lucasi air hog
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Trob,
If you are referring to the ban on Phenolic tips, The cue is not banned!
You may have to change the tip and or ferrule, but you can still use the cue.
Royce BUnnell
www.obcues.com
If you are referring to the ban on Phenolic tips, The cue is not banned!
You may have to change the tip and or ferrule, but you can still use the cue.
Royce BUnnell
www.obcues.com
Bake Lite is Phenolic
Phenolic resins may be made by combining simple phenol with any number of aldehydes, but the combination made with formaldehyde, known as phenolic formaldehyde resin, or PF, is the most widely used. Phenolic resin was the first synthesized resin, and was marketed under the brand name Bakelite, which still exists. The majority of formaldehyde produced is used with phenol and other organic compounds to create resins, which are used extensively in industry.
More info at: http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-phenolic.htm
Phenolic resins may be made by combining simple phenol with any number of aldehydes, but the combination made with formaldehyde, known as phenolic formaldehyde resin, or PF, is the most widely used. Phenolic resin was the first synthesized resin, and was marketed under the brand name Bakelite, which still exists. The majority of formaldehyde produced is used with phenol and other organic compounds to create resins, which are used extensively in industry.
More info at: http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-phenolic.htm
Very informitive..but uuumm yea I didn't understand any of that lol so the tip is essentialy a phenolic tip with a different name?
The tip on it is banned in one league. The BCA Pool League. Your cue is still legal under the World Pool Association rules, under the Billiard Congress of Amercia rules and under the Valley National Eight Ball Association's (VNEA) rules. In addition it is still legal in just about every tournament around the world.
Only one league has banned the tip for reasons that are still fairly unclear. It is claimed that the tips do damage to the balls but for some reason this appears to be restricted to the balls that this league uses since jump and break cues using phenolic materials have been in constant use since 1998 at least.
Only one league has banned the tip for reasons that are still fairly unclear. It is claimed that the tips do damage to the balls but for some reason this appears to be restricted to the balls that this league uses since jump and break cues using phenolic materials have been in constant use since 1998 at least.