An area expert pool tech re-clother was recommended to me to put cloth on my 8 ft Brunswick Windsor table. He never called me back to set the appointment after we made the deal. Meanwhile, a guy I shoot pool with in a bar says he can do it, no problem. He's a real good player, knows a lot about pool, does own a 7 ft table but I don't know how many he's done. Seems to be a straight shooter, scuze the pun. General statement is the delicate part is the rails and just be careful and blah, blah, blah, do it right. But it's not that complicated, etc. he says.
I watched a couple of youtube videos on doing it and hmmm... it seems that yeah, if you have some knowledge, you can do it but it seems having true expertise and skillset in shape might be a good thing? The rails worry me. Plus, something unexpected might crop up. The table has never been done over since install 44 years ago.
The original guy's price was $300; this friend's price is $150. Money really doesn't matter that much to me on this; heck, the Simonis cloth is going to cost $300. What would you do?
EDIT: I forgot to mention... anybody I get, I have no idea how good they are. The original guy was recommended by somebody that should know, for sure, he owns a pool hall. The pool tech he recommended does his pool hall tables but I do know the tech guy is NOT full-time. He has another 'main' job and does tables on the side. I have no idea if anybody around here does tables full time.
I watched a couple of youtube videos on doing it and hmmm... it seems that yeah, if you have some knowledge, you can do it but it seems having true expertise and skillset in shape might be a good thing? The rails worry me. Plus, something unexpected might crop up. The table has never been done over since install 44 years ago.
The original guy's price was $300; this friend's price is $150. Money really doesn't matter that much to me on this; heck, the Simonis cloth is going to cost $300. What would you do?
EDIT: I forgot to mention... anybody I get, I have no idea how good they are. The original guy was recommended by somebody that should know, for sure, he owns a pool hall. The pool tech he recommended does his pool hall tables but I do know the tech guy is NOT full-time. He has another 'main' job and does tables on the side. I have no idea if anybody around here does tables full time.
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