Chalk temp...????????

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garczar

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There's another thread about ball temp. that on second glance has my 'nerd gear' going. Am curious if i take my chalk outside with me and get it really cold will my game suffer before it can warm up? Will i see less spin, higher deflection, just more overall pool trauma??? Maybe i should take a page out Dr.Dave's playbook and freeze a bunch of chalk and compare them in action. This is serious cutting-edge science people so don't laugh, would normally wait to post on 4-1 but this topic is of such magnitude i chose to post it on Super Sunday, that's how big this could really be. Testing results to follow so don't touch that dial as they used to say. ;) GO CHIEFS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
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boogieman

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garczar said:
There's another thread about ball temp. that on second glance has my 'nerd gear' going. Am curious if i take my chalk outside with me and get it really cold will my game suffer before it can warm up? Will i see less spin, higher deflection, just more overall pool trauma??? Maybe i should take a page out Dr.Dave's playbook and freeze a bunch of chalk and compare them in action. This is serious cutting-edge science people so don't laugh, would normally wait to post on 4-1 but this topic is of such magnitude i chose to post it on Super Sunday, that's how big this could really be. Testing results to follow so don't touch that dial as they used to say. ;) GO CHIEFS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Maybe lay off the recreational. It's a bit stronger than the old stuff.

You know how glasses can fog up when someone comes in out of the cold, or going from AC to outside on a hot day? Well I'm sure chalk does the same. Hustlers used to wet the chalk with a finger dipped in beer.
 
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garczar said:
There's another thread about ball temp. that on second glance has my 'nerd gear' going. Am curious if i take my chalk outside with me and get it really cold will my game suffer before it can warm up? Will i see less spin, higher deflection, just more overall pool trauma??? Maybe i should take a page out Dr.Dave's playbook and freeze a bunch of chalk and compare them in action. This is serious cutting-edge science people so don't laugh, would normally wait to post on 4-1 but this topic is of such magnitude i chose to post it on Super Sunday, that's how big this could really be. Testing results to follow so don't touch that dial as they used to say. ;) GO CHIEFS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Dammitt Gar,
I ain't got time for this!! Got BBQ going for the game, kitchen in chaos, now I gotta wait for your test results?? You did this on purpose dintcha?? lol.
 
fastone371

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garczar said:
There's another thread about ball temp. that on second glance has my 'nerd gear' going. Am curious if i take my chalk outside with me and get it really cold will my game suffer before it can warm up? Will i see less spin, higher deflection, just more overall pool trauma??? Maybe i should take a page out Dr.Dave's playbook and freeze a bunch of chalk and compare them in action. This is serious cutting-edge science people so don't laugh, would normally wait to post on 4-1 but this topic is of such magnitude i chose to post it on Super Sunday, that's how big this could really be. Testing results to follow so don't touch that dial as they used to say. ;) GO CHIEFS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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My concern is that it seems as if your brain may have frozen. :):)
 
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My guess is that freezing chalk will cause it to absorb moisture from the air and become damp.

Damp chalk plays terrible.

Although you can heat it in a microwave oven for 30 seconds to make it degas the absorbed water--just don't touch it until it cools back down (more than 5 minutes).
 
iusedtoberich

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A buddy of mine, maybe he'll post, used to ask the houseman to put Master's chalk in the microwave before playing. True story.
 
billiards_watch

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There is truth to this and I witnessed it myself. I play with those new fancy pants chalks. The round Taom/Pyro. I forget since I just buy whatever my pool hall has in the display.

On hot days the chalk will cake up and on cold days they feel like chalk on a chalk board. I use more in cold seasons and less during the summer.

If you have layered tips that haven't been scuffed in awhile then application of the chalk is much more frequent.
 
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garczar

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billiards_watch said:
There is truth to this and I witnessed it myself. I play with those new fancy pants chalks. The round Taom/Pyro. I forget since I just buy whatever my pool hall has in the display.

On hot days the chalk will cake up and on cold days they feel like chalk on a chalk board. I use more in cold seasons and less during the summer.

If you have layered tips that haven't been scuffed in awhile then application of the chalk is much more frequent.
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no clue here. place i play actually has this amazing gadget called a 'THERMOSTAT'. MAY have heard of it, keeps the room temp. constant. ;) Seriously i've never seen room conditions so iffy that the chalk changes.
 
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