mike-smiley
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Why do the pros look clean all the time, mean while I look like a mime that just finished sheetrocking a house?
hand chalk options
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If you watch the pros when they use hand chalk - they use very little. They just get a tiny bit on thier finger tips and that is usually about all they use. I never use hand chalk and try to wash my hands after each match in a tourney. When I am in a match I make sure to not pick up anything with my left hand (like a drink or anything that could put moisture on it).
If you end up looking like you just got done sheetrocking then I think you may be using a little too much hand chalk or you really just got done sheetrocking.
BVal
BVal
If you end up looking like you just got done sheetrocking then I think you may be using a little too much hand chalk or you really just got done sheetrocking.
BVal
BVal
I HATE HAND CHALK, nothing pisses me off more than going to my favorite table and having it look like someone powdered a baby's ass on it
WAYS TO AVOID USING HAND CHALK
1: wash your friggin hands, you're a poolplayer not a damn caveman
2: clean your shaft, magic erasers are cheaper than shit
3: If you absolutely must use some just dab it on, don't stand there looking like you're jacking the cone chalk off
WAYS TO AVOID USING HAND CHALK
1: wash your friggin hands, you're a poolplayer not a damn caveman
2: clean your shaft, magic erasers are cheaper than shit
3: If you absolutely must use some just dab it on, don't stand there looking like you're jacking the cone chalk off
I really wish that all pool halls would do away with hand chalk. And it's not because I care weather or not people use it. I don't myself. But it's becuase the people who are recreational players don't know how to use it. There is more on the floor, on the pool table and everywhere else but where it should be. On your hands and on the cue shaft. And it's a mess to have to clean up. And more than half of those people don't even need it. It's becuase they saw someone else do it, so they do it too.
My suggestion would be is if you really feel you need to use it, and if it is in a some kind of bottle is to pour a small amount on the table that you use to hold your drink. And when you need it just press your index finger in the power and then rub it into the shaft. That way you save the mess of getting it everywhere. It stays on your hands. And if it's the big cube of chalk, just rub your index finger on the cube. You don't need to cover your whole hand. Anyway, I hope this helps... Just my half a cent....
Shane
My suggestion would be is if you really feel you need to use it, and if it is in a some kind of bottle is to pour a small amount on the table that you use to hold your drink. And when you need it just press your index finger in the power and then rub it into the shaft. That way you save the mess of getting it everywhere. It stays on your hands. And if it's the big cube of chalk, just rub your index finger on the cube. You don't need to cover your whole hand. Anyway, I hope this helps... Just my half a cent....
Shane
I use an open bridge so dont normally have a problem with cueing. In general jus keep my hands clean but if the conditions are really bad and sticky ill use talcum powder to compensate and make a smoother stroke. Jus to let ya know Acidity in the chalk after time damages your wood cue shaft 
Another (maybe unpopular) alernative is a glove. I don't understand how gloves got the stigma that they have when every other sport (ie baseball, football, golf etc.) seem fine with them. I hate to play without one. The feel of a good cue on a good glove is consistent and perfect under any heat ahd humidity conditions. If your confident enuogh in your game to take the sniping that wearing a glove draws you will probably like using it a lot.
Secaucus Fats
Banned
Buy a small travel size plastic bottle of hand sanitizer and keep a clean dry washcloth in your case.
Wash your hands with soap and water and dry thoroughly before you start playing.
Use the hand sanitizer and dry it off with the dry washcloth whenever you feel your hands getting sticky or sweaty. It works like a charm!
Fats
Wash your hands with soap and water and dry thoroughly before you start playing.
Use the hand sanitizer and dry it off with the dry washcloth whenever you feel your hands getting sticky or sweaty. It works like a charm!
Fats
Their hands look clean because they ARE clean.
Recreational players cover their hands with white chalk, then grind the cue chalk all over the table.
Then they turn the chalk upside down on the friggin rail! Arrrrggghhhhh!!
It's a petpeave of mine. Players who place the chalk upside down, leaving the rails blue. Which turns hands blue. Which turns shafts blue. Pros don't do this.
But back to hand chalk, very few pros use any, and as previously posted, when/if they must use a little (due to conditions), it will be a minuscule amount applied only on the exact spot where the finger touches the shaft.
Every hand chalk in the world is bad for shafts. Period.
And these guys who pour out gobs of baby powder and leave a nice white handprint on the table? I just don't play with them.
Years ago I would use a powder made for pool (still bad for shafts but way better than baby powder). A dime-size amount on the table would last me for many hours of play. I would run the edge of my finger next to the little pile of powder. It was an old habit that i finally broke. Now my shafts stay much cleaner.
So, keep your hands clean. Keep your shafts clean. And use a clean towel for both hands and wiping your shaft while playing. No need for powder.
And turn the freakin' chalk right side up!!
-von
Recreational players cover their hands with white chalk, then grind the cue chalk all over the table.
Then they turn the chalk upside down on the friggin rail! Arrrrggghhhhh!!
It's a petpeave of mine. Players who place the chalk upside down, leaving the rails blue. Which turns hands blue. Which turns shafts blue. Pros don't do this.
But back to hand chalk, very few pros use any, and as previously posted, when/if they must use a little (due to conditions), it will be a minuscule amount applied only on the exact spot where the finger touches the shaft.
Every hand chalk in the world is bad for shafts. Period.
And these guys who pour out gobs of baby powder and leave a nice white handprint on the table? I just don't play with them.
Years ago I would use a powder made for pool (still bad for shafts but way better than baby powder). A dime-size amount on the table would last me for many hours of play. I would run the edge of my finger next to the little pile of powder. It was an old habit that i finally broke. Now my shafts stay much cleaner.
So, keep your hands clean. Keep your shafts clean. And use a clean towel for both hands and wiping your shaft while playing. No need for powder.
And turn the freakin' chalk right side up!!
-von
