We are going to give you a basic idea of how to replace your own pool cue tip. With these basic steps and photos of replacing your own cue tip you should be able to replace a tip in about 30mins. Pool Cue Warehouse does not reccomend this for anybody under the age of 18 and you attempt this at your own risk, pool cue warehouse is not responsible or laible for any injuries while attempting your own pool cue tip replacement. ( this can be a dangerous proccess)
Pool Cue Tip Recomendations:
Kamui Tips now one of the most popular tips taking the billiard industry by storm.
Elk Master tips have been around for years and one of the most easy to install also the most affordable.
How To Replace Your Own Pool Cue Tip
First here are some of the products we used to make replacing your pool cue tip a little easier and give you a proffesional finish.
From Left to right Dynamite Multi-Layer Pool Cue Tip,Porper little cue tip shaver,Porper Cut-Rite Tip Shaper,Tiger Glue,Ultimate tip tool and pictured in the middle the tiger shaft cleaner and burnisher.
If this is your first time replacing a pool cue tip we recommend trying to find and old cue maybe a bar cue ask the owner if maybe they will let you try it on an old beat up cue. For our demonstration we used a old one peice bar cue.
The First Step: in replacing this tip is to cut off the old cue tip with a razor blade use (Extreme Caution) we recommend a single edge razor blade or easist is a razor blade knife to cut the cue tip off.
The Second Step: Generally after you cut off the tip there is some excesse glue and tip that needs to be cleaned up, To do that you want to hold the razor flat and scrape back and fourth the idea is to scrape away the old gunk , tip and leave a flat surface to glue the new pool cue tip onto.
Step 3: The now clean farrell should appear similar to this.
Step 4: Now that you the tip of the pool cue has been removed and you have cleaned the farrell. It is time to prep the new pool cue tip. Simply take the back of the tip and sand it with 80 grit papper or use the razor blade to scuff up the back of the tip so that you now have a rough side to glue the tip to the farrell.
Step 5: Now simply apply the glue to the middle of the of the new pool cue tip. The amount of glue should be about three drops enough so that when you apply the tip to the farrell it squeeze out the edge but not make a mess.
Step 6: Press and hold tip for about one minute. Let go and let site for about 5 to 10 min.
Step 6: Trim down side and create a simi tip shape not to much just enough to get the proper cut right tool around. The proper cut rite pool cue tip tool is made to fit up to a 13mm tip.
Step 7: Use the porper shaper to give you a perfect nickle shape on th end of the tip and then use it to cut the side down perfectly.
