Can a soft tip be hardened while on the shaft?

[336Robin]

I have no idea what kind of tips these are, but they are soft, tall and a little poofy.

Has anyone any experience with what to add to the tip to have it play in a little quicker
and hopefully get a little harder?

 

[GoldCrown]

Not an expert here. There are some techniques if you google how to stiffen leather. Whatever you do please experiment on a cheap/junk cue first.

I’d simply change it

 

[couldnthinkof01]

Sounds like a good time for break practice

 

[cigardave]

I'd have my cue maker replace it with something I knew and liked, or one that he/she recommends.

Like I've always said... Life is too short for smoking cheap cigars or hitting balls with a tip that you don't like.

 

[pvc lou]

hard tip, soft tip. doesn't matter at the end of the day. ask the doctor of pool, he busted that myth.

 

[cigardave]

hard tip, soft tip. doesn't matter at the end of the day. ask the doctor of pool, he busted that myth.

The Cliffs Notes version would be appreciated... if you don't mind.

 

[muskyed]

If it's layered, you could try taking a couple layers off.

 

[3kushn]

I was told by, lets say an historian, that old timers would bounce their cue on a hard floor to create the dreaded mushroom. Trim and Pound again.

We all know tips harden with play. This may be an answer????

 

[Sheldon]

Trash them, not worth the hassle.
You can put some thin superglue on them, but they'll get pretty hard.

 

[3kushn]

I was told by, lets say an historian, that old timers would bounce their cue tip on a hard floor to create the dreaded mushroom. Then Trim and Pound again till ...

We all know tips harden with play. This may be an answer????

I've done this for the mushroom thingy. I'm sure the tip hardened too.

 

[GoldCrown]

Trash them, not worth the hassle.
You can put some thin superglue on them, but they'll get pretty hard.

And the “thin” can get sloppy. It runs like water. Like you said … not worth the hassle

 

[pvc lou]

The Cliffs Notes version would be appreciated... if you don't mind.

Here's the link. Enjoy.

 

[fjk]

I have never heard of anyone successfully making their tip harder. Pay the 50 and have a really good tip put on by someone that does them all the time. Cheap skate.

 

[BRKNRUN]

I was told by, lets say an historian, that old timers would bounce their cue on a hard floor to create the dreaded mushroom. Trim and Pound again.

We all know tips harden with play. This may be an answer????

Elk Master.....put a tip on...tap the tip on concrete...when it gets to the hit you want...go get it re-shaped....I have seen that process done.

IIRC there used to be guys that made milk duds...soak a Le Pro or Elk Master in milk...then press in a vice....(never seen that done but heard about it)

That all seemed to go out the window with the intro of layered tips...

 

[ChrisinNC]

I have no idea what kind of tips these are, but they are soft, tall and a little poofy.

Has anyone any experience with what to add to the tip to have it play in a little quicker
and hopefully get a little harder?

A quality layered soft tip like a Kamui, Zan, or Morri will eventually get harder as you play with it.

 

[Tom1234]

See above. Leather tips will harden with use. Even a Super Soft tip can become harder than Chinese arithmetic. A few years ago i installed a
new, very popular layered SS tip. On my own cue. In less than 2 weeks of play, the tip was almost impossible to cut off with a new bi-metal Lenox blade. I hate dulling my tooling just to remove one tip!

 

[garczar]

I have no idea what kind of tips these are, but they are soft, tall and a little poofy.

Has anyone any experience with what to add to the tip to have it play in a little quicker
and hopefully get a little harder?

Tall AND poofy???? Cut it off and get a good tip installed.

 

[cigardave]

Tall AND poofy????

I think that he means something like this...

 

[Bob Jewett]

I have no idea what kind of tips these are, but they are soft, tall and a little poofy.

Has anyone any experience with what to add to the tip to have it play in a little quicker
and hopefully get a little harder?

If you want to experiment... Dilute Elmer's Glue with water, soak the tip, press and let dry under pressure.

But I take a sharp knife to poofy tips and start over. I assume you mean it is starting to come up like an accordion. I don't trust those. Maybe glue will help.

 

[L.S. Dennis]

Not an expert here. There are some techniques if you google how to stiffen leather. Whatever you do please experiment on a cheap/junk cue first.

I’d simply change it

I agree just change the tip. You could cut the tip off with a razor blade knife, put it. a vice and squeeze the hell out of it, and glue it back on,,,,
nah, just change the tip!