My beloved chalk took a swim for a while, can it be salvage?

This reminds me of Allen Iverson's "We're talkin' practice". "We're talkin' chalk here". Seriously, its a piece of $5 pool chalk. Gonna need to need to get over this bud.
 
WildWing said:
Agree, it is funny. Some newbie above just gender-corrected me. Wonder if he plays pool at all.

All the best,
WW
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Oh, I see, the newbie who joined in 2008 corrected the "veteran" who joined in 2011! Whoops :) Must be another oversight. The so called newbie who corrected you was probably annoyed by your two previous posts in this thread, if anyone cares to look, where you corrected the op twice. Care to contribute to this thread, or am I your new target and you really have nothing relevant to say? I'm sure you can at least spell Troll. I knew that you could.
 
tjlmbklr said:
I was playing at friends in their basement and stepped outside to use the 'outside bathroom' and dropped my pocket chalk in a puddle of water. It was sitting for like 10 min before I found it. Can I bake it for awhile to pull the water from it?
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In regards to your 2nd piece of Magic chalk, not the one that got wet which I hope you've tossed, I'll give you a little advice on how to get as much as you can out of your cube, which has worked well for me, which allows you to get the most out of your $5 investment.

After you've worn it down pretty good to where the corners are high with a cavity in the middle, and the top of the paper is wearing out, take a razor blade and trim off the top 1/3 to 1/2 of the paper around the 4 sides. Then, holding your chalk in your hand upside down, rub it a few times (not too much) across 80 grit sandpaper.

You'll then have like a new piece of chalk, but only 1/2 to 2/3 as tall as a new one! You can probably repeat this process again a second time, after it wears down again!
 
tjlmbklr said:
No but not typical chalk, Magik Chalk. Dr. Dave rated it at 29+ hits without a miscue. It was $10 for 2, shipped. I have one more at home, I just bought them and it's the principal is all.
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Thanks, I'll have to give it a look. So, it's pretty good, huh? I dunno, I don't want risk playing with it and then losing it, then what would I do ;) lol

But, since you ran into bad luck, I know a guy, that knows a guy, and he said he'd give you a nice discount on your next box because of this
unfortunate incident.
 
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garczar said:
This reminds me of Allen Iverson's "We're talkin' practice". "We're talkin' chalk here". Seriously, its a piece of $5 pool chalk. Gonna need to need to get over this bud.
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No shit, the poor sap selling this chalk in 12 countries now, is patiently waiting for him to replace this chalk. C'mon, I gotta kid in college, damn it ;) Pull the trigger !!!
 
ChrisinNC said:
In regards to your 2nd piece of Magic chalk, not the one that got wet which I hope you've tossed, I'll give you a little advice on how to get as much as you can out of your cube, which has worked well for me, which allows you to get the most out of your $5 investment.

After you've worn it down pretty good to where the corners are high with a cavity in the middle, and the top of the paper is wearing out, take a razor blade and trim off the top 1/3 to 1/2 of the paper around the 4 sides. Then, holding your chalk in your hand upside down, rub it a few times (not too much) across 80 grit sandpaper.

You'll then have like a new piece of chalk, but only 1/2 to 2/3 as tall as a new one! You can probably repeat this process again a second time, after it wears down again!
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Why the step involving the razor?
 
jimmyco said:
Why the step involving the razor?
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I guess you could try sanding off the top before trimming the paper wrapping around the chalk, but it just seems neater for me to do it this way. I'll try it without trimming the paper first next time.
 
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