interesting experience with taom chalk

ChrisinNC said:
I’m guessing it was a nasty miscue, like on a break shot or a power draw shot? We use either a red circle or a new pro cup Measle cue ball, and any miscue marks I’ve had using my Taom V10 have been easy to remove.
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it was sure a freak thing. otherwise, taom is really clean on the cb, and on the cloth, tho I admit I don't usually break with it
 
David in FL said:
You don’t miscue, ever?!

Wow.
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I don't play with a f**k-ton of english. I use rails and speed for shape and chalk after every shot. And use a 12.9 mm Vantage shaft. And by "ever" I mean in serious money games. But even when I'm just messing around, miscues are basically unheard of. I have a "killer stroke" (I've been told), that probably makes a difference too.
Layered tips are the culprit of most miscuing players btw. They glaze over and have glue layers-- too inconsistent for my taste. And combine them with skinny shafts and poor strokes and you'll see a lot of miscues.
Triangle tips are much more consistent players imo in my 38 years experience playing.
 
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I read and read what folks said about V-10 before buying 1 Piece of the V-10, it works as advertised, not just BS hyping from someone trying to sell you something to fill their pocket with your cash.

I really do not care if you buy V-10, or not, as sales add zero to my wallet.
 
Bought my first cylinder of the Toam chalk back in January . I play a few hours each day to work out walk around and trying to keep my mind clear. At my age it's a good work out now. The first piece wore out just a few days ago and now on the second cylinder. I play for hours and my hands are clean and the ball set just needs an occasional wiping off. The cue ball was new when I purchased the chalk and it still looks new today. No Chalk Marks at all on the cue ball, none notta. Before with the masters chalk I had to constantly clean the blue marks off the CB and there would be deep blue stains because of the masters. I used the masters playing all over the country back in the day when running the roads. Never thought I would change out from that chalk until I purchased the Toam product. The original poster stated he miscued and left a large particle of the chalk on the CB. Question, what type of tip were you using , was it a super soft , even better can you take your tip with your thumb nail and move the tip up and down on the ferrule,,if so replace the tip with a good one. A tip as soft as I have pointed out , might just telegraph chalk to the cue ball as you have mentioned. Be glad it was Toam instead of Masters,,you might have had a permanent blue spot on the CB instead.
6 more pieces of the Toam is on the way to me,,making sure there is plenty here before the new great depression arrives.
 
Chip Roberson said:
The original poster stated he miscued and left a large particle of the chalk on the CB. Question, what type of tip were you using , was it a super soft , even better can you take your tip with your thumb nail and move the tip up and down on the ferrule,,if so replace the tip with a good one. A tip as soft as I have pointed out , might just telegraph chalk to the cue ball as you have mentioned. Be glad it was Toam instead of Masters,,you might have had a permanent blue spot on the CB instead.
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hi chip
I use a milkdud..it's in good shape. I've been using the taom for a few months, and this was the first instance of taom burning on the cb
I like master chalk, too, but agree that the taom works well and keeps everything clean..still plan on using it moving forward, just fyi
 
I used Tweeten Triangle Chalk for decades, tried master on and off for years but it made such a mess of the cueball and chalk all over the tables and gave more kicks than triangle I ditched it.
When some of these new chalks came along, made some big claims, I gave several a try.
Settled on TAOM, really does what it says and never had any issues with it on the cueball as the OP described.
Maybe a bad piece, batch issues occur in any manufacturing process and some escape QA on the way out the door.

It looks like both Snooker and Pool in the professional side of the game have settled on TAOM as well.
In Snooker it is more pronounced, only Judd Trump and Ronnie O'Sullivan still using older style chalk.
Ronnie said a while back, he is not bothering changing anything this late in his career so no surprise there.
Not sure about Judd, commentators have picked up on it when he gets more kicks than other players at recent tournaments and gets upset - he is not to far down his career to change, not sure why.

The pool World has always had 100 times more gadgets and accessories than Snooker, chalk is no different.
The marketing is geared around the amateurs in the game, they know how to dangle a carrot to pool players. LOL.
 
