jump cue tip care

[JOEY]

i have a tadpole jump cue with a phenolic tip, in order to get it to hold chalk, do i use a shaper like my regular cue, or simply nothing at all? TIA ...joey

 

[Pelican]

i have a tadpole jump cue with a phenolic tip, in order to get it to hold chalk, do i use a shaper like my regular cue, or simply nothing at all? TIA ...joey

Sorry Joey, a phenolic tip is not going to do well at holding chalk no matter what you do. Kinda like chalking and old black telephone, they were made from a phenolic material. One thing that seems to help prevent miscues is to make it somewhat flatter.

Later, Pel

 

[Zud]

Ressurection

I was just wondering about this same issue. Does anyone use a shaper or pick on their phenolic tip?

What do u do to help it hold chalk better?

I have a break jump but really only use it for breaking. I have not done anything with the tip as of yet.

 

[gulyassy]

Sorry Joey, a phenolic tip is not going to do well at holding chalk no matter what you do. Kinda like chalking and old black telephone, they were made from a phenolic material. One thing that seems to help prevent miscues is to make it somewhat flatter.

Later, Pel

Sorry but my new patented material has canvas interwoven thoughout the phenolic in (a new to the billiard industry) way that it holds chalk as well as a hard leather tip. It actually fuzzes up when scuffed with 60 grit sand paper. The chalk adheres to the canvas and now you have the best ferrule/tip ever.

 

[CocoboloCowboy]

Have you tried roughing it up with 180 Sand Paper?

 

[gulyassy]

I was just wondering about this same issue. Does anyone use a shaper or pick on their phenolic tip?

What do u do to help it hold chalk better?

I have a break jump but really only use it for breaking. I have not done anything with the tip as of yet.

A tip pick might cause the material fracture a phenolic tip. The best roughing material is 60 grit sand paper. Take a 3 by 5 piece fold it curve it and from the top down scratch the surface. Most of the phenolic used in break jumps today are made with glass and linen and paper and does not have the correct material to hold chalk. You cannot get chalk to hold to the plastic, it must hold to the material interwoven in it and chalk does not stick well to paper glass or linen.