Masters, triangle chalk becoming outdated

When switching to Taom v10, what is the best way to clean the old chalk off the tip before applying v10?
 
Played 3-C yesterday with Master, it worked fine as long as I chalked each shop.

Master is old reliable standard, so good it even used at most major tournament as house Chalk.
 
Masters chalk started putting the American flag on the side of their chalk the day after 9/11. So am using Master chalk and its pretty good stuff. When I miscue I think its my arm not doing what my brain told it to. Not the chalk. Have fun play hard
 
I'm convinced the thing that would convert players to alternatives to Masters and other old standbys is to see what it looks like underneath the cloth when a table is recovered. I play in a pool room that wipes the cloth rather often, but rarely vacuums the cloth. I was present the last time they did their annual cloth change. When they pulled off the old cloth it was unbelievable! If you wiped your hand across the slate it looked like you had just dipped it in blue goo.

For sure there's no excuse for not frequently vacuuming up the chalk dust, but it's a lot better not to have it there in the first place.
 
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Saturated Fats said:
I'm convinced the thing that would convert players to alternatives to Masters and other old standbys is to see what it looks like underneath the cloth when a table is recovered. I play in a pool room that wipes the cloth rather often, but rarely vacuums the cloth. I was present the last time they did their annual cloth change. When they pulled off the old cloth it was unbelievable! If you wiped your hand across the slate it looked like you had just dipped it in blue goo.

For sure there's no excuse for frequently vacuuming up the chalk dust, but it's a lot better not to have it there in the first place.
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Ever pulled carpet from a house?
 
Wonder if there’s ever been a study on the
effects of breathing chalk dust for decades
 
Saturated Fats said:
I'm convinced the thing that would convert players to alternatives to Masters and other old standbys is to see what it looks like underneath the cloth when a table is recovered. I play in a pool room that wipes the cloth rather often, but rarely vacuums the cloth. I was present the last time they did their annual cloth change. When they pulled off the old cloth it was unbelievable! If you wiped your hand across the slate it looked like you had just dipped it in blue goo.

For sure there's no excuse for frequently vacuuming up the chalk dust, but it's a lot better not to have it there in the first place.
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Every couple years I change the cloth. Yeah, you wouldn't believe the amount of chalk build up underneath. Because chalk is such a fine dust. The cloth acts like a sieve. If you play a lot. You will see it. I can't say, what the other chalks do the the cloth. But the triangle and masters leave a lot behind!! I quite like it, looks as if I've playing way more, than I probably have!!!!!
 
dnschmidt said:
Ko used Master and Aranas used Triangle. You don't think these guys have access to these bullshit $20 a cube chalks? It's Calcium Carbonate and that's that. Your game does not need a miracle shaft or chalk mined on Uranus you need TALENT. That's in far rarer supply than these so called "super chalks", "super cues", "super shafts" or anything else.
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I remember the first time I read someone on the internet trying to highbrow by talking about Calcium Carbonate when discussing billiard chalk. It was hilarious in its irony. We haven’t evolved much today. Super.
 
Cue Alchemist said:
Having read, some of the long running thread on taom chalk.

I personally love the old masters stuff. I know SVB uses it. And ronnie and judd, still use the green triangle In snooker.
My question is: how many like myself still use it? Or have you moved over to the modern stuff?
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Last tournament I watched him play, Ronnie was swearing by Taom. At least, that’s what I thought the commentator said.
 
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not sure about performance, but the lack of mess with my taom is leagues beyond masters, also dont have to chalk after every shot

the snooker guys seem to believe it all but eliminates kicks and skids

my single piece is going on 4 months of daily use with lots left

masters seems obscenely outdated at this point

what is it with pool guys always resisting change?
 
CanadianGuy said:
not sure about performance, but the lack of mess with my taom is leagues beyond masters, also dont have to chalk after every shot

the snooker guys seem to believe it all but eliminates kicks and skids

my single piece is going on 4 months of daily use with lots left

masters seems obscenely outdated at this point

what is it with pool guys always resisting change?
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Pool guys resisting change??? Are you nutz???

Tips of every style
LD shafts
Carbon Fiber
Chalk of all kinds

who do you think is buying all this stuff??? Snooker players???
 
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