What do you do with chalk when it gets low?
- Thread starter BRussell
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just got mine down to the bottom today.
Sand it with medium grade sand paper. It flattens it out nicely. I place the sandpaper on a smooth hard surface.
Repeat until it is too small and toss.
Jesse Gilbert
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Shoot it in the garbage.
Cut the chalk in half and use it until it finishes.
In the UK, we use special Triangle chalk. Basically, at the end of each session you brush all the chalk off the table into a special container along with your chalk block and it presses it back into the block.
Doubles the life of a chalk by 67%.
Someone got the idea from the terminator 2 film when the terminator loses his arm on the back of the car and runs after it and it slips back into his shoe.
So cool - it had to come to pool eventually.
Doubles the life of a chalk by 67%.
Someone got the idea from the terminator 2 film when the terminator loses his arm on the back of the car and runs after it and it slips back into his shoe.
So cool - it had to come to pool eventually.
My favorite poolhall keeps a big box of chalk at the front desk, and replaces the chalk on a regular basis as customers like new pieces, and the Owner never wants to see a drilled out piece of chalk. Usually this is a non issue for me, unless I go to another poolhall where chalk doesn't flow as freely.
Masters is cheap and works adequately so I drop it in the trash bin at about halfway and buy more, that way I know Master will stay in business so my friends here on AZB will always have chalk. :thumbup:
When the sides get to the paper (I'm a drill/swipe hybrid chalker) I throw the cube away (or leave it if I'm out at a hall). Since I basically throw away 80% of the cube, I thought I'd try sanding it down on a coarse sanding block. It worked ok, but the difference in height of the sides felt weird. It may have been in my head, but for what Masters sells for I decided I didn't need to fight that battle.
I have occasionally wondered about pressing used chalks into new blocks. Is that actually a thing?
I have occasionally wondered about pressing used chalks into new blocks. Is that actually a thing?
Still trying to get my head around that math....
Thinking of starting a small company for recycling blue Masters combined with Kamui...
...Make-up for Smurfs.
Seeking investors....guaranteed to double your money 3.5% of the time.
I save them, put them on a ledge that i can see from my table.
When i get into a tough shot, i look over at them and remember i have seen it, been there, done that.
When i get into a tough shot, i look over at them and remember i have seen it, been there, done that.
It just occurred to me, if you use a chalk holder you can double the life of a piece of chalk. Just flip it over and make a new dimple in the bottom and there you go. A new piece of chalk.