Wasted chalk?
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Gonna steal this. Patron saint of lost causes. Can't hurt.
You can take your old cored chalk and scrape it against a cement wall or the sidewalk.
Just rub the chalk and grind it until the hole becomes just a dent instead of a foxhole.
The chalk will wear down evenly if you allow the friction to do the work….rotate the chalk.
Just rub the chalk and grind it until the hole becomes just a dent instead of a foxhole.
The chalk will wear down evenly if you allow the friction to do the work….rotate the chalk.
middleofnowhere
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Of course, nothing unique about any one piece of chalk.
Sometimes you find a piece of chalk that’s “just right”.
Not a brand, just a regular piece like Masters.
Not to hard or soft. Feels good putting it on.
I usually try to hold onto that one.
At least for the night.
Not a brand, just a regular piece like Masters.
Not to hard or soft. Feels good putting it on.
I usually try to hold onto that one.
At least for the night.
At less than $0.25 a cube for Masters it's not worth a room owner's time to worry about it either.
pj
chgo
I have been know to do the “File Thing”, on Sidewalk.
Use to do sidewalk reshaping pennies into dime, so we could play electric baseball arcade game behind Burger King on Tamimami Trail in Miami.
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Use to do sidewalk reshaping pennies into dime, so we could play electric baseball arcade game behind Burger King on Tamimami Trail in Miami.
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Pool Hand Luke
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I bought a 2 pack of Blue Diamond for $7. After a year the top corners are pointy, and the middle is about 1/8" deeper despite my efforts to brush evenly along the outside edges. The paper was beginning to fray around the top edges of both cubes and looking pretty ragged.
I removed the paper labels entirely and covered the bottom and sides with electrical type tape up to the uneven borders at the top of each cube. I then rubbed the exposed chalk over a large metal file as suggested here until they were even with the taped borders.
Now the chalk looks almost new but for having a "trapazoid" bevel in the middle instead of the usual round. Big improvement, thanks for the tips and suggestions.
I removed the paper labels entirely and covered the bottom and sides with electrical type tape up to the uneven borders at the top of each cube. I then rubbed the exposed chalk over a large metal file as suggested here until they were even with the taped borders.
Now the chalk looks almost new but for having a "trapazoid" bevel in the middle instead of the usual round. Big improvement, thanks for the tips and suggestions.
OK chalk experts answer this on Saturday there were 3 nice cubes of Masters chalk on the table.
One of them made high pitched noise when used why?
I tossed it in the trash it was annoying like I was killing Mickey mouse.
One of them made high pitched noise when used why?
I tossed it in the trash it was annoying like I was killing Mickey mouse.
Only time i've heard something like that is when you chalk a really hard, slick tip.
Geosnookery
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I get a box of chalk now and then at the thrift store…maybe $1 for a dozen. I often hand out cubes when we play.
There’s usually a 4 or 5 on the rail of my Snooker table. Funny thing is they all end up accumulating at one end. I don’t pay attention to the brand but most are Masters.
Anyways, I just toss them. I have a lifetime’s supply. I’m frugal but no desire to leave chalk cubes for the landfill when I leave this earth in a couple decades.
There’s usually a 4 or 5 on the rail of my Snooker table. Funny thing is they all end up accumulating at one end. I don’t pay attention to the brand but most are Masters.
Anyways, I just toss them. I have a lifetime’s supply. I’m frugal but no desire to leave chalk cubes for the landfill when I leave this earth in a couple decades.
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boogieman
It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that ping.
You messed up on this one, the high pitch could make a nice sharking tactic. Your opponent surely can't complain about you chalking can they? I'm only kidding, but I've heard these squeakers too, I wonder if it's drier or something. They generally quiet down after being out in the room for a few days.
My opponent was an old guy like me and probably did not hear the squeaky chalk.
I brush my chalk on..and look at my tip while doing it...I apply chalk where it’s needed...and it has to be my bridge hand doing it. 
If I’m not cut breaking, I don’t chalk my break cue...you don’t need chalk when you hit center ball.
I don’t like new chalk. I like chalk that a driller has broken in.
If I’m not cut breaking, I don’t chalk my break cue...you don’t need chalk when you hit center ball.
I don’t like new chalk. I like chalk that a driller has broken in.
I’ve seen worse drill jobs than that. Like a few others mentioned, if you learn how to properly chalk you’ll waste a lot less
jshaw
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You can also take it outside and rub it on the concrete a few times.