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dendweller

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I've had good luck with triangle tips until the last couple weeks. Now I'm getting irritated.

So a question for anyone that liked triangles and went to ultraskins, which ones are a decent match.

Thanks
 
I just put a US Black hard on my Mezz and its great. Maybe a tad harder than a Tri but a much better/consistent hit. Can't beat the price.
 
garczar said:
I just put a US Black hard on my Mezz and its great. Maybe a tad harder than a Tri but a much better/consistent hit. Can't beat the price.
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I had some a while back, I had a hard time getting them on. Then I read that that they soak up a lot of glue so you need to soak the glue side in super glue first, then sand flat then apply the glue to attach to the cue. Is that your experience?
 
dendweller said:
I had some a while back, I had a hard time getting them on. Then I read that that they soak up a lot of glue so you need to soak the glue side in super glue first, then sand flat then apply the glue to attach to the cue. Is that your experience?
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no issues here.
 
SBC said:
Fresh superglue is key
Some prefer gel, it's a bit better
A little spread out on tip and ferrule
Clamp lightly....you don't want to squeeze out all the glue
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I have a feeling I may be guilty of squeezing the glue out, thanks
 
SBC said:
Fresh superglue is key
Some prefer gel, it's a bit better
A little spread out on tip and ferrule
Clamp lightly....you don't want to squeeze out all the glue
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If you are referring to gluing the tip to the ferrule, yes, you do. You can't squeeze it hard enough to remove too much. The glue bonds extremely tightly to most surfaces, but doesn't have a lot of strength on its own, so a glob will tend to shear and come off if it is too thick.
 
I use Gorilla Super Glue Gel, it has chlorinated rubber in it's make up , that absorbs shock. I have used it all , and that's the best ever. Need to make sure the glue has not gone past it's shelf life. Didn't know that there was one until a few years ago. Thinking the shelf life is about a year. I squeeze the hell out of'vem. When the tip is finally worn out , I Gotta cut'em off with a knife ,Cheers !
 
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Das Cue-Boot said:
If you are referring to gluing the tip to the ferrule, yes, you do. You can't squeeze it hard enough to remove too much. The glue bonds extremely tightly to most surfaces, but doesn't have a lot of strength on its own, so a glob will tend to shear and come off if it is too thick.
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Not saying thick....but not saying a few atoms
 
Nothing beats a good triangle. I use the water drop test to sort them into "Yes" "Maybe" and "Toss it in the trash" It works! When dropped into about four inches of water, If it drops fast and hard, Yes it is a good tip. if it drops pretty darn fast then maybe it's a good tip. If it flops a bit and is slower to fall, I just toss it in the trash. After that, I look for a tight consistent pattern on the glue side and begin the fine tuning from there.It sucks to have to do that since it's a pain in the ass, but you can't beat a "good" Triangle tip. so it is worth the effort.
Based on my personal experience about half a box are in the Yes category and twenty five percent hit the trash. It's a great tip if you get a good one and the lets face it, the price is right. I do very careful prep then use loctite professional super glue. A few thousand and counting not one tip has come off. I used to use epoxy and it worked just fine though much more effort and much slower, I have no reason to do that anymore. I do think prep is the larger part of success.
 
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I use Triangles and Le Pro's.
I still have a Chandivert Champion on one shaft and a few spares that I'll not sell.
For the good of the game, I hope you'll try every tip made.
Start with the highest price tip though.
 
SBC said:
Not saying thick....but not saying a few atoms
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Actually, a few atoms once you cover the surface roughness is about right. The tech papers for some of these talk about 0.002 inch layers, which is less than than surface roughness for a fine sanded surface.
 
jayman said:
Nothing beats a good triangle. I use the water drop test to sort them into "Yes" "Maybe" and "Toss it in the trash" It works! When dropped into about four inches of water, If it drops fast and hard, Yes it is a good tip. if it drops pretty darn fast then maybe it's a good tip. If it flops a bit and is slower to fall, I just toss it in the trash. After that, I look for a tight consistent pattern on the glue side and begin the fine tuning from there.It sucks to have to do that since it's a pain in the ass, but you can't beat a "good" Triangle tip. so it is worth the effort.
Based on my personal experience about half a box are in the Yes category and twenty five percent hit the trash. It's a great tip if you get a good one and the lets face it, the price is right. I do very careful prep then use loctite professional super glue. A few thousand and counting not one tip has come off. I used to use epoxy and it worked just fine though much more effort and much slower, I have no reason to do that anymore. I do think prep is the larger part of success.
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I did this test on what I had left, about 11 tips. 4 went pretty quickly to the bottom and stayed there. 4 were not as quick but at least got close to the bottom and stayed there. 5 just floated. I chucked the floaters

I'll let them dry and try one of the ones that seemed good. If it works out I'm going to buy a box from a supplier that doesn't have the time to test them.
I bought a bag of 10 from someone that also makes and repairs cues, I may have gotten one good one out of the 10. 5 went in the trash and 4 I installed and they were mushy.

Thanks
 
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