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sp00ki
Oct 30, 2009, 9:06 PM
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I really love sock balls (swear by the black diamond white gold balls), but like to add a small handfull of lose chalk to the bag as well as the ball.
The problem for me is, i prefer a very fine consistency of chalk, so i spend time (and make a mess) crushing it before refilling my bag.
Does anyone know of a chalk that is actually fine and not "chunky"?
Metolius sells a fine ground chalk, but it's not very fine at all...
Thanks
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CrazyPetie
Oct 30, 2009, 10:02 PM
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I buy chalk in bulk that comes in compressed squares. But i hate chunks too so heres what you do:
Break the square up a little bit by hand, and put it in the blender. in 3 seconds you have the fluffiest of fluffy chalk. Seriously, people always ask where i get my chalk when they feel it.
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subantz
Oct 30, 2009, 11:38 PM
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CrazyPetie wrote: I buy chalk in bulk that comes in compressed squares. But i hate chunks too so heres what you do: Break the square up a little bit by hand, and put it in the blender. in 3 seconds you have the fluffiest of fluffy chalk. Seriously, people always ask where i get my chalk when they feel it.
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Ry_
Oct 31, 2009, 12:02 AM
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I just went and tried the blender. Messy; but it does the job. Make sure the lid is on...
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shoo
Oct 31, 2009, 12:27 AM
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Metolius and Bison both make fine powder versions of their chalk.
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photoguy190
Oct 31, 2009, 2:19 AM
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CrazyPetie wrote: I buy chalk in bulk that comes in compressed squares. But i hate chunks too so heres what you do: Break the square up a little bit by hand, and put it in the blender. in 3 seconds you have the fluffiest of fluffy chalk. Seriously, people always ask where i get my chalk when they feel it.
I'm imagining a cop busting though the door at the exact moment the lid comes off the blender and white powder flies every where.
(This post was edited by photoguy190 on Oct 31, 2009, 3:04 AM)
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CrazyPetie
Oct 31, 2009, 3:25 AM
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The cops took a bunch of chalk when they raided my house once. They are dumb.
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rockforlife
Oct 31, 2009, 5:42 AM
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Go with this stuff it is super good, fluffy and great. You could think of lumpy chalk, like crack out of a dealers basement.
And this stuff like pure 100% Colombian cocaine.
Its good stuff.... the chalk,
p.s. you can find deals if you look around
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milesenoell
Oct 31, 2009, 6:18 AM
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CrazyPetie wrote: The cops took a bunch of chalk when they raided my house once. They are dumb.
Once? How many times has your house been raided by the police?
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milesenoell
Oct 31, 2009, 6:28 AM
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+1 for Bison. It's smooth and fine.
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joshklingbeil
Oct 31, 2009, 9:51 AM
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Bison is so fine and smooth. I hate it. Might as well use rosin. actually from my experience rosin works better. Frank Endo all the way. I've been trying to climb with less chalk. Greasing up all the moderate climbs is good ethics! I'll dip my hands in pine sap and send your project;)!
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five
Oct 31, 2009, 1:09 PM
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CrazyPetie wrote: The cops took a bunch of chalk when they raided my house once. They are dumb. |
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johnwesely
Oct 31, 2009, 1:33 PM
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milesenoell wrote: +1 for Bison. It's smooth and fine.
Bison is so nasty.
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jman
Oct 31, 2009, 1:52 PM
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I've seen chalk by Petzl that is smooth and very fine, almost like baby powder. It came in a round cardboard tube. I loved that stuff. Have not seen it around in a while (haven't looked) but if you can find it, its probably what you're looking for.
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CrazyPetie
Oct 31, 2009, 4:22 PM
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milesenoell wrote: CrazyPetie wrote: The cops took a bunch of chalk when they raided my house once. They are dumb. Once? How many times has your house been raided by the police?
Well when you live in a college town where the cops dont follow the laws of search and seizure, they show up quite a bit for various reasons. I've been "raided" three times, and they take something stupid each time. I think they stole my xbox most recently..
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milesenoell
Oct 31, 2009, 4:44 PM
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johnwesely wrote: milesenoell wrote: +1 for Bison. It's smooth and fine. Bison is so nasty.
Bison is all I've used. What do you prefer?
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johnwesely
Oct 31, 2009, 4:55 PM
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milesenoell wrote: johnwesely wrote: milesenoell wrote: +1 for Bison. It's smooth and fine. Bison is so nasty. Bison is all I've used. What do you prefer?
I use the Endo block stuff, but sidewalk chalk is preferable to Bison. It turns your hands into a slick nasty mess.
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csproul
Oct 31, 2009, 6:01 PM
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milesenoell wrote: johnwesely wrote: milesenoell wrote: +1 for Bison. It's smooth and fine. Bison is so nasty. Bison is all I've used. What do you prefer?
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xtrmecat
Oct 31, 2009, 7:05 PM
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I buy the cheap, block bulk chalk, and crush it way easier than the blender method described above.
I just throw a block in the gallon sized zip lock bag Zip it up and run it over a few times with a rolling pin. You know the rolling thingy grandma used on pie crusts and such.
Very fine crush, moments to do, and mess free storage to dole it out as needed.
Bob
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sp00ki
Nov 1, 2009, 6:46 AM
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The bison chalk sounds like what i'm looking for, but it seems to get bad reviews...
Anyone use the fine metolius chalk?
Also, the rolling pin (and even blender) sounds like a cool idea if nothing else works...
(This post was edited by sp00ki on Nov 1, 2009, 6:47 AM)
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dingus
Nov 2, 2009, 12:45 PM
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I used to buy Frank Endo powdered chalk in 3 lb bags for $25 bucks. A bag would last me a couple of years. It wsa light and not sticky and of course never chunky.
Frank Endo doesn't supply it anymore. Can't find it anywhere. Maybe its like that chewing gum commercial... it lasted TOO LONG and he couldn't sell it anymore.
But it was the best chalk ever my friends. You children these days do not know what it was like. This modern metolius chalk isn't the same.
DMT
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yanqui
Nov 2, 2009, 1:28 PM
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jman wrote: I've seen chalk by Petzl that is smooth and very fine, almost like baby powder. It came in a round cardboard tube. I loved that stuff. Have not seen it around in a while (haven't looked) but if you can find it, its probably what you're looking for.
Personally, I like my chalk chunky. Just watch those European climbers and you'll see: that super fine baby powder chalk leads to an obnoxious abuse of the "French Blow" technique
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