Need Help With Installing Rubber Grip
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It's done in the usual waywildwilly said:How the beelzebub do I install this rubber grip on my new carom cue? I'm sure there is a trick to getting it on quickly. Thank you
Put your cue together. Slide the loose grip on the tip end and pull it down as far as you can get it without too much trouble, which will probably be somewhere below the joint. Start rolling it from the bottom up. You have to be a little careful to get it to roll rather than just slide over itself. Roll it up until it rolls off the tip. This grip will now be in the form of a donut. Turn the donut over, and start rolling it back down the shaft. Keep rolling it until you get just past the normal wrap area. Now roll it the other way, and it will unroll to form the wrap.There is some danger of tearing the grip especially if the rubber is old. After some use, it's very likely to tear if you try to re-roll it to move it.
You can also use compressed air from a compressor or can to remove or install a grip. Place a needle/nozzle between the grip and the handle, and the air will allow the grip to slide off the butt.
You will probably need an extra pair of hands to do this and will want to put some protective tape on the nozzle so as not to scratch your cue. If you don't have a compressed air gun, your local bicycle shop should...
You will probably need an extra pair of hands to do this and will want to put some protective tape on the nozzle so as not to scratch your cue. If you don't have a compressed air gun, your local bicycle shop should...
Bob's way is the way I do it. Its easy once you get the hang of it. There is a video of this installation technique at one of the places that sells the grips. I tried to find it but couldn't.
Rubber grip extra
BEWARE!!!! Do not put your carom cue in a standard pool case with a rubber grip. A carom cues butt is usually a little larger than a pool cue.
When you put the cue in the case with the rubber grip there is no extra room and when you try to take it out the rubber will roll up into a doughnut and the cue will not come out or go back in.
Believe me I know because my wife laughed till she cried at me getting a $500 cue stuck in a $175 dollar instroke case that I had just bought. I was sweating and cussing during the two hour ordeal of cutting the case apart with razor knives and tin snips plus had to listen to her laugh at me and my perdicament.
I could do a commercial for instroke testifying how industructable their cases are. Believe me when I say It came down to destroying the cue or the case.
If I had been a member of AZ at the time or read the little piece of paper that was in the plastic I could have avoided my wife laughing and reminding me of this precious moment for the rest of our lives.
BEWARE!!!! Do not put your carom cue in a standard pool case with a rubber grip. A carom cues butt is usually a little larger than a pool cue.
When you put the cue in the case with the rubber grip there is no extra room and when you try to take it out the rubber will roll up into a doughnut and the cue will not come out or go back in.
Believe me I know because my wife laughed till she cried at me getting a $500 cue stuck in a $175 dollar instroke case that I had just bought. I was sweating and cussing during the two hour ordeal of cutting the case apart with razor knives and tin snips plus had to listen to her laugh at me and my perdicament.
I could do a commercial for instroke testifying how industructable their cases are. Believe me when I say It came down to destroying the cue or the case.
If I had been a member of AZ at the time or read the little piece of paper that was in the plastic I could have avoided my wife laughing and reminding me of this precious moment for the rest of our lives.
Thanks for the tips guys. The owner of the pool room I go to used the roll it up into a doughnut method and it worked fine. I did put it into my 1x1 case with the grip on, and it is a slight stuggle getting it out. I put it in with the butt end up though, so it's not a huge deal.
Liquid soap
A friend told me of an old trick to put on bicycle handlebar grips that he used to install his rubber grip the other day. Take some liquid soap and put it on the cue and the rubber grip will slide right down. Let it sit overnight and the soap will dry and everything should be hunky dorey.
Flex
A friend told me of an old trick to put on bicycle handlebar grips that he used to install his rubber grip the other day. Take some liquid soap and put it on the cue and the rubber grip will slide right down. Let it sit overnight and the soap will dry and everything should be hunky dorey.
Flex
You can also use a bit of hairspray. Slippery when wet, dries sticky. Works great on metal or carbon handlebars. Not sure what it would do to a cue though...Flex said:
Bob's way is the way to go. I quit using them because they grab on your shirt and "shark" you. They also fail often.
Every billiard player I know uses the method Bob described.
I use a soft case so I have no problems with the cue getting stuck in the case. But I too have seen it happen to one guy.
