ShootingArts said:

The biggest flaw with TOI is that it is a cure for a problem that doesn't exist, actually makes the problem worse! Shooting at the middle of the cue ball a slight error has very little effect. People think it is the end of the world if you meant to use one sidespin and you get none or less or even cross over the centerline of the cue ball. The reality is it has less to do with the path of the balls than if you are starting from a touch of inside to begin with.

With a touch of inside, the surface of the cue ball is now falling away on one side. If the amount of error on each side is the same for a centerball hit or a touch of anything hit, the degree of ball path error will be greater when the two sides are not equal. The whole touch of inside thing has always been a red herring. It might create more focus in an individual but so will other less harmful things.

Hu

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KINGSCOURT905 said:

I appreciate you posting this, because I would never have thought to try Lava on cloth. I have only ever used a light Woolite wipe and a soft brush on my home table, so the idea of scrubbing with a firm brush and a pumice soap makes me a bit nervous, especially about getting all the soap out. Maha's point about residue stuck with me — I would worry about it changing how the balls roll or how the cloth feels under my bridge hand. That said, if Ernesto recommended it and your before-and-after photos show the tournament blue coming back, it is hard to argue with the result on badly stained house tables. If I tried it, I would test it first on a small, stained area and go over it with a very wet towel a few times before I did the whole bed. Thanks for sharing the method in detail.

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