Has Anyone Ever Seen This?
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After I vacuum I wipe my table down with a damp microfiber cloth, (hot with woolite).
Works well.
Works well.
As a room owner, to get a bunch of filth out, I'd soak a table with Simonis. Scrub it with a spray foam cleaner. If you wet only one area it leave a ring where it meets the dry area. I'd vacuum off all the water I could. Sometimes put a fan on it to dry quicker.
The cloth would dry a but lighter. I was always careful not to scrub too much and unravel the worsted (spun) wool cloth because it will play slower.
The cloth would dry a but lighter. I was always careful not to scrub too much and unravel the worsted (spun) wool cloth because it will play slower.
George the Greek
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I do the same and after the wet microfiber I use a towel over the cloth
No concerns about water getting to the wood?
Just thinking out loud here but wouldn't you think pouring water on the top of the table is going to wash the chalk dust thru the cloth for to lay between the cloth and slate? From there I would think it would dry up in large chunks.
If you vac your tables regularly with good suction, there is none.
There was a previous thread about this but I can't find it right now. As I recall, it was a different video, and did not have the synthesized, bouncy announcer noise. Also, they said "tens of thousands of dollars" for the table value. Maybe those are Zimbabwe dollars.
Here's a related product video:
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Lordy! I just did a Youtube search on "cleaning pool table" and got a bunch of videos like this. It seems to be an epidemic. This one claims it's absolutely standard tournament practice. This video has 3 million views, so it's made several thousand dollars for the parasite who patched it together from other videos.
Here's a related product video:
Edit:
Lordy! I just did a Youtube search on "cleaning pool table" and got a bunch of videos like this. It seems to be an epidemic. This one claims it's absolutely standard tournament practice. This video has 3 million views, so it's made several thousand dollars for the parasite who patched it together from other videos.
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True, and if you are going to do the water washing thing to get the beer stains out, you better vacuum first to pull out chalk dust.
That's pretty much what I thought, an expensive system that is literally worthless and can possibly ruin your table. That "ironing machine" must cost quite a few renminbi...And, so far, no one here has ever seen it being used anywhere. Thanks.
On the other hand, if the table is filthy and worn but not torn, and your receipts are down for the summer so recovering is months away, and the slate is a one-piece, and last night someone doubled the total area of the beer stains, a good washing could actually help.
I played in one carom room where the cushions were a "little dirty" and if you ran your finger nail along the nose, you would get dirty grease under nail. Really. Usually carom tables are kept better than pool tables, because the cushions and cloth affect every shot. That room could have used some soap and water and not just for the tables.
I played in one carom room where the cushions were a "little dirty" and if you ran your finger nail along the nose, you would get dirty grease under nail. Really. Usually carom tables are kept better than pool tables, because the cushions and cloth affect every shot. That room could have used some soap and water and not just for the tables.