How long can tips be stored?
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Bump. I have wondered the same thing.
I've had several layered tips for 8-years or so with no problems.
In fact today I was looking at a couple of Moori mediums I bought 8-years ago, and I'll put them on a cue and report back.
Trying not to use Moori at all, because I don't like the new version.
I've never heard of a shelf life rating on tips, I do know that Elkmasters get old and unusable after a few years, but personally I think 8-years is too long.
I'll find out on these Moori's.
In fact today I was looking at a couple of Moori mediums I bought 8-years ago, and I'll put them on a cue and report back.
Trying not to use Moori at all, because I don't like the new version.
I've never heard of a shelf life rating on tips, I do know that Elkmasters get old and unusable after a few years, but personally I think 8-years is too long.
I'll find out on these Moori's.
I keep mine in Zip Locks and then in Tupper Ware type containers that you supposedly can squeeze the air out of.
I have some in stock that have been stored like that for several years and they seem just fine.
I had asked the same question a few years back and got this answer.
Consider how old saddles and base ball gloves can get. You can still use them after many years right.
They don't crumble and disintegrate.
Some may dry out but chances are, most of them will be usable for many years to come.
I wouldn't worry about it overly, put one on and if it doesn't install proper, cut it off and use the next one.
My shop is always about 60. Keep em in Zip Locks and in plastic containers in the basement and I think they will be just fine.
Someone had mentioned that rubbing Neats Foot oil into a tip on your cue can bring it back to life.
If you have some obvious dry ones, give em a nice oil massage.
I have some in stock that have been stored like that for several years and they seem just fine.
I had asked the same question a few years back and got this answer.
Consider how old saddles and base ball gloves can get. You can still use them after many years right.
They don't crumble and disintegrate.
Some may dry out but chances are, most of them will be usable for many years to come.
I wouldn't worry about it overly, put one on and if it doesn't install proper, cut it off and use the next one.
My shop is always about 60. Keep em in Zip Locks and in plastic containers in the basement and I think they will be just fine.
Someone had mentioned that rubbing Neats Foot oil into a tip on your cue can bring it back to life.
If you have some obvious dry ones, give em a nice oil massage.
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Thank you all. Johnnyt
I was just wondering, if you are going to store tips for a long period time why they couldn't be vacuum sealed by using a food saver.
I had some Mooris that I bought, I'm guessing, back around 1996. I had the last one installed over 3 years ago. After using it for a couple of years a corner of it chipped off. That tip played fine until then and it was stored in a zip-lock baggie in my case.
I had some Mooris that I bought, I'm guessing, back around 1996. I had the last one installed over 3 years ago. After using it for a couple of years a corner of it chipped off. That tip played fine until then and it was stored in a zip-lock baggie in my case.
The curse of owning 150 or so cues, many old ones, is the feeling that you have to play with them.
Consequently I try a lot of different tips, and the newer Moori mediums hit pretty hard.
I have played with Moori mediums on various cues for years off & on, and those cues were all terrific players.
A local collector & I do a lot of trading and he had to have Moori mediums on every shaft he owns.
This guy is a very good pool player.
I sell him cues that play great, he changes the tips, and then he doesn't like the way they play.
The tips get changed to something else and then he likes them again.
I took back two Cog's I sold him and couldn't believe the change, it was like hitting with a steel rod on all 4-shafts.
No way he would of bought the Cog's in the first place if they hit like that.
Same issue with every cue he owned until I proved it to him.
He bought the Cog's again, put Kamui black softs on all 4-shafts, and he loves the way they play.
I'm not a big Kamui fan either, but the Black soft hits pretty good.
Personally I prefer a medium-hard tip, but the new Moori mediums are too hard to the point that there seems to be something wrong.
Yesterday we discussed this same issue, and even considered they way his favorite cuemaker was doing things, but it's not installation, and his installer is one of the best.
This can only be my opinion at this point, but like I said, I don't like the new version of Moori medium tips, they don't hit like the old ones.
Good idea, but I got the food saver this year. lol. Johnnyt
I have a box of triangles from the late 1950s without about a dozen tips left.