does wiping off the chalk help?

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torgy2

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my buddy told me that getting the chalk off of my tip when im done shootin helps hold chalk better next time. i was just wondering if this is true? and does it even matter if i wipe it off or leave it on?
 
torgy2 said:
my buddy told me that getting the chalk off of my tip when im done shootin helps hold chalk better next time. i was just wondering if this is true? and does it even matter if i wipe it off or leave it on?
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I don't see how it would make a difference, but I wonder what your buddy alleges the reason for the difference is?

Can you file a report soon?!
 
im not 100% sure but i think he said that when theres no chalk on the tip and you chalk it up b4 u shoot a new session that it will hold better n that you wont be layering the chalk over and over. but i have no idea thats wyh im asking everyone else lol
 
It's better if you wipe the tip off with a wet rag. This swells the tip and exposes the ridges on the tip.
 
i use house cues to when i dont have mine and i know the bars around here doesnt clean them off but i just want to know if its really that big of a deal if i clean it off or not
 
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I don't think it matters one way or another. I have been shooting 49 years, and have never wiped the chalk off my tip when I was done shooting. But, I will tell you one thing, if I was a room owner, I would not allow players to twist their tip on my carpet when done shooting. Dozens of players doing this just makes the carpet gritty and grimy over time.
 
I wonder

I was told that leaving the chalk on will make the tip harder ?
damn if I know, I have heard some wild ideas in my 22 yrs in my room.

highrun55
 
highrun55 said:
I was told that leaving the chalk on will make the tip harder ?
damn if I know, I have heard some wild ideas in my 22 yrs in my room.

highrun55
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If that was the case then Elk master tips would be hard tips as they have chalk impregnated in them but they are definitely not. I'll bet the guys in your room aren't at odds with the chalk but with glazed over tips that haven't been roughed up a bit to do more than look like they are holding chalk. Always gently rough up the tip with a tip scuffer or tip pick before playing and that will prevent some of the possible glazing/burnishing of the tip while playing. Wouldn't matter if it was left chalked or not if you do that.

I usually use a damp paper towel from the counter or bathroom to clean off my cue's tip. I've left the chalk on and as well as removed it over the years without seeing much of a difference in play as I always do a little tip work on it before I play, anyway.

BTW...Using the pool hall carpet is just disrespectful to the owner of the room and even worse you could be putting more on your tip then you're taking off depending on the cleaners they used in the carpet or oil brought in from the parking lot or beers spilled on that rug.

Happy Chalking!
 
I would think hardening and premature tip aging would be the biggest "reason" some might have for thinking it is a necessity. I only ever do it (rarely at best) if I am trying to keep some chalk out of the case or off the shaft, but when you think about it, chalk is a desiccant, meaning that it absorbs moisture, and would I suppose have the ability to draw whatever moisture was in your leather tip out, and thus create a drying and hardening of the tip, this is in fact the reason old tips get changed, although, I don't think that wiping or not would have much if any measurable effect on the lifespan of an often used cue....

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TheNewSharkster said:
I thought people did this to reduce the amount of chalk left in the case.
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Anybody have a good way to clean the bottom of the case where the shaft gos in? I have noticed that I put my shaft away with a clean ferulle and out of the case it comes with chalk on it.:angry:
 
I'm very neat when it comes to my cue. I clean the tip after each playing session so that no chalk is transfered to the case. I put the shaft tip up into the case. I also clean the shaft and ferrule after each playing session with a strip of Magic Eraser. I also use Butcher's Bowling Alley wax on the shaft about every month or so. But that's just me. Don't know whether it matters or not, but when I pull my cue out of the case and screw it together, it looks like a brand new cue. I'm also a neatnik when it comes to my table. I wipe it off after each session with a microfiber cloth. I also have a used BallStar Ball Cleaner (which I was lucky enough to buy for a song) to keep my Aramith Super Pro balls looking like new. It just makes the whole playing experience more attractive and pleasing.
 
I think that if you are using your hand to wipe the chalk from your tip,

you are just burnishing the tip slowly, that will contribute to premature e-glazuation....

I always store my shafts tip up in the case, sure keeps the shafts cleaner longer
 
At home when I am done playing I hold on to my cue hard an ram the tip in the dry wall not through the dry wall but just the tip. Then twist it a few times. Gets the chalk off so I don't get any in my case. For some reason I am bared from ALL of the local pool halls. Can't figure it out? :grin:
 
measureman said:
Anybody have a good way to clean the bottom of the case where the shaft gos in? I have noticed that I put my shaft away with a clean ferulle and out of the case it comes with chalk on it.:angry:
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Get a case with a blue interior...(That is what I did)...:wink:

I have a juma ferrulle and it stays clean anyway.....I don't care
about my shaft turning blue.....not a fan of the blue balls though...:wink:
 
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