| The only times you don't need to burnish a tip are if | | | | difference what so ever when playing shots with |
| you like mushrooms or you are clever enough to fit a | | | | extream side spin as you never hit the ball with the |
| 9mm tip on a 9mm furrel as all standard tips like elk | | | | side walls. I vary rearly play a plain ball shot any more |
| and blue diamond ect ect are pre burnished along with | | | | and quite often use extream side with no problem |
| being pre shaped into the perfect shape which has a | | | | what so ever. |
| dome directly proportional to the curve of the White | | | | The shaft should be cleaned regular then no need for |
| ball. | | | | any abrasive. Burnish the shaft after cleaning for a |
| If you fit a 10mm tip on a 9mm ferrul you will have to | | | | silky smooth feel and it creates a seal which keeps |
| trim it to size once stuck which lifts the fibers within the | | | | any moisture (swet) and chalk dust out and makes it |
| leather so you should allways burnish your tip if you | | | | easier to keep clean. It is the mix of moisture and chalk |
| want it to last more than a couple of months. Not so | | | | dust that creates sticky cue syndrome thats why |
| important when only paying 50p for an elk but mighty | | | | players have problems on a humid day. |
| important if you don't want to spend £13 every few | | | | To burnish your shaft simply use a q wiz, postit note or |
| months for a decent layerd leather tip. Saying that if | | | | a any other product . Rub the none abrasive side of |
| you are changing your tip every couple of months | | | | the q wiz up and down the shaft using a bit of elbow |
| there is a high chance you will be damaging or wearing | | | | grease untill it starts to get warm an thats it done. |
| down the ferrul and will then have to have that | | | | To burnish a tip there are a few products and gadgets |
| changed prematurly. | | | | out there like burinshing fluid and porper tip burisher. But |
| Personal choice plays a part here but if you want to | | | | you dont actually need any of them. Rub a small |
| make a proer job of it glue round the seam being | | | | amount of spit around the side walls (dont make it wet |
| carfull not to coat the side walls (personal choice) and | | | | just damp) then use a postit note or £5 note and rub |
| burnish it . The tip will stay stuck and last a long time. | | | | round the side walls buy spining the shaft round and |
| the fact that the side walls are burnished makes no | | | | round again until it starts to get warm. |