As far as the longevity of the wrap goes, they do wear out and must be replaced occasionally. The thin wraps that are about $2 each can tear easily, even if just bumping them against the table. They lasted me a few months each. The thick wraps like the Sang Lee Power Grip will last a LONG time. Mine is about 2 years old now and still going strong.
One other advantage to these grips is you can place them anywhere on the cue. For example I have mine all the way to the rubber bumper, instead of stopping it where the linen wrap typically stops. This is perfect for me because I am tall and that is where my hand ends up, well past the normal wrap area.
I use a soft case so I have no problems with the cue getting stuck in the case. But I too have seen it happen to one guy.
As far as the longevity of the wrap goes, they do wear out and must be replaced occasionally. The thin wraps that are about $2 each can tear easily, even if just bumping them against the table. They lasted me a few months each. The thick wraps like the Sang Lee Power Grip will last a LONG time. Mine is about 2 years old now and still going strong.
One other advantage to these grips is you can place them anywhere on the cue. For example I have mine all the way to the rubber bumper, instead of stopping it where the linen wrap typically stops. This is perfect for me because I am tall and that is where my hand ends up, well past the normal wrap area.
poke&hope said:BEWARE!!!! Do not put your carom cue in a standard pool case with a rubber grip. A carom cues butt is usually a little larger than a pool cue.
When you put the cue in the case with the rubber grip there is no extra room and when you try to take it out the rubber will roll up into a doughnut and the cue will not come out or go back in.
Believe me I know because my wife laughed till she cried at me getting a $500 cue stuck in a $175 dollar instroke case that I had just bought. I was sweating and cussing during the two hour ordeal of cutting the case apart with razor knives and tin snips plus had to listen to her laugh at me and my perdicament.
I could do a commercial for instroke testifying how industructable their cases are. Believe me when I say It came down to destroying the cue or the case.
If I had been a member of AZ at the time or read the little piece of paper that was in the plastic I could have avoided my wife laughing and reminding me of this precious moment for the rest of our lives.
you should have used a dremel
Those were the videos I was looking for. Thanks for finding them.
rubber grip
And just where do you get the rubber grip for the cue? Will it fit pocket billiard cue?
Thanks.
And just where do you get the rubber grip for the cue? Will it fit pocket billiard cue?
Thanks.
I was shown the "rolling donut" method that Bob was talking about from Charlie Bryant. Works like a charm.
Slightly quicker method?
Bob:
"Start rolling it from the bottom up." Curious, why from the bottom up? Now you have to roll it backwards all the way off the cue, turn the doughnut over, and have to start rolling it back down the cue. Why not start rolling it from the top down at the outset, towards the butt of the cue (which accomplishes the "doughnut reversal" in one fell swoop), and then when you're just past the linen grip area (or down near the butt cap area for those of us who have a wide reach/span between the bridge hand and grip hand), then start unrolling it backwards towards the tip? What's great about this method, is that it helps minimize the grip "sliding" upon itself while you're rolling it into the doughnut, because you're rolling it "up" the conical shape (increasing diameter) of the butt of the cue.
Thoughts/comments/suggestions?
-Sean
Bob Jewett said:It's done in the usual way
There is some danger of tearing the grip especially if the rubber is old. After some use, it's very likely to tear if you try to re-roll it to move it.
Bob:
"Start rolling it from the bottom up." Curious, why from the bottom up? Now you have to roll it backwards all the way off the cue, turn the doughnut over, and have to start rolling it back down the cue. Why not start rolling it from the top down at the outset, towards the butt of the cue (which accomplishes the "doughnut reversal" in one fell swoop), and then when you're just past the linen grip area (or down near the butt cap area for those of us who have a wide reach/span between the bridge hand and grip hand), then start unrolling it backwards towards the tip? What's great about this method, is that it helps minimize the grip "sliding" upon itself while you're rolling it into the doughnut, because you're rolling it "up" the conical shape (increasing diameter) of the butt of the cue.
Thoughts/comments/suggestions?
-Sean
The problem is that the top end of the grip will not be tight on the shaft due to the generally conical shape of the cue stick. It is much easier to get the end that is tight and maybe even stretched a little to roll properly. It may be that you can roll in only one direction, but I think it is trickier. In any case, installation takes less than minute.sfleinen said: