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Topic: Tip tool.

Recently swap victory M to kamui clear M. Cant sleep, work, watch tv even cant drink lagger because this tip drives me crazy. It plays ok and overall score is very good but tip is so hard and likes to shine up. After few frames i was frustrated as i blamed my stroke misscueing every other shot. Now i know it was tip - hardest ever palyed. But.... my question is.... what is Tip Tapper avaliable i. ProShop. If it does the job i dont know why shall i spend £20+ for kamui gator grip or cuetec tip tool.
Anybody tried? Or may be BigDave share some secrets?
Cheesr
andy

Hi Andy,

The Tip Tapper is very different to the Kamui Gator Grip.

The Tip Tapper has very thick and large "nobbles" on it, whereas the Gator Grip has a very fine texture more like an abrasive cutting surface. If the tip is very hard and glazed/shiny, the Gator Grip type product is what you need to roughen the surface again. If you want something more affordable, then choose any slightly abrasive textured tool.

I hope this is of some help.


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Does the use of some tip tools affect durability of layered tips like kamuis or mooris?

Cheers Dave,
what apart from gator grip would you recomend?

I think all tip tools will affect all tips longevity in some way - the more abrasive ones, and the more aggressive the usage will naturally be more significant, but if your tip is glazed like glass and not holding chalk, there's only one way to restore it's serviceability.

The question I would like answered is, does a shiny tip sometimes, or even always mean that a player is hitting the ball too hard, instead of using timing and gently stroking the shot?

Do Efren and Francisco, two players who gently stroke and delicately time every single ball they shoot, do they get shiny glazed tips sometimes? Does absolutely everyone get this? Did I get it more than others because I would hit too hard quite often?

Probably!

I had something similar to this...


http://www.pro9.co.uk/html/theproshop/main.php?P=cat&C=24

...And I loved it for bringing dead tips back to life, but I always warn people to go very easy with it at first - most times you can get away with just rocking the tool across the top of the tip - but using it in a wiping action can remove a ton of leather in no time at all, so be very cautious when you first use it, and you'll see what I mean.


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Many thanks Dave.

Hey, you're very welcome... I may have missed some info out, and everyone has there own opinions and favourites, so you don't have to agree with me!

(Just make sure you always buy it from The Pro Shop!)