Black marker on the tip sides?

[Morgantownfats]

If you look at a Scruggs or Frey tip on a new shaft they have made they use Triangle tips and they are always black on the sides. The triangle and elkmaster tips look real grey unless you black them out. I have been using a black sharpie for years with no problem. I trim and burnish the tip good before applying the sharpie to the sides and let the marker dry a min or two before reburnisning. The sedond time around i use a little cue wax on my finger and burn it in with a paper towell. Seems to work good. Now for lepros i do use the scratch fix furniture markers. Makes em look nice and uniform for your customer

 

[conetip]

I am glad to see other people are still doing this because when I mentioned it to my mentor he asked me why I did such a stupid thing.

But from what I am getting in the responses, it MAY not be a good thing for layered tips.

Layered tips are very sensative to heat.
I did a test on a layered tip. I trimmed it, gave it a small burnish. Then got the sharpie to make the outer black and then gave it a shine.
Then I turned it down to see how far the sharpie had penetrated into the sides. It was only about .05 mm (close to 2 thou of inch) Not what I expected.
If the layered tips are failing, I don't think it is from the ink of the marker pen. Some other factor will be the cause of the delamination.

 

[malidave]

I had tips done by Charlie Fleming and he had a special polish for blackennind the sides. I don't recall the maker, but is was specifically marketed as a pool good and was in a little bottle with an applicator...He said it appeared to be basically shoe polish.

I have had it for a long time and it has not faded.

Overall, it is just for appearance, I doubt a little marker will delaminate or hurt a tip.

Basically this is one of the products as another poster mentioned.