Do softer tips hold chalk better?

dsoriano

dsoriano

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I'm a scuffer, I scuff my tip alot to help hold chalk. As time goes by the (Jacoby with Tiger Everest) tip starts to glaze over and I find my self scuffing the tip to help it hold more chalk, which really eats up my tip. Well I just got my new -R- cue and Jerry installed Morri tips. I dont know if they are softer but they really hold chalk well. I haven't had to scuff once since I've chalked the first time.
My question is, do softer tips tend to hold chalk better?
 
I dunno, but I need to scuff every 5 hr or so.

I never understood how people could claim to go weeks/ longer between scuffs...but I do stay out of line.
 
I'm the laziest player alive;) I did cue repair for others for 10 yrs, but I barely touched my own cues, lol.

Anyway, I rarely scuffed my own tips. I just played with them. After several months, I'd occasionally put them back on the lathe to trim off any mushrooming. At that point, I'd also touch up the front of the tip.

Then, when I switched to Sniper tips years back, they didn't mushroom in the least. I mean not one bit. So on these tips, I never put them back on the lathe, and never touched the front of the tip. The Sniper on my playing cue now I put on 4 years ago, and it still looks and plays great. I haven't touched this tip one time since I installed it.

I quit cue repair just as Kamui's were becoming popular. But I tried and installed for most of my customers all the other popular tips at the time.

I like being lazy:)
 
dsoriano said:
I'm a scuffer, I scuff my tip alot to help hold chalk. As time goes by the (Jacoby with Tiger Everest) tip starts to glaze over and I find my self scuffing the tip to help it hold more chalk, which really eats up my tip. Well I just got my new -R- cue and Jerry installed Morri tips. I dont know if they are softer but they really hold chalk well. I haven't had to scuff once since I've chalked the first time.
My question is, do softer tips tend to hold chalk better?
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I can tell you that non-layered tips hold chalk much better than layered tips.

Also for best results, don't grind your cue tip in the pool room's carpet before putting your cue in the case.
 
MFB said:
I can tell you that non-layered tips hold chalk much better than layered tips.

Also for best results, don't grind your cue tip in the pool room's carpet before putting your cue in the case.
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I agree with this. Also agree with those who say they need to scuff the tip fairly regularly, maybe once ever 3 -5 5 hours or so. I've gone to layered tips recently coming from Triangle, and I know for sure that the layered ones do not hold chalk as well as the traditional tips.
 
dsoriano said:
I'm a scuffer, I scuff my tip alot to help hold chalk. As time goes by the (Jacoby with Tiger Everest) tip starts to glaze over and I find my self scuffing the tip to help it hold more chalk, which really eats up my tip. Well I just got my new -R- cue and Jerry installed Morri tips. I dont know if they are softer but they really hold chalk well. I haven't had to scuff once since I've chalked the first time.
My question is, do softer tips tend to hold chalk better?
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Maybe so. Jimmy Reid apparently thinks that they don't miscue as much. Here's s similar discussion I started a couple of weeks ago. Jimmy chimed in on that thread.

I found that the solution to me was to scuff more often and swipe the chalk accross the cue tip instead of "drilling" the cue into the chalk.

Yes, I'm a reformed "driller".:thumbup:
 
I'm using the Emerald tip that came with my Pechauer and I never have to scuff it. I notice some glazing when I was using an OB shaft with an Everest tip. I don't know what's different in the treatment process of the two but I did notice they shaped differently as well, finer dust and a bit more force required to shape the Emerald tip.
 
dsoriano said:
I'm a scuffer, I scuff my tip alot to help hold chalk. As time goes by the (Jacoby with Tiger Everest) tip starts to glaze over and I find my self scuffing the tip to help it hold more chalk, which really eats up my tip. Well I just got my new -R- cue and Jerry installed Morri tips. I dont know if they are softer but they really hold chalk well. I haven't had to scuff once since I've chalked the first time.
My question is, do softer tips tend to hold chalk better?
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Try a tip-tapper! The only tool i use on my tip!! When I have mine installed I make sure not to break the primary layer at the very center of the tip when shaping!!
 
dsoriano said:
I'm a scuffer, I scuff my tip alot to help hold chalk. As time goes by the (Jacoby with Tiger Everest) tip starts to glaze over and I find my self scuffing the tip to help it hold more chalk, which really eats up my tip. Well I just got my new -R- cue and Jerry installed Morri tips. I dont know if they are softer but they really hold chalk well. I haven't had to scuff once since I've chalked the first time.
My question is, do softer tips tend to hold chalk better?
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Not only holds chalk better, also spins qball much better!
 
richiebalto said:
Not only holds chalk better, also spins qball much better!
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Not sure this is necessairly true... as mentioned in my previous post I've observed an Emerald tip holding chalk better then an Everest and the Emerald is harder. I think how the leather is treated can make a difference too.

I didn't notice any difference in how much spin the 2 generated but maybe that's me.
 
About three weeks ago I realised (the day after a tournament!) that my tip had become smooth as a baby's bum. ...A bit of scuffing and hey-presto my miscues went right down. Pre-scuff the tip had even started to make a weird plastic sound on hitting the cue ball. I only wish I'd noticed how smooth it had become about 48 hours earlier, then I'm sure I would have put in a better performance at the tournament.

The tip is the original that came with my Predator Z² shaft. Not sure what make it is though. I bought the shaft before Predator started making their own tips, so I know it won't be a Predator. Perhaps someone here can tell me what it is?
 
I like to use a tip tapper, it picks up the leather a bit and doesn't wear the tip as much as scuffing it .
 
Black-Balled said:
I dunno, but I need to scuff every 5 hr or so.

I never understood how people could claim to go weeks/ longer between scuffs...but I do stay out of line.
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Wow! am I glad I posted! I seriously thought I had a problem with scuffing and worried it was OCD "obsesive composive disorder" seriously! But after I recieved my -R- cue I couldn't believe how a layer of chaulk stayed on the tip after a few hours of play. I still find myself chaulking but not scuffing. What supprises me is to read how many others scuff regurlarly.
Thanks Guys!
 
Cornerman said:
I never scuff. I even break with my shooting cue quite a bit.

Freddie <~~~ tips last for years
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Same.. well, never is a strong word. If someone happens to have a scuffer out and it's been half a year...

Part of me thinks people are overthinking their chalk brands and habits, but maybe it has to do with how hard you like to him. I tend to baby 'em in.
 
CreeDo said:
Same.. well, never is a strong word. If someone happens to have a scuffer out and it's been half a year...

Part of me thinks people are overthinking their chalk brands and habits, but maybe it has to do with how hard you like to him. I tend to baby 'em in.
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The only time I miscue is when I go 3 shots without chalking and try an
extreme spin shot. So that would be hardly ever.
 
CreeDo said:
Same.. well, never is a strong word. If someone happens to have a scuffer out and it's been half a year...

Part of me thinks people are overthinking their chalk brands and habits, but maybe it has to do with how hard you like to him. I tend to baby 'em in.
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I fire away as much as anyone and I spin as much as anyone. So, that ain't it either.

I don't shape other than initially. I might have to deshroom, but I don't recall the last time I did anything to this tip.

Granted, I haven't been playing much in the last two years, but this is the third tip I've had on this shaft since 1997. I think it's going on 4 or 5 years.

Freddie <~~~ Triangle - it's a little more than a nickel, less than a dime
 

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