Chalk question

jed1894

jed1894

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Has anyone experience this?

I play with Master chalk (green color), but the red color sticks better. I first thought it was just my imagination, but I've bought and tried both and compared closely. The red color stays on the tip a lot better. The texture also seems a little different between the two. I haven't tried the blue color yet.

Anyone find the same thing?

JED
 
i have never used red so i know nothing about it but i found out that if you get a piece of blue master even the slightest bit wet it doesnt work. i have a dog that loves to take it off the table and drop it off across the room. its not possible that you are using a green cube that has gotten wet, is it?
 
Ant812 said:
i have never used red so i know nothing about it but i found out that if you get a piece of blue master even the slightest bit wet it doesnt work. i have a dog that loves to take it off the table and drop it off across the room. its not possible that you are using a green cube that has gotten wet, is it?
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And I thought my dog was the only chalk-aholic. Fascinating.
 
i listened to the people who said that the different colours all stick the same, so i went ahead and bought some grey masters, so i could keep my cues looking clean. and it barely sticks. it's definitely a different texture to the blue.
 
Me too

worriedbeef said:
i listened to the people who said that the different colours all stick the same, so i went ahead and bought some grey masters, so i could keep my cues looking clean. and it barely sticks. it's definitely a different texture to the blue.
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I agree, I even went so far as to buy the grey and the tan. Neither one of these colors was near as nice as the standard blue as far as staying on the tip. I wonder why the blue seems to stick the best????????????
 
SixSence said:
And I thought my dog was the only chalk-aholic. Fascinating.
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Chalk, Big Deal!:p Try leather drop pockets :eek: and YES my Buddy's Christmas Puppy:p Just got the Measle cueball out and Chewed it up.
Good thing it wasn't one of the Centenials. :D Yeah Smart Dog didn't ruin the set :rolleyes:

We played with the Blue Circle yesterday. I can now confirm that I perfer it. I cleaned his clock. It's raining in Cal. In April so were going to play some more now. Later:D Ya all have a great 4/20.
 
Master stopped putting lead in their chalk a couple years ago. There is a remote chance the box of non-blue chalk you have could have lead in it which would make for better chalk.
 
I personally think the blue is more drier chalky than a smearing green. A little bit different. A friend of mine swears by the red chalk but it also gets into the grain and now he really has a red hue to his cue towards the tip. Ugly.
 
Just out of curiosity, do you play with red chalk on pool room tables? It can really create a mess in a hurry on green cloth, especially Simonis. I'v heard it's real hard to get out, too.
 
Pushout said:
Just out of curiosity, do you play with red chalk on pool room tables? It can really create a mess in a hurry on green cloth, especially Simonis. I'v heard it's real hard to get out, too.
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Red chalk is for red tables only.:p It just looks like it's sticking better because it shows up. Same with blue over brown. I use brown because it looks cleaner on my cue.:cool: Plus I can have a cue for sale ready to test drive and it does not look used if they do not purchase it. It still all works! I aint never seen anyone miss a shot because of the color of their chalk.
 
I think the teal green Masters does have a finer texture than blue and does tend to smear than cover the tip...red, tan and gray seems to be close to blue to me...
 
Hi,

I have just inquired about this at Tweeten and got an answer from Skip Nemecek. The essential sentence of the answer is: "This is the same for chalk, the amount of pigment that we put in should have no effect on the outcome other then to change the color of the chalk."

So I guess it's more dependent on factors like age and storage conditions. Since chalk lasts fairly long, I suppose that we do often compare chalk of very different age. Especially the more exotic colors like red or brown may be fairly old as the dealer will probably sit on his boxes of 144 for years to come.

Regards,

Detlev
 
I've been using the black masters for a while now, and recently tried the tan, the tan did not stick at all. Maybe it was a bad batch, but I went back to the black. Seems not to get all over the place like some of other colors too.
 
Pushout said:
Just out of curiosity, do you play with red chalk on pool room tables? It can really create a mess in a hurry on green cloth, especially Simonis. I'v heard it's real hard to get out, too.
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I don't know too many pool hall owners who let anyone near their tables with red chalk. :eek: I use Triangle blue and it is the best chalk I have ever used.
 
I prefer Masters green but if you use that at our local PH you'll lose your free playing privileges. Just the downside of playing on blue cloth I guess.
 
Detlev Rackow said:
Hi,

I have just inquired about this at Tweeten and got an answer from Skip Nemecek. The essential sentence of the answer is: "This is the same for chalk, the amount of pigment that we put in should have no effect on the outcome other then to change the color of the chalk."

So I guess it's more dependent on factors like age and storage conditions. Since chalk lasts fairly long, I suppose that we do often compare chalk of very different age. Especially the more exotic colors like red or brown may be fairly old as the dealer will probably sit on his boxes of 144 for years to come.

Regards,

Detlev
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You would think that would be the case, but I bought 2 packs of red and green at the same order about 2 months ago. I ordered the red for my friend with the red cloth and I got the green for my green Simonis. We usually rotate playing at each others table twice a week with the same 6 or 7 guys. Everyone (no exceptions) says the red chalk sticks better. I usually get complaints about mis-cueing with the green chalk.

All together I have ordered about 6 packs of green chalk from three (3) different pool companies (most come with a new cue purchase) over the past year thinking that I got a bad batch. I've tried some out of each pack. In my opinion, I have no doubt that the red chalk sticks better than the green. I use the same cue playing with the red chalk. However, the red does cause a bigger mess. Furthermore, when playing with the green chalk, I can see the natural color of my tip (Moore and Triangle) -- I can see through the chalk. But with the red, the tip is not visible.

This leads to another question.....as you all know, I've been having problems with drawing the ball since I started using green chalk instead of the blue. Could the slippy green chalk be the problem? I doubt it, but it was just a thought.

JED
 
As far as using different colored chalk than the cloth color at the pool hall, I use tan to keep my stick looking clean. I play on blue cloth. When I finish I ask the attendant for the table brush. I then clean the table. If nobody sees the blue chalk they think the table is clean. It is actually very dirty and plays badly. At least with the tan chalk you can see just how dirty the table is and you know you need to clean it.
 
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