changing your own tips

poolplayer2093

poolplayer2093

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I'm looking into changing my own tips instead of having someone else do it for me. can anyone tell me what kid of glue i should use? or recommend a kit i could buy? thanks for all the help
 
Superglue gel, Locktite and Duro make the 2 most popular. I screwed around with everything from white glue, tweetens cement, 2 ton epoxy etc etc for many years. But I have never found anything that works better than superglue gel.
Chuck
 
any type of CA Glue that is the med. thickness works the best you will have about 30 seconds to get it where you want it with the CA Medium.
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The "buffer" is a 14mm fiber pad. You can find everything you need at www.cuestik.com (Atlas Billiards Supply) or www.poolndarts.com (Mueller's Billiards Supply).

The real challenge for doing your own cue tips is to make certain that the ferrule is flat and the back of the tip is sanded and also flat. An inexpensive ferrule sander is available from Mueller's for that. Mueller's also offers a bunch of Porper's tip maintenance/repair tools which work fine. The Porper's Big Shaver is a great tool for the do it yourself-er if you don't mind spending a few extra dollars up front. A high quality super glue gel is the glue to use. This is the direct link to Mueller's tip repair page.
http://www.poolndarts.com/46-Tip-Maintenance/
 
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CA medium and even CA thick in any of the many brands I have tried do not work nearly as well as CA gel. Even West Systems epoxy is not as good.
 
FWIW... I use a fast setting (<5 mins) 2 part epoxy. It's the same stuff I use to assemble my golf clubs. Since I started using this a few years ago, I have never had a tip come off. Though I still carry a tube of the superglue gel for emergency repairs, I use it more for repairing tips for others.

If you PM me your address, I will send you a package or 2 of the epoxy.

Craig
 
Tip Repairs

I've used both 5 minute epoxy and super glue gel with good results.
 
I have done plenty of my own tips, with no problem, but I have to say, it ain't worth the trouble.

Unless you have a lathe, with the proper tools, it takes a while to prepare the ferrule and to trim the tip after it is glued in place.
You also stand a good chance of screwing up your ferrule, unless you are very careful.

For the few dollars it costs to have a qualified repair guy install a tip, it ain't worth the trouble, IMHO.
 
i'm hearing from a lot of people that there's a big chance i could mess up my ferrule. the idea doesn't sound too hard just cut the old tip and sand the excess off until you reach the ferrul and then glue the new tip and buffer on. what could happen that the ferrule could get messed up?
 
poolplayer2093 said:
i'm hearing from a lot of people that there's a big chance i could mess up my ferrule. the idea doesn't sound too hard just cut the old tip and sand the excess off until you reach the ferrul and then glue the new tip and buffer on. what could happen that the ferrule could get messed up?
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The hardest part is cutting the new tip down to size. Go spend 80 bucks for one of the Porper big shavers. They are quite easy to use and they make putting a new tip on much much easier.
 
poolplayer2093 said:
i'm hearing from a lot of people that there's a big chance i could mess up my ferrule. the idea doesn't sound too hard just cut the old tip and sand the excess off until you reach the ferrul and then glue the new tip and buffer on. what could happen that the ferrule could get messed up?
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The tricky part of the operation is trimming the tip, after it is glued onto the ferrule. It is very easy to take a piece out of the ferrule, while trimming.
 
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