How do you use a tip pick on pool cue?

Answer 1

The leather tip needs to be slightly roughened to hold the pool chalk. A tip pick is tapped firmly into the leather, evenly and all around, to produce small dents into the leather to help it to hold the pool chalk.

Answer 2

First, you must purchase the tip leathers that you wan to use which should be of the same size (or larger if necessary) than the cue tip. This will be a 13 mm or 14 mm leather. Next, the old surface must be cleaned and lightly sanded to remove old cement. The new leather must be lightly sanded to provide a better surface for the cement. A strong cement (not a glue like Super Glue), such as Tweet's Cement should be used. Apply thinly to both the leather and the cue. Press the leather onto the tip aligning it evenly all around. Now the most important and hard part - the leather must be clamped into place on the tip end until as long as it takes the cement to set (see its instructions - Tweet's is not more than 15 minutes) - this clamping can be done with a bungee cord in a cue rack, or you can purchase a small rubber band clamp from a pool asscessories supplier. After cement has set, carefully use a razor to trim the excess glue. If the tip and leathe were the same size, you're done! If the leather is larger than the tip, you need to trim - there is a blade accessory you can purchase to do a very neat job of this trimming, without that, only a professional can finish off the tip properly.