How to round a cue tip?

Question

My pool cue's tip is now "mushroom" as the others call me. meaning it is flat. And i dont know how to shape it into a round shape. Please help me out. And does anyone know hot it helps to have a round tip instead of flat?

Answer 1

time for a new tip.

you can buy a decent tip ( Triangle,Le pro,water buffalo,elk master) for about $2 or about ten dollars if you have it put on, layered tips run about $5 to $20 plus add $10 to have it put on.

Answer 2

Use sand paper or a nail file or a tip shaping tool - look on ebay.

Answer 3

1) Start with a GOOD hard leather tip on your cue (of course you'll have to rough it up so it will hold chalk) You may have to shape it too.

Whenever you're finished playing, "burnish" the tip (every time you're finished for the day, or even between sessions; depending on the shape/quality/life of your cue tip). I burnish my tips, by simply using my own saliva and a piece of hard paper (a piece of a standard business card or a matchbook cover will work nicely). Apply a small amount of saliva to your fingertip. Then apply it all around the base of the tip (between the base of the tip and the ferrule). Then fold the paper into a Vee shape. Apply it snugly to the edge of the tip where it meets the ferrule. Squeeze tightly as you work the tip and shaft in a circular motion. Squeeze tight! Go all the way around the tip. You will see that it has "burnished" the edge of your tip to be flush with the ferrule. If your mushroomed tip isn't too far gone, you can use this process to 'bring it back up'. I learned this technique from a  pro player and cue maker. I've seen countless seasoned players use this technique.

2) Avoid flattened tips, you will not strike the cue ball where you have aimed to hit its surface as you will with a round tip!

http://billiards.about.com/od/thetip/ht/... (read "how to avoid a flattened "mushroomed" tip)

AGAIN (*I have advised you on this THREE times now) Get a Willard's cue tip shaper. It's a fool-proof and accurate tool that will NOT over-shave your tip. It will keep your tip in the proper radius no matter how you use the tool. It's the easiest and most reliable tip-shaping and scuffing tool there is.

If the edges of the cue tip mushroom, you will not be ... Willard's Sportsman Tool $8.50: Willard Scuffer - Champs

www.cuesight.com/cue-accessories-tip-t...

http://www.cuesight.com/wpttpr.html (for nickel radius)

http://www.cuesight.com/wpttch.html (for dime radius)

*I'm always happy to help you, Moaeez. All the help in the world is useless if one refuses heed the advice.

LAG

Answer 4

cue tip???..

Answer 5

you would have to buy a new tip. and a cue tip is the tip of a cue stick which is used in pool. thats for the person above me