tell that to the room owners who want the stuff banned because it's too difficult to remove from their table's cloths.
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brian kc
Is Kamui Chalk Really Just Ladies Make-Up ?
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tell that to the room owners who want the stuff banned because it's too difficult to remove from their table's cloths.
best,
brian kc
What, the Simonis X-1 doesn't work on the stuff?
TheThaiger
Banned
Nothing is without consequence. I'd say the biggest problem is with the CB, not the cloth.
C'mon, ain't you ever watched Breaking Bad? You can make anything in your basement... or maybe in your RV.
As for using makeup instead of Kamui, I'd save more money sticking to the designer chalk. Every time I see the card charge for my wife's Bare Escentuals re-supply I just about shit a brick. Then the stuff comes in the mail and it's like three tiny containers of paste. But she's my gal, and she do look pretty, so...
Did Mrs. beat the snot out of you for fooling around with her makeup?
yes, it does; kinda like a cake frosting knife.
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brian kc
Ha, ha! I get the point!
I have it but rarely use it. Curiosity got the best of me and Bertone was selling the old small cubes at a discount at SBE. Actually, my wife bought it for me, I'm too cheap to pay that kind of money for ground up rocks. Makes a mess of the CB is undeniable. Even if you chalk away from the table, every time you draw that rock and it comes back cleaner, well...
I put a good layer on when I dress my tip with my Gator Grip type tool, then cover the stuff up with BD. Maybe all I need is the Blue Diamond, but I got a whole cube of the stuff now. Gotta use it up somehow.
Correct me if I am wrong. But if you are close to hitting center you don't even need chalk do you? I was once told a story about a guy from back in the day. And he wasn't the type to give out free lessons. But he was kinda close with a guy that I currently play with. And he told him that IF you can learn to play without chalk you will improve your game by leaps and bounds.
TheThaiger
Banned
Good advice, but centre ball striking is just so boring!
I agree. But if he is using nearly center ball strikes on the cueball then it wouldn't matter if he was using make-up, chalk or nothing at all. He's not going to miscue no matter what.
Maybe the first thing a beginner should do is to hit the ball dead center and learn where it naturally rolls. But you won't have too much control on the shape you get without adding top and bottom. For that you have to have chalk.
I learned on a crappy old 10 footer than must have been donated to my dorm by a room that went to smaller tables. It was a beast, but the worst part? No chalk. The tips were glazed like glass and you absolutely HAD to hit the ball dead center and let it roll to position. Even stop shots were impossible unless they were real close, and on a 10' table, they rarely are. To this day it's really the only sure way I can get position for the next shot, so consider good chalk as a valuable learning tool if nothing else.
Instead of putting the makeup on your cue to see how it plays...
Try putting the chalk on your face to see how you look...
Try putting the chalk on your face to see how you look...
btw, and fwiw, the op who applied the wife's makeup to whitey has not been on az since October of 2012.
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brian kc
best,
brian kc
Heh. Every one is missing my point. My point is that his "trial" if he's hitting center english it doesn't matter what he has on his tip.
No, I think we get your point, at least I did. I was just adding my thoughts on what that guy "back in the day" was saying. I never thought you were recommending going without chalk.
Last summer I bought my wife a new cue and couldn't wait to try it out. I slipped it out of the shipping sleeve and took a quick look at it and went down to give it a try. I put it down on the table, threw some balls out and ran them, took them back out and ran some more until I took a bead on a long draw shot and fired the CB into the next room. I never noticed I hadn't chalked the tip until I was a fair ways away from center. The damn thing didn't have a speck of chalk on it, just fresh brown leather.
When I practice I rarely chalk unless I think I need to. I hardly ever miscue. There's alway enough chalk buried in the leather to give you at least some grip, and there's usually still chalk at the edges unless you're a rabid spin freak. I think it helps build your stroke, but damned if I'd play a game like that.
Last summer I bought my wife a new cue and couldn't wait to try it out. I slipped it out of the shipping sleeve and took a quick look at it and went down to give it a try. I put it down on the table, threw some balls out and ran them, took them back out and ran some more until I took a bead on a long draw shot and fired the CB into the next room. I never noticed I hadn't chalked the tip until I was a fair ways away from center. The damn thing didn't have a speck of chalk on it, just fresh brown leather.
When I practice I rarely chalk unless I think I need to. I hardly ever miscue. There's alway enough chalk buried in the leather to give you at least some grip, and there's usually still chalk at the edges unless you're a rabid spin freak. I think it helps build your stroke, but damned if I'd play a game like that.