Burnishing the tip

[subzeer0]

use fax paper.....that does the trick

[Jellibeen69]

If you heat a piece of steel, not to hot then role the edge of the tip along it, you will find that this contracts the fibres of the leather along the edge of the tip.
make sure that it isn't to hot as the tip wall can come in quite a way, making the tip smaller than the ferrule.

this helps to protect the tip and in my opinion helps to maintain the shape and consistency of the tip for a longer period.

just try and make sure that the steel is clean as poss, and that you try and role the cue as flat as you can, but keep it away from the shaft and as little contact with the ferrule as poss.

Let me know how it goes for you?

[vainparasite]

when i change the tip i usually trim down with new stanley blade or scalpel, shape the tip with sandpaper/small file hit a few balls then re-shape if necessary. I never bother burnishing the sides because i take care when trimming.

Sometimes if im feeling really hard i cup my left hand, hold the cue shaft in my right putting the tip in my cupped left hand and press and spin side to side until it starts to smoke

This is how proper hard lancashire lads do it

[Jellibeen69]

Well that's the way half Yorkshire man half Taff does it!!!

I still do the shaping with a blade and sandpaper, that method above is purely for the edges, especially on the layered tips, helps stop the de-lamination and mushrooming affect...

so lancashire lad, stick that in your hot pot and smoke it ;-)

[totlxtc]

A little thing i do after burnishing is get a beeswax stick and run it gently round the tip sides. Then between two fingers run it round. Seems to stop delamination and looks nice too.

[ADR147]

A little thing i do after burnishing is get a beeswax stick and run it gently round the tip sides. Then between two fingers run it round. Seems to stop delamination and looks nice too.

i find if you have a moist virgin .........

[Jellibeen69]

Be careful with getting wax onto the tip, can destroy its playing surface, as the wax will soak into the leather, which will prevent the tip to be roughened up, thus chalk will not stick, also could create an uneven striking surface if the wax has soaked in more one side than the other.

[Jellibeen69]

ADR147 can you please send me a pic of your name plate, can't quite see it in your profile pic. many thanks Ellis

[ADR147]

better?

[Jellibeen69]

so to be a pain, you couldn't send me that a little larger please.
Jellibeen69@hotmail.com
many thanks Andrew
regards
Ellis

[Jellibeen69]

Andrew, your name plate looks like a plaque that I have on the outside of my house, heritage plate, is that where you got the idea.
and were they expensive to have made?

[ADR147]

no i have a friend who designed it for me. the tooling is expensive but the badges themselves are cheap.

[Jellibeen69]

could I ask where you had it made?

[ADR147]

you can ask! it was made in birmingham. i think the tooling is about £100 then each badge costs a few pence.

[poona]

I use a beer mat.

I certainly don't burnish the underside where I am glueing. I want it to stick.