I was one of the few who prefered the green masters chalk over the blue back in the 80's. Most said it wasn't as good as the blue though. I doubt there was a difference in the two other than color.
Why is most Cue Chalk "Blue"?
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It is the same. Also it helps your shaft to look clean.
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That makes lot's of sense, except that Snooker Players almost without exception respect the table. A proprietor of a Snooker joint will make "sure" the table is right.....Unlike pool halls.
You won't see a Snooker player "resting" his chalk on the table between shots. Poor form.
That's the difference between "Pool" and Snooker. Snooker is a refined game. There aren't many Snooker "Sharks".
That's a pretty big assumption. Our last local pool hall had the cleanest tables I've ever seen outside of a house. I have no doubt his table were at least as clean as any snooker table. Sadly, that isn't the case for the majority of pool halls.
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Originally or traditionally the color of chalk was chosen to match the cloth on the table. The most common color of cloth is green. Blue cloth is the second most popular color of billiard table cloth.
I do not know the names of the brands of chalk that were tested, but 23 assorted brands and colors of Billiards chalk were tested for lead content in 1996. Three were found to contain hazardous amounts of lead which was over 7000 parts per billion. Two of them were green chalk and the other was Tangerine colored chalk. It was discovered that multiple children contracted lead poisoning from ingesting green billiard chalk. This gave green chalk a bad reputation and deservedly so. It was found that the lead content was from the green dye/coloring agent that was used to produce these green colored chalks. Therefore the decline of green colored billiard chalk. Since blue was the second most common colored billiard cloth and blue chalk still blended in with green billiard cloth, it gained in popularity to currently being more common than green. I assume and hope that billiard
chalk manufacturers reformulated their green and tangerine chalk to contain much less or no lead. I did not find any sources that confirmed this, so until I
do, I will avoid using green and tangerine chalk. I've only seen tangerine colored chalk on eBay, but never on a billiard table I have played on. It's been a long time since I have seen green chalk provided on a billiard table.
Chalk matching the cloth makes sense.
Maroon chalk on a green or blue cloth table would look like a mess after a few racks and visa versa.
Aside from making the cloth look messy, I prefer a light tan chalk so it doesn't darken my cue shaft. It's also a little easier to get the stains out of my shirts. I usually use what is provided at the tables, which is usually blue.
Originally or traditionally the color of chalk was chosen to match the cloth on the table. The most common color of cloth is green. Blue cloth is the second most popular color of billiard table cloth.
I do not know the names of the brands of chalk that were tested, but 23 assorted brands and colors of Billiards chalk were tested for lead content in 1996. Three were found to contain hazardous amounts of lead which was over 7000 parts per billion. Two of them were green chalk and the other was Tangerine colored chalk. It was discovered that multiple children contracted lead poisoning from ingesting green billiard chalk. This gave green chalk a bad reputation and deservedly so. It was found that the lead content was from the green dye/coloring agent that was used to produce these green colored chalks. Therefore the decline of green colored billiard chalk. Since blue was the second most common colored billiard cloth and blue chalk still blended in with green billiard cloth, it gained in popularity to currently being more common than green. I assume and hope that billiard
chalk manufacturers reformulated their green and tangerine chalk to contain much less or no lead. I did not find any sources that confirmed this, so until I
do, I will avoid using green and tangerine chalk. I've only seen tangerine colored chalk on eBay, but never on a billiard table I have played on. It's been a long time since I have seen green chalk provided on a billiard table.
Chalk matching the cloth makes sense.
Maroon chalk on a green or blue cloth table would look like a mess after a few racks and visa versa.
Aside from making the cloth look messy, I prefer a light tan chalk so it doesn't darken my cue shaft. It's also a little easier to get the stains out of my shirts. I usually use what is provided at the tables, which is usually blue.
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Me too. I see some players lean over the table and grind away the entire time they're thinking about the next shot.
I remember reading on here that the green Master's contained lead, whereas the blue didn't. I'm too lazy to search for the thread.
Probably not, because I don't see today's Simonis and Simonis-like cloth fading to blue, even after the chalk gets to it. There was something else about the older cloth that made it fade to a blue color.
Not really answering your question but I use tan. Keeps the cue looking nicer. I don't chalk over the table so it doesn't end up on the cloth.
The chalk can still mark up the table.When you strike the cue ball firmly the chalk dust falls to the cloth.I can tell when certain players have been in the room recently by the red tan or light green streaks on the cloth :smile:
This explains where my lost brain cells went.MMMM tangerine sounds yummy too.