I have just bought a new £30 Riley snooker cue. Ive been told I should replace tip. Is this correct ?

Question

I have just bought a new £30 Riley snooker cue. Ive been told I should replace tip. Is this correct ?

Answer 1

i usually change the tip of my new cues. i use blue diamond and sometimes master blue. the tip holder i can also change it to colorful ones by cutting it from billiard balls, then it is finely arc shaped and thinly smoothened by using sandpaper.

Answer 2

knock it off - sandpaper the top of the cue level, and as a tip buy a blue diamond tip of correct size and rub it on a piece of fine sandpaper til it is also level - never use sport shop cue tip cement - always use a reputable super-glue - hold tip onto top of cue hard for at least 20 seconds - now use a fine file to toke the entire surface of the tip away - now shape it into a dome - use a nail file to make your tip smooth - your done - don't forget tips need breaking in so have a few games before expecting it to perform huge screwbacks - if it's a 2-piece I'd completely sandpaper the varnish off the thin half for perfect feathering

Answer 3

if new tip should be ok

Answer 4

yes,you should, The hard tip that you see on cues when they are brought are only feral protectors.

Answer 5

New cues are supplied with transport tips which on the whole are c**p for playing with, so you should indeed get it changed.

You could go through the procedure described by the first respondent, but personally I leave it with a guy at my local snooker club and get it re-tipped there for a couple of quid.