Mike Wooldridge Professional Re-Tipping Guide

[Freddie Ng]

Other than MW tipping advise.. you can try to use the search button to get ADR tipping tips.. It's very informative and useful too

[barlow09]

the adr147 tip guide is 1st class

[mattosullivan147]

spot on. like some have said its a simple task but well worth watching!

[Jasonteh6688]

Thumb up!!

[anjamagkekse]

Great video

[poona]

I used to use normal superglue but now I use superglue gel, it gives you a little more time to centre but you do need to leave it over night to properly set before trimming :snooker:

Really? I trim after 30mins. I use it superglue gel too

One thing I would add to that vid is... use a figure 8 motion when sanding tip on paper to negate the fear of convexing the tip edge. I would also use 0000 wirewool to burnish ferrule after using finest grade sandpaper (made smoother by rubbing on itself) cut into a 2mm long strip between my thumb and ferrule to make the join between tip and ferrule perfectly flush and clean. Perhaps I need to video it myself for youtube.

[TooDark]

Use to have nightmares retipping my own cues in the past(some bad advice) but the beauty of the Internet and especially YouTube it's now a doddle and I think the secret is not to use too much glue at all...just a bead will do.
I've also found that the gel stuff is far better than the normal stuff.

[stejohn]

I always use a bit of masking tape on the ferrule so the glue doesnt go onto the ferrule, and doesnt get marked from cutting tip level with scalpel.

[MikeWooldridge]

I always use a bit of masking tape on the ferrule so the glue doesnt go onto the ferrule, and doesnt get marked from cutting tip level with scalpel.

excellent simple tip :encouragement:

[andy carson]

excellent simple tip :encouragement:

i just get someone else to do it, that way if they stuff it up after being paid to do it, then they sort it!

[fredkite]

In case in anybody hasn't tried gel yet Home Bargains are selling Loctite Ultra Gel for 99p, bargain

[iNko]

Thanks for the great re-tipping guide.

[Granger147]

Hi mike have you got any sun bin cues ATM?

[happy]

Hi all
I am a newbie to snooker.
I thought I would post my question here about Cue Tips.

Yesterday I bought a "new" unused Ronnie O'Sullivan Signature Series (BCE 3pc), but this is apparently old stock. Current one is 4-pc set. Anyway, the butt rubber was moldy. The seller retorted saying "will it affect your game"?

Ok, anyway today I looked the (still) unused cue tip.
It said "blue diamond". It looked a bit rounded but I am pretty sure it is unused because the cue was factory wrapped up.
However, when I touched the tip (I am total beginner), the rubber (or leather) seems to be very hard. Almost no bounce at all.
BTW, it does not look blue. More like a dirty black with spots of grey or white or dirt.

My question is: is this normal for a brand new blue diamond tip? I read that this is a tad harder than others.
The rubber is all there, just a bit "dead meat" type of hardness. Do I need to change the tip or should I just use it for a few games or a few months with plenty of chalk?
Do I need to "break in" the new tip?

I appreciate your time to read and reply. Thanks for your help.

Joe

[narl]

You have to love the subtle tools they use in some of these videos, why he didn't just whip out a chainsaw to get the tip off is a mystery.