Porper Mushroom Tip Burnisher vs Trimmer?

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Is it better to trim or cut off cue tip mushroom or burnish it back into the tip? The concern I see is that with these Porper tip burnishers is that the edges of the cue tip might get really hard causing a miscue scenario more likely. If anyone has any experience with the tool, please do share.

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The only burnishing tool that I ever use is a 3X3 leather piece- works great if you use if after each session consistently. moisten the tip edge all the way around and burnish with the leather as you turn the cue shaft.
 
I prefer a piece of leather, vinyl, even wood to that thing.
I've used it and had it grab and twist off the tip on two occasions.
I was probably putting too much pressure on it but the fact that it can happen made me stop using it.
The Porper trimmer that is just a sharp edge at the end of a through hole sucks too.
 
JolietJames said:
I prefer a piece of leather, vinyl, even wood to that thing.
I've used it and had it grab and twist off the tip on two occasions.
I was probably putting too much pressure on it but the fact that it can happen made me stop using it.
The Porper trimmer that is just a sharp edge at the end of a through hole sucks too.
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I have the porper trimmer that has the little razor blades. I've had decent luck with it as long as the blade is sharp. Pretty cheap to buy the blades for it too. I have a lathe so I don't use it a ton.
 

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cueball2010 said:
Is it better to trim or cut off cue tip mushroom or burnish it back into the tip? The concern I see is that with these Porper tip burnishers is that the edges of the cue tip might get really hard causing a miscue scenario more likely. If anyone has any experience with the tool, please do share.

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This is the perfect tool, I've used it for many years without any issues. I dab the edge of the tip and spin the burnisher around five or six turns and the tip is reshaped and has a glaze to it. I've used it on a few different its, LePro, Triangle and a Tiger Medium without issue.
 
dendweller said:
I have the porper trimmer that has the little razor blades. I've had decent luck with it as long as the blade is sharp. Pretty cheap to buy the blades for it too. I have a lathe so I don't use it a ton.
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I use this one too if the tip is really mushroomed. It takes a lot of care to not dig into the farrel. I still use the burnisher once the edges are cut down.
 
I have used the porper trimmer and burnisher, I have both. The burnisher is the better tool of the two IMO, but not as good as a piece of leather. I have only used the Longoni tool briefly; a guy at the pool hall has one and I checked it out. IMO it is better than the porper trimmer, and if I were to want to use one I would get the Longoni. I won’t use the porper trimmer fwiw.
 
The Porper trimmer (little shaver) is a bit tricky to use, but works great if used properly. The Longoni tool looks decent, I might try it out.
I always cut the mushroom away first, then lightly burnish.
 
dendweller said:
I have the porper trimmer that has the little razor blades. I've had decent luck with it as long as the blade is sharp. Pretty cheap to buy the blades for it too. I have a lathe so I don't use it a ton.
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Yeah that looks much nicer than the one I have that you line up with the ferrule and push the sharp edge through the tip and into your your finger lol.
 
I don't use the burnisher as it was intended, but I love it and I've been using it for years.

Instead of burnishing the tip I put the burnisher on the tip every time put the Cue back in the case. Storing the Cue that way keeps the tip from mushrooming in the first place.
 
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