Just wondering what others have found to be a good tool for fixing mushrooming? There are so many out there don't want to buy a bunch to find one that does decent job.
Tool for mushrooming
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poolfitkids:
You might want to use AZBilliards' "Search" feature -- it's your best friend. This topic of mushroomed tips was asked/addressed as recently as a couple of days ago, and has a lot of great responses:
http://forums.azbilliards.com/showthread.php?t=166494
Hope this is helpful,
-Sean
poolfitkids:
You might want to use AZBilliards' "Search" feature -- it's your best friend. This topic of mushroomed tips was asked/addressed as recently as a couple of days ago, and has a lot of great responses:
http://forums.azbilliards.com/showthread.php?t=166494
Hope this is helpful,
-Sean
Poor pool table...
I use a Joe Porper Tip Burnisher. Sometimes in a blue moon it'll take the tip off the ferrule if the adhesives have gotten weak, that's why I do it at home. That way, I can reattach the tip if it needs to be done.
Mamono
Remember there is always the Black Magic Marker Trick to make the sides of the tip look brand new. Clean white ferrule and a nice Black tip.
gpeezy
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I've seen people do it on top of the rail on the felt. Not what I do. I use the table's body I guess you would say. No damage done. Its only leather
amen on the porper burnisher. i keep one in my case and whenever i scuff and/or shape the tip i give it a few turns in there. since i started doing that i've had no mushrooms and no need for the little shaver i bought at the same time i got the burnisher.
I do that also, forgot to mention it. I tape off the ferrule with some scotch tape and then use a medium tip sharpie before burnishing to get that gloss black sidewall on the tip.
I shed a tear when I see angry apes beat pool tables with their cues after missing the money ball... I guess its the trauma. Using saliva on the tip sidewalls and pressing them against the rails to flatten them out kind of reminds me of the VW commercial where the guy standing next to the VW licks the door handle to claim it as his own.
I know whatcha mean. The leather against hardwood, no harm really. I just don't see it as being very hygienic, neither is licking a car door handle but to each their own.
I use a Porper Mushroom Grazer. Its a neat little tool, I like how its adjustable and can work in either direction. I use it once in a while, but usually on tips from cues that I add to my collection that were previously owned by someone else. All my cues are pretty well maintained. All have tips that look like new. I only shave enough of the mushroom off so that the burnisher can still have something to grab onto when burnishing the sides. I would say that the Porper Mushroom Grazer gets used like once every 4 months because I don't usually see enough of excessive mushrooming to warrant using it. This tool could stay at home rather than in the case, but I bring it alone anyways just in case a friend needs to borrow it which has been like once in the past year. Haha... I guess I should leave it at home now that I think about it...
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gpeezy
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A cue lathe always worked the best for me.
Little Shaver
The Little Shaver from Creative Inventions is the best tool I've found. It eliminates the the portion of the tip that is mushrooming as opposed to just pushing the mushrooming back into the tip.
http://www.porper.com/index.cfm/fuseAction/Catalog.Product/productID/74.cfm?CFID=2925962&CFTOKEN=1dd5f89ac89bc639-6CAAC0AE-20ED-7D0A-C03034E26D18285A[/url]
Bob
The Little Shaver from Creative Inventions is the best tool I've found. It eliminates the the portion of the tip that is mushrooming as opposed to just pushing the mushrooming back into the tip.
http://www.porper.com/index.cfm/fuseAction/Catalog.Product/productID/74.cfm?CFID=2925962&CFTOKEN=1dd5f89ac89bc639-6CAAC0AE-20ED-7D0A-C03034E26D18285A[/url]
Bob
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> I've always used tips that don't mushroom much,if at all. I've also never left the house with a tip that was mushroomed,so I've never had to really fix one while out playing.
If one of mine does get a little fuzzy on the sides,I just wet it a little and burnish with a piece of leather I cut out of an old,worn out wallet.
Tips that are truly mushrooming on me get re-cut flush ONCE in my lathe. If it happens again,it gets added to the pile of shavings under my lathe :thumbup:.
I tried that plastic Porper burnisher ONCE,and not only ruined the tip but hurt the ferrule as well,on an old Meucci. I chucked it up on the roof of the poolroom. I've never trusted the anodized aluminum of the Ultimate,but did kinda like that "tapper" disc.
A method I've been using for years to curtail it is the Sharpie treatment,and sealing the sides with thin CA glue. The only tips I ever get complaints about mushrooming on from customers are Elk Masters,and the occasionally too-soft Triangle. Tommy D.
If one of mine does get a little fuzzy on the sides,I just wet it a little and burnish with a piece of leather I cut out of an old,worn out wallet.
Tips that are truly mushrooming on me get re-cut flush ONCE in my lathe. If it happens again,it gets added to the pile of shavings under my lathe :thumbup:.
I tried that plastic Porper burnisher ONCE,and not only ruined the tip but hurt the ferrule as well,on an old Meucci. I chucked it up on the roof of the poolroom. I've never trusted the anodized aluminum of the Ultimate,but did kinda like that "tapper" disc.
A method I've been using for years to curtail it is the Sharpie treatment,and sealing the sides with thin CA glue. The only tips I ever get complaints about mushrooming on from customers are Elk Masters,and the occasionally too-soft Triangle. Tommy D.
Steamer
Even my home made Cue Lathe was not Cheap to build, but less expensive than buying one. Not every one has a Lathe or even know someone close who does. Once you have the equipment and a little experience using it, Tips and Shaft Burnishing are fast and easy to do. While I do some work for friends, I am not a Cue Maker or do I want the Hassle of doing repairs. I know of 2 other Lathes in my small town area and they don't either.
I admit I learned some tricks from this thread for fast fixes while playing.