reasonably attractive as
well- and it has a long shelf life. I don't know exactly how long,
but there was a can in my basement when I bought my house over two
years ago from a 90 year old lady, and when I tested it out, it's
still working well. Odds are the stuff is thirty years old or better.
(I'm only the third owner of the place since it was built in 1946, and
all political correctness aside, I can't see that nice old lady down
in the basement clearcoating stuff with laquer- she was still pretty
spry, but there was obviously some arthritis going on when we signed
the closing papers.)