How often do you change your tip?

[googlefooger]

Damn, that was a waste of £2.99!!!

I should have just got some superglue from the house, lol

[Mitsuko]

So far I haven't replaced my tip

But I've only had it 5 days

On my previosu cue it would take a while for me to change.

[lbs]

every time I have a bad day!
turns out to be pretty often!

[Cue_147]

I re-tip my cue every 4 months and i play quite alot.

As for what glue i use, its normally Evo-Stick but it takes 24hours to dry and ive never had one full off. I do keep superglue gel in my case though.

[googlefooger]

I've tried sticking it on to my other cue (which the tip got ripped off, got caught in the netting of corner pocket and got ripped off), I need to get it down, but I sanded down a millimetre of the ferrule which was annoying.

[Semih_Sayginer]

if youd cut the remains of the other tip off correctly with a sharp blade and sanded the remains until the cue and outside edge of the ferrule was free from any "debris" then you would have lost less than 1/10 of a mm.

the more you do retipping, the better youll be at it

[Watford]

That's very true I once put 5 on in a day I just wasn't happy with the result!
I have been known to resort to buyin missive 13mm tips for my 9mm cue to give me more to work with!
I hate retipping and playing in a new tip!
I try to get as lon as pos out of a tip!

[Watford]

I'm talking rubbish again!
That should say I try to make a tip last as long as pos!
Even though my tipping has improved with practice I still might take it to a cue doctor next time!

[craigslater]

I tend to go through a lot of tips as i play anywhere between 2-6 times a week for about 3-4 hours a night, mainly pool, once a week for snooker.

i hate using a new tip aswel, i dont usually let anyone use my cue, but when i have just retipped my cue i tend to borrow it out for a few weeks so other people bed the tip in for me.

I use the wooldridge single layer tip which seem to bed in very quickly and are very consistent straight away, i use normal superglue but after reading a few thread on here im going to change over to the gel.

Im also thinking of trying the talisman's again, i used the normal superglue last time and i think it seeped into the talsiman making it super hard which could be the reason why i didnt like it very much.

Adr147's tip guide is very useful i will be following that next time i re-tip my cue.

[Semih_Sayginer]

i basically "learned" this by watching someone retip John Higgins' cue many years ago

- cut off the old tip at the ferrule with a sharp knife

- put sandpaper on a table

- hold the cue upside down and sand the top of the cue in a circular motion, so that you dont wear out one side more than the other

- turn the cue around and lightly sand the top down to a very smooth finish

- measue the ferrule width

- choose a new tip at least 1/2 a mm bigger in diameter than the ferrule

- sand the flat side of the tip in a circular motion, again so that the tip doesnt get sanded lop sided

- put a small spot of superglue gel on the flat side of the tip, covering less than half of the area with glue, as it will spread out.

- prss the tip down onto the prepared cue and hold in place with your thumb, pressing down firmly for about 2 minutes or so

- leave the cue to stand for at least 10 minutes, but longer if you can. absolutely no need to leave overnight or similar ridiculous times

- turn the cue upside down again. press down on the cue slightly and, using a sharp knife, trim the excess of the tip. pressing down on the cue will hel to stop the blade of the knife separating the glud tip from the cue.

- once youve turned the cue around and trimmed down the overlapping part of the tip your cue is nearly ready to use

- use sandpaper to slightly dome the tip always going from tip middle to the sides. never upwards, moving down grade of paper unto a finish where you like your cue tip to be shaped

- use the finest sandpaper you can source and spin it around the ferrule a few times, and then do the sides of the tip with it also

- to shine the ferrule, use worn fine sandpaper on it, spinning the cue around it, then use the paper side to buff it, spinning the cue around again.

- chalk the cue and your off