Loose table cloth

beerpressure

beerpressure

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Was playing recently on a 9' diamond that was poorly reclothed. You could feel the cloth ripple as you slid your bridge hand into position. The cloth was able to be pulled off the slate easily also.

What affect does this have on play? I assume your breaks will be slowed, but im sure there are others.
 
One time I saw a guy slide his bridge hand up to the CB and push a "wave" of cloth into whitey and got called for a foul!
 
I played on a barbox once that was so loose that you could pinch the cloth & raise it up off the bed...~8". Looked like a big top tent!
 
It's better than having the cloth not attached to the table. I remember going to a pool hall and the cloth was completely torn from the table. It was just draping over the slate.

I never went back to that pool hall. :rolleyes:
 
beerpressure said:
Was playing recently on a 9' diamond that was poorly reclothed. You could feel the cloth ripple as you slid your bridge hand into position. The cloth was able to be pulled off the slate easily also.

What affect does this have on play? I assume your breaks will be slowed, but im sure there are others.
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Hey man this has nothing to do with your post. I just wanted to let you know i love your avatar. That episode was hilarious!:thumbup:
 
Loose cloth can definetely have an effect on accuracy. The pool hall that I play in pretty often has this problem when it gets humid outside. It is insane how much you can raise the cloth from the bed. Right now since its 30 out, the cloth plays pretty good. I heard once that it's best to recover a table in the summer when it's humid outside so that you can stretch the cloth more?! Not sure how true this is. If you are looking for any kind of detailed info I would send a msg to Glenn aka Realkingcobra. The dude is a freakin genius with pool tables.
 
If you can tolerate it, and can't tell the difference then leave it. If you're looking to improve you game, it will hold you back.

FWIW, back in college, I re-clothed a table. We didn't know any better, and didn't stretch the cloth because of fear of ripping. For bangers and casual players, they took it in stride that the cloth moved, and rails had dead spots, calling it their home table advantage.


beerpressure said:
Was playing recently on a 9' diamond that was poorly reclothed. You could feel the cloth ripple as you slid your bridge hand into position. The cloth was able to be pulled off the slate easily also.

What affect does this have on play? I assume your breaks will be slowed, but im sure there are others.
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