What matt wrote.
I use an 8" long nickel-to-quarter shaped, adjustable rough sand paper holder
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How often do you scuff your tip?
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What matt wrote.
I use an 8" long nickel-to-quarter shaped, adjustable rough sand paper holder
After each miss.
Sold my scuffer it got so lonely.:grin-square:
Sold my scuffer it got so lonely.:grin-square:
It's funny, I used to play with a very soft tip and I would scuff it all the time. I felt like the tip was best when you could see leather fuzz and man, did it hold a boatload of chalk.
I recently decided to try Kamui soft and at first I was disappointed I didn't choose super soft instead. The tip seemed way harder than I was expecting. I ground it down to a dime tip and I couldn't even get any leather bits to show. It looked smooth and it didn't look like it was holding as much chalk as my old tips. Funny thing, after months of play with it I haven't had one miscue. Haven't needed to scuff the tip. Last week I was thinking I might take my tip tool and just indent the top a little but honestly I don't know why. I think it is out of habit that I feel like I should be doing something to this tip.
I'm still curious about the super soft but this tip has me totally rethinking everything I thought a good tip was.
I recently decided to try Kamui soft and at first I was disappointed I didn't choose super soft instead. The tip seemed way harder than I was expecting. I ground it down to a dime tip and I couldn't even get any leather bits to show. It looked smooth and it didn't look like it was holding as much chalk as my old tips. Funny thing, after months of play with it I haven't had one miscue. Haven't needed to scuff the tip. Last week I was thinking I might take my tip tool and just indent the top a little but honestly I don't know why. I think it is out of habit that I feel like I should be doing something to this tip.
I'm still curious about the super soft but this tip has me totally rethinking everything I thought a good tip was.
Once a month, maybe, and only because I haven't shaped my tip for a while. I Think miscues are generally caused by bad fundamentals in the stroke or possibly coming out of the shot rather than the lack of chalk on the tip. I chalk after almost every shot. When I miscue it's me not the chalk.
I use a G2 med tip .....starts out a little soft but becomes a hard in about a week......... only clean it with 220 sand paper about once a week......... never mushrooms and never glazes............ I break with it too.................. never use a tip pic........ it will delaminate a layered tip....... those nasty little cubes will destroy a tip and wear it out in no time................. tappers make no sense..........
Kim
Kim
Any time I miscue. Otherwise, I leave it alone.
Only when I miscue. Chalk is abrasive, as mentioned on page one, so it kinda has a way of self maintaining the tip surface. That said, when I miscue there will be a spot on the tip that is burnished smooth where it glanced off the ball. That's why I scuff only after miscues, to get rid of the shiny smooth spot that the miscue caused. I use a Willard's scuffer/shaper.
Same here, except I just use a piece of 80 grit sand paper. Some people don’t understand if they miscue once that spot on the tip will be more prone to miscue again.
Not quite sure if a miscue does anything to a tip that a regular shot does not. It's leather on a ball either way to my way of thinking. I play with a hard tip though.
Miscues do leave burnished smooth spots
Probably not on hard tips, I never use em
Bit definitely on softs
Probably not on hard tips, I never use em
Bit definitely on softs
Each and every session.....I have lots of tip shapers but seldom have to rely upon any of them
except when the tip is new. Occasionally I will use a scuffer but not more than once a month.
I do lightly brush the tip each session with1000 grit sandpaper so new chalk will adhere better.
The shape I prefer to play with is nickel and the tips are Kamui Black Clear (Soft) and 1000 grit
brushed lightly works terrific after you have already shaped the tip to either a nickel or dime shape.
except when the tip is new. Occasionally I will use a scuffer but not more than once a month.
I do lightly brush the tip each session with1000 grit sandpaper so new chalk will adhere better.
The shape I prefer to play with is nickel and the tips are Kamui Black Clear (Soft) and 1000 grit
brushed lightly works terrific after you have already shaped the tip to either a nickel or dime shape.
as a large number of others with a clue and a stroke have said:
NEVER. not even after a (rare) miscue.
chalk does it all, you don't need all the hocus pocus.
if you miscue after chalking, it's not the tip; it's you.
NEVER. not even after a (rare) miscue.
chalk does it all, you don't need all the hocus pocus.
if you miscue after chalking, it's not the tip; it's you.
I start every session by touching it up,and maybe once every couple hours after that if it's a long day. I prefer the scuffer I made in machine shop school,but have several others.
Over the years I'd bet I've made 500 bucks doing repairs on other people's cues after they screwed up using a Tip Pick or some variant and either ruined the tip or in a half-dozen cases,damaged the ferrule bad enough the only way to fix it is replace it.
I knew a guy that used a round spoon like you'd see in a Waffle House with a piece of 80 grit paper glued to it for years. Tommy D.
Over the years I'd bet I've made 500 bucks doing repairs on other people's cues after they screwed up using a Tip Pick or some variant and either ruined the tip or in a half-dozen cases,damaged the ferrule bad enough the only way to fix it is replace it.
I knew a guy that used a round spoon like you'd see in a Waffle House with a piece of 80 grit paper glued to it for years. Tommy D.
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Your a badass
and better than everyone that scuffs thier tip
You don't need no fancy shit either in your case
Just a towel instead of a case or something and a hand sawn in half house cue, probably beat anyone on this site 1 handed and 1 eyed
While what you say is accurate, it will probably strike a nerve. It is so much easier to blame the tip than to examine the stroke. Some are likely to get butt hurt at this. Oops too late. :wink:
No one here is blaming mis cues on the tips
That's what you to have done
What strikes a nerve with me is condescending to others on what they do
That's what you to have done
What strikes a nerve with me is condescending to others on what they do
I have been around top level pool for a long time, and have personally banged balls with the best players living today. Miscues happen to everybody. If you never miscue, then you never play pool.