Chalk on Ferrule? - Solution!

jamnut

jamnut

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After trying a few ideas to clean chalk dust off my ferrule and cue shaft, I hit on something that works, and is cheap and readily available.
I tried bleach, ammonia, lighter fluid, and dish soap, with limited success.
Today I tried a Mr. Clean Magic Eraser, and it worked beautifully!
I wet the ME pad, wipe it over the whole ferrule, then the water "soak in" for about ten seconds or so. Then Wipe with elbow grease aroung the ferrule, and in less than a minute, it will be nice and white. Dry the ferrule off.
Works well to clean the shaft as well.
 
Please do a search first before posting certain things, this has been discussed much on this forum.

Do remember that a magic eraser is actually abrasive and you will need to follow up with some sort of finer abrasive polishing or you will leave more abrasions for chalk dust to jam itself into. If you do a search for shaft cleaning or maintenance you should find many tried and true ideas, and some not so tried and true ones as well.
 
erhino41 said:
......Do remember that a magic eraser is actually abrasive and you will need to follow up with some sort of finer abrasive polishing or you will leave more abrasions for chalk dust to jam itself into.......
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Yep..........
 
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erhino41 said:
Please do a search first before posting certain things, this has been discussed much on this forum.

Do remember that a magic eraser is actually abrasive and you will need to follow up with some sort of finer abrasive polishing or you will leave more abrasions for chalk dust to jam itself into. If you do a search for shaft cleaning or maintenance you should find many tried and true ideas, and some not so tried and true ones as well.
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jamnut said:
After trying a few ideas to clean chalk dust off my ferrule and cue shaft, I hit on something that works, and is cheap and readily available.
I tried bleach, ammonia, lighter fluid, and dish soap, with limited success.
Today I tried a Mr. Clean Magic Eraser, and it worked beautifully!
I wet the ME pad, wipe it over the whole ferrule, then the water "soak in" for about ten seconds or so. Then Wipe with elbow grease aroung the ferrule, and in less than a minute, it will be nice and white. Dry the ferrule off.
Works well to clean the shaft as well.
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Don't use it wet on the shaft, it has to be pretty dry, water + shaft is usually bad.

Quite a few people use the magic eraser for shaft care, you can get a bag of 100 from China for like $5 although those are not as sturdy and are smaller. But at such a cheap cost it does not matter. http://www.ebay.com/itm/like/172350452100?lpid=82&chn=ps&ul_noapp=true It may also be a bit rougher than the branded stuff in supermarkets but I ordered some and have not seen much difference aside from a smaller size and that they break apart a bit faster.

You'd want to do a good cleaning and sealing after going over with the eraser.
 
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Been using ME for years on filthy, chalked up ferrules. I just slightly dampen with water and wipe of with paper towel. Generally come out looking nice and clean but dull. Then polish up with Novus for the shine.

Edit 11/17: I am not referring to my personal cues. Non driller here.

-Kat,
 
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You can try a lot of things to remove those blue marks - but absolutely nothing works better than getting into the habit of chalking your tip correctly. In the long run, that will save you a lot of time, trouble, and headaches.
 
Blackjack said:
You can try a lot of things to remove those blue marks - but absolutely nothing works better than getting into the habit of chalking your tip correctly. In the long run, that will save you a lot of time, trouble, and headaches.
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If you are not looking like you are trying to start a fire while chalking, you are not doing it right. I take pride in the fact that once I play a set with a piece of chalk, the hole is deep enough to do shots in, and the ferrule has more blue on it than white. It impresses all the drunk college kids since I clearly must have been playing for a long time with such a worn looking cue.

Don't forget to add a liberal amount of hand chalk on the table and rails, it marks the table as yours and you will be the top predator and be able to get mates more easily that way.

Why, one day it took 3 pool hall employees to clean up after me what with all the chalk on the rails from putting it on upside down, talc on the table and carpet, beer circles on the cloth (nice of them to have such a large table nearby to use). Makes them feel useful.
 
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hang-the-9 said:
If you are not looking like you are trying to start a fire while chalking, you are not doing it right. I take pride in the fact that once I play a set with a piece of chalk, the hole is deep enough to do shots in, and the ferrule has more blue on it than white. It impresses all the drunk college kids since I clearly must have been playing for a long time with such a worn looking cue.
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Don't worry ... anybody that has ever seen (or heard) me chalk my cue and reads what I just wrote - is most definitely belly laughing on the floor right now.
 
skins said:
Yep..........
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Double yup.



I have used this. I guess it depends on the ferrule material but I found it definitely dulls the polish on some ferrules, somewhat less on others.


It is an abrasive. Use sparingly if you do use it.



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I always used Soft Scrub.
It's really best when you have a lathe available because the lathe makes things so much easier.
One drop on the ferrule, then wipe off with a paper towel while the lathe is turning. Rinse with a dab of high quality spit, and you're done. Apply wax, if you like.
Your ferrule will be whiter than Aunt Fanny's heine, or Aunt Heine's fanny, and shine like a diamond in a goat's ass. :)
 
erhino41 said:
Please do a search first before posting certain things, this has been discussed much on this forum.
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Yes, I would hate for my thread to be lost amongst the 8,000 threads about who makes the best cue, who makes the best table, what cloth should I recover with, what chalk is the cleanest, and Shane van Boening.
 
Ferrule materials

Not all ferrule material is the same

I use Meguiar's automotive polishing creams.
Some ferrule material if you do not seal the material with CA. and get chalk into the pores of the material then its extremely hard to get out .............................
Deer , elk antler ferrules I seal as I do the Ivorine III ferules

 
Lol

Most of us have known that for years, Not news at all but glad it's working for you. You might have your ferrule sealed next time you have a tip put on, it will help with keeping the ferrule clean and easy to wipe chalk off.
 
One of the benefits of cues using ivory for the ferrules is there's no chalk build-up or stain.
I've never had to clean any of my cues' ferrules and the same applies to others I know that
also play with ivory ferrules. And the ivory doesn't need to be elephant as far as I can tell.
Ivory ferrules remain clean & also have a better acoustical sound versus synthetic ferrules.
Personally, when I've cleaned resin ferrules, I've used a toothbrush & whitening toothpaste.
 
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jamnut said:
After trying a few ideas to clean chalk dust off my ferrule and cue shaft, I hit on something that works, and is cheap and readily available.
I tried bleach, ammonia, lighter fluid, and dish soap, with limited success.
Today I tried a Mr. Clean Magic Eraser, and it worked beautifully!
I wet the ME pad, wipe it over the whole ferrule, then the water "soak in" for about ten seconds or so. Then Wipe with elbow grease aroung the ferrule, and in less than a minute, it will be nice and white. Dry the ferrule off.
Works well to clean the shaft as well.
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Learn how to chalk in the first place?

Scott
 
Blackjack said:
You can try a lot of things to remove those blue marks - but absolutely nothing works better than getting into the habit of chalking your tip correctly. In the long run, that will save you a lot of time, trouble, and headaches.
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I've always chalked correctly. My chalk stays flat, never has a hole in it. Yet, my ferrule still gets blue. But, what I found that works better than trying everything under the sun to remove them, is to simply not even worry about it. Never once missed a shot because my ferrule had chalk dust on it.
 
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