Masters Chalk glazing over?

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KingSamurai

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I have been having trouble with Master's chalk getting super hard and glazing over. Once this happens, I can barely put any chalk on my break or jump tips, (I use the Pechauer C4 tips). This seems to happen fairly quickly before the chalk even gets worn down to far. I find myself switching cubes pretty often and even using leftover house masters chalk. I am wondering if chalking my break tip is causing the glazing of the chalk.

I am a fan of fresh Masters chalk over some of the premium chalk, because I like a little bit of grit in the formula and seem to miscue less than with more "premium" and expensive brands.

Is this happening to anybody else?
 
KingSamurai said:
I have been having trouble with Master's chalk getting super hard and glazing over. Once this happens, I can barely put any chalk on my break or jump tips, (I use the Pechauer C4 tips). This seems to happen fairly quickly before the chalk even gets worn down to far. I find myself switching cubes pretty often and even using leftover house masters chalk. I am wondering if chalking my break tip is causing the glazing of the chalk.

I am a fan of fresh Masters chalk over some of the premium chalk, because I like a little bit of grit in the formula and seem to miscue less than with more "premium" and expensive brands.

Is this happening to anybody else?
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never had that happen. no clue. i found a piece of Taom and i'm not going back. Its light yrs better than Master.
 
Once this happens take the chalk and run it over some sandpaper. Lay the sandpaper on a flat surface and run the chalk over it a few times. I do this to new pieces to "break" the initial surface face. Nothing extreme, just some light sanding. It will produce a bit of chalk dust so be prepared for a little clean up.
 
Bob Jewett said:
Maybe grease from French fries or pizza?

Can you post a pic?
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Yes, I will get a picture. Usually once this happens, I donate the chalk to pool hall or bar I am at.

But the surface of the chalk gets very shiny and hard and the break tip will just slide over the surface of the chalk. For leather tips, the chalk is still functional, but it is frustrating to not to be able to chalk my break or jump cue.
 
Here is picture of the middle of my Masters chalk turning hard with a dark shiny area in middle. Hardly sticks to break cue at this point
 

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Brother Ron said:
How does McDermott's Navigator Premium chalk compare to Toam?
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I have never used toam so i don't know. Im sure someone has though, i wanted a quality chalk that was a close to a triangle or a masters. It was very well reviewed on here. One other i have used a lot, is the triangle pro chalk, also really good, only available in green though.
 
That's really strange. Can't relate, I've got used Masters chalk (and unused still in the little box - been open in the basement for years) - still works fine. I checked the "normal" chalk we've had in a cupboard forever (use colored chalk for the holiday menus on the little blackboard in the kitchen, haha) - no signs of change.

Maybe it is something to do with the tip funkafying it somehow.

Sometimes it happens with grits, I think the laws of physics cease to apply near your table! :D 🎅 Wait, there already is "Magic Chalk" - lol, tried that, didn't keep any.

Along the line of Benedict Arnold, lol, I decided to take a flier on a couple pieces of Taom just to see what's up with it - they arrive today!
 
I remember back in the days of Corner Pocket's of America and they all had the lite brown Masters chalk I'd run into a cube of it that was initially harder than normal and drilling the top of it litely would normally do the trick .

Yes this was long before the American flag was placed on the chalk .
 
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