How do YOU burnish the sides of your tips??

macneilb

macneilb

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I was just wondering if you guys knew any ways to burnish the sides of your tips. After I've trimmed the sides of the tip so it's flush with the ferrule, I've always done the old lick the side of your finger, wet the sides of the tip with it, and twist around and around with the (ultimate?) tip tool until the sides of the tip look dry. I use a chandivert on one shaft and a lepro on the other and it always works for a while, but I usually have to do it a bunch of times until the sides are hard and shiny which is how I like it. If you guys have any other methods I'd really appreciate hearing them. Thanks guys :smile:
 
lick sides for lubrication so it doesn't pop off, use dollar bill, leather, or brown paper bag material. unfortunately doesn't work to well with certain tips (ie milk duds) not that they mushroom anyway
 
macneilb said:
I was just wondering if you guys knew any ways to burnish the sides of your tips. After I've trimmed the sides of the tip so it's flush with the ferrule, I've always done the old lick the side of your finger, wet the sides of the tip with it, and twist around and around with the (ultimate?) tip tool until the sides of the tip look dry. I use a chandivert on one shaft and a lepro on the other and it always works for a while, but I usually have to do it a bunch of times until the sides are hard and shiny which is how I like it. If you guys have any other methods I'd really appreciate hearing them. Thanks guys :smile:
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I use a piece of leather usually.

BVal
 
A little spit and a dollar bill, or plain brown paper bag. I hold the shaft on my thighs and the dollar bill in my left hand around the sides of the tip, then turn/spin the shaft back and forth over my thighs with my right palm, building up heat. Works every time.
 
I use a business card. They are always available. They also make good shaft burnishers. Be sure to use the side that doesn't have the print.
 
a little spit and fold up a dollar bill as many times as you can, put the shaft across your legs as you sit in a chair and roll it back and forth until the dollar bill gets hot.

The ink in the bill for some reason does a hell of a job burnishing the tip.

use the ink on the back side ... :)
 
I burnish my shafts with the unfinished backside of an old leather belt. It works perfectly and it's free.
 
Everything mentioned works IE: business card, dollar leather and so on, but I want to add something, I have a very strong break which can be tough on a tip I use Le Pro tips and have found that spinning the shaft and applying some moisture along with pressure will not only burnish the sides nicely but will give you considerably more resistance to mushrooming, a lathe is ideal but since most don't have a lathe find a pin that fits your shaft (these can be made from joint protectors or just get ahold of a cue maker if you have an odd thread) and fit one end of the pin to a drill chuck. If I am not near a lathe I put in one of my pins and put the drill motor on the floor and control it with my foot this not only allows for good burnishing it allows for even cleaning (light sanding evenly) and makes it easy to form the curvature of the tip consistently. I have made cues so I have been through the learning curve if you are not mechanical, think it through before you run it on a drill. For example a spacer is usually a good idea to to keep the pin from going in to far and it gives a nice surface to seat the shaft to similar to how it may be seated if it were attached to the butt.
 
This is the easy way if you don't have a lathe. If you are right handed grip the cue as you normally would then with your left hand grab the joint with your knuckles up. Stand between the side pocket and the corner pocket and rub the tip edge under the rail on the other side of the table. Do this fairly quick and rotate the cue so it is evenly burnished all the way around.

It doesn't hurt the table or cloth because its under the wear area of the surface. Thirty seconds and you are done.
 
Burnishing a Tip

Ear wax and the shinny side of a paper match book cover!..hehe..works for me:grin:


David Harcrow
 
How do YOU burnish the sides of your tips??

My answer: I give it to any good player in the pool room and they rub it on the table after some spit, use a match book (or something similar), and then rub some more. :D
 
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Joe Porpers burnishing tool for a few bucks works like a charm. It will even take out a mushroom if it isn't too drastic.
And spit is free.
 
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I will help you guys out with this one. The perfect material is the inside of any 12pk container folded once. It is stiffer than the brown paper bag, and there is just a bit of finish to the inside of the material. The sides of your tip will squeak as you do it and shine up like a new penny. I dont know shit usually, but this I am telling ya is the nutz for burnishing.

Jay Jensen
 
macneilb said:
I was just wondering if you guys knew any ways to burnish the sides of your tips. After I've trimmed the sides of the tip so it's flush with the ferrule, I've always done the old lick the side of your finger, wet the sides of the tip with it, and twist around and around with the (ultimate?) tip tool until the sides of the tip look dry. I use a chandivert on one shaft and a lepro on the other and it always works for a while, but I usually have to do it a bunch of times until the sides are hard and shiny which is how I like it. If you guys have any other methods I'd really appreciate hearing them. Thanks guys :smile:
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If you don't have a lathe, the cardboard with no writing on it does a fantastic job, it is cheap, and very very obtainable, but best of all it will not damage your ferrule. Use the same procedure listed above and try a piece of Cardboard.

Take Care
 
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