A very thin, very cheap rubber wrap

Bob Jewett · Aug 18, 2017

For those who would like to try a rubber wrap but don't want the weight or thickness of a typical rubber wrap, here is one that costs about $1 in quantities of 25. I've used these before and they last about a month or two. The length is more like 17 inches when you roll it on the cue. If you grip over a smaller area on the butt I suppose you could cut it in two, which would make it easier to roll on the cue.

I found some on Amazon but the local medical supply store may have them. "Penrose drainage tubing" are the words to use. I think I don't want to know how they are usually used.

Nine ... corner · Aug 18, 2017

Bob Jewett said:
"Penrose drainage tubing" are the words to use. I think I don't want to know how they are usually used.View attachment 467739

So how did you come upon this item? Certainly not in your local billiard supply store.

Bob Jewett · Aug 18, 2017

Nine ... corner said:
So how did you come upon this item? Certainly not in your local billiard supply store.

I don't remember exactly. I know a carom player who works for a hospital so maybe I heard about it from him. When I used to buy them in a medical supply store the clerk wanted to be assured that I wasn't going to use it as a tourniquet for IV drug injection. Amazon didn't seem to care what I was going to use it for.

Nick B · Aug 18, 2017

A little pricier but you can get in any color is shrink tube. A little heat and it fits perfectly.

Bob Jewett · Aug 18, 2017

Nick B said:
A little pricier but you can get in any color is shrink tube. A little heat and it fits perfectly.

The shrink tube I've used in electronics is not as tacky at latex. It would be very thin.

measureman · Aug 18, 2017

A player in my bar league has a custom black duct tape wrap.
Looks pretty good.

Ghosst · Aug 18, 2017

Bob Jewett said:
When I used to buy them in a medical supply store the clerk wanted to be assured that I wasn't going to use it as a tourniquet for IV drug injection. Amazon didn't seem to care what I was going to use it for.

Bob, I thought we weren't going to discuss your opiate habits in public anymore...

Kris_b1104 · Aug 18, 2017

Title is misleading. I was expecting a new affordable, more practical condom.

Nick B · Aug 18, 2017

Bob Jewett said:
The shrink tube I've used in electronics is not as tacky at latex. It would be very thin.

Outdoor type is tackier..and thicker to handle the UV.

greyghost · Aug 18, 2017

Office Depot sells it online too. Used the penrose drain back in Tulsa for a while. Joel Weinstock turned me into it not sure where he had gotten idea from. Works very well.

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Bob Jewett · Aug 18, 2017

greyghost said:
Office Depot sells it online too. Used the penrose drain back in Tulsa for a while. Joel Weinstock turned me into it not sure where he had gotten idea from. Works very well.
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I wonder what the use would be in an office.

cleary · Aug 18, 2017

I've heard it only works 99% of the time though

Chopdoc · Aug 18, 2017

Bob Jewett said:
I think I don't want to know how they are usually used.

Yeah...don't google and look at pics...really....

Medical stuff has a lot of cool uses.

I have an endoscope case converted to a cue case.

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greyghost · Aug 18, 2017

Bob Jewett said:
I wonder what the use would be in an office.

Strangling the boss I'd figure lol

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Player · Aug 18, 2017

Wouldn't suit me but I'm sure a lot of people might like them. They are certainly cheap enough. Unless they used one on you in the hospital where I imagine they would charge about $200 a piece.

westcoast · Aug 18, 2017

I've noticed that both Earl and SVB now have a strange wrap on their cues now. I wonder if it is because they both shoot with extensions and don't like the feel of where the extension starts on the cue.

Chopdoc · Aug 18, 2017

Player said:
Wouldn't suit me but I'm sure a lot of people might like them. They are certainly cheap enough. Unless they used one on you in the hospital where I imagine they would charge about $200 a piece.

$200?

Nah....

More than that installed, and I don't mean on a pool cue.

That requires a surgeon. We don't work for peanuts.

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skins · Aug 18, 2017

Chopdoc said:
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That requires a surgeon. We don't work for peanuts.

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Some may disagree with ya....:wink:

Yotehntr · Aug 18, 2017

Never thought about rubber before, but you could use "Cold Shrink tubing" when I was a maintenance tech we'd put it on hammer handles and on wrench handles. It's at least 1/16" thick. Slide it over the area pull the string from the still large side and it colapses on very snug. LINK

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Nick B · Aug 19, 2017

Now that I think about it....dip it in flex seal.

https://www.getflexseal.com/

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