I like Toam because of the neatness however I miss the little divot like the master chalk has. I chalk every shot and that really is annoying. Not having at little divot to start out with. Any ideas?
 
telinoz said:
I used Tweeten Triangle Chalk for decades, tried master on and off for years but it made such a mess of the cueball and chalk all over the tables and gave more kicks than triangle I ditched it.
When some of these new chalks came along, made some big claims, I gave several a try.
Settled on TAOM, really does what it says and never had any issues with it on the cueball as the OP described.
Maybe a bad piece, batch issues occur in any manufacturing process and some escape QA on the way out the door.

It looks like both Snooker and Pool in the professional side of the game have settled on TAOM as well.
In Snooker it is more pronounced, only Judd Trump and Ronnie O'Sullivan still using older style chalk.
Ronnie said a while back, he is not bothering changing anything this late in his career so no surprise there.
Not sure about Judd, commentators have picked up on it when he gets more kicks than other players at recent tournaments and gets upset - he is not to far down his career to change, not sure why.

The pool World has always had 100 times more gadgets and accessories than Snooker, chalk is no different.
The marketing is geared around the amateurs in the game, they know how to dangle a carrot to pool players. LOL.
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Just busting balls cause I like you 😉😃😃

Let’s see, only Ronnie and Judd using proper chalk🤔🤔.

Read between the lines.

#1 & #2 using real chalk and everyone else is using something else. What’s that tell us?

It’s the chalk not the player!

Best
Fatboy<———expert-just ask me!!! Lol

🟧🟧🟧🟧
 
I also use Taom chalk exclusively. I bought 4 cubes (cylinders?) of the blue Pyro so will work my way through that before I jump on the v10 bandwagon. That might be a while because my first one still looks unused despite heavy use.

The pyro is fantastic, super clean and doesn't really show up anywhere other than the tip. However, when I do miscue there will be a smudge of blue on the cueball. I will just wipe/scrape it off and move on. The stuff really is legit.
 
I’ve played with Blue Diamond for the past decade and have never stained the cue ball using it.
It’s not because of any special properties of the chalk, or so I suppose. But it works really well
and is a very clean chalk. I bought a carton for under a $100 & will never have to buy chalk again.
 
I started playing last year - after a 35 year hiatus (life and kids) - love this game so much. Learned 14.1 from my Dad in the early 70's. Been experimenting w/chalks and working on my hard draw shot every now and then. I splurged for a piece of Taom Pyro Blue - and love it - really clean, don't have to chalk every shot, seems to last forever.

But, when working on my hard draw shot, I have miscued now and again, and it does appears to actually scratch the cue ball (after removing the residue it leaves behind). I do not have a ball polisher yet, but have the cleaning/polishing solution - and I can get it clean, but the scratches are definitely still there. Will a polisher remove these scratches?

FYI - I am using an Aramith Pro Cup 6 Red Dot Measles ball, so not a cheap one, and a Kamui soft tip. But the chalk is fantastic - rarely miscue unless I'm putting a hard draw stroke on it, and I'm sure that is my stroke - not the chalk!
 
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Poolhall60561 said:
Toam V10
$18.95 for 1 pc of chalk.
That seems a bit high.
And it rolls.
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I felt the same way. My Son bought 4 V10's and gave me two. I have parked my 24 cubes of Master Sky Blue chalk in my billiard collectables cabinet and will only use Taom from this point forward. Everything will last longer.

Less chalking the tip
Less vacuuming the cloth
Less polishing the balls

All these things cause wear on the surface areas of the items listed.
If what I state is in fact true then the cost seems to be a bargain to me.
 
Wondering if the Toam that your having problems with might have been contaminated some way, such as a solvent might have been sprayed around it by chance and by mistake. The cleanliness of using this chalk has won my Wife over to the point, she bought me 6 new cylinders of the stuff . There was at one time a layer of blue dust just about ever where in our basement where the table resides. Now every thing is clean, I just finished playing a 3 hour long practice session and my hands look as if I haven't been anywhere near a table. Anyway, good luck and keep you head down and follow through. Last worlds I ever heard from my friend Wade Crane when he was leaving my house.
 
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