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I got some Taom Pyro on a lark, and found it was really clean, worked really well and was on schedule to last for years. Just because I bought some V10 and found it worked just as well, was even cleaner and will last even longer. All my dusty chalks are living out the rest of their miserable...

Best of luck to you buddy. I appreciate the insight in your posts and look forward to reading them on threads. Keep the faith and continue to live well.

I have a slate gray Centennial, use either Taom Pyro or V10. No chalk marks. Had a few with old style blue chalk, but that is now banned and after a few vacuumings they are gone. Bunches of burn marks, but I’ve gone to high end phenolic balls and pads for practicing to keep those down. Like...

I’ll bite. I am going to guess they will list for 519.99 Euros. Give the Seyberts of the world the right to sell at no less than 80% list, convert to dollars and we will be at $453 US dollars. If they really want to be clever, they will give the option for various lighter colors for the 4/12...

Yes, probably seeing market saturation. In a sense, a victim of their own success. Good phenolic resin balls with moderate use last decades, so nobody really needs to replace them. I've bought used sets that are a few years old that could almost pass as new.

Can I get in line to buy the $400 sets for half price from people who want the new ones for $600?

Agree with every point you made. I’ve got a 6 month old block of Pyro where I am at maybe 10% usage. At that rate I’m in for a new block in late 2027, so I have time to save up. I left all my ultra messy pieces of Predator at places I play where someone else gets to vacuum up.

I've given them the baby bear, mama bear and daddy bear options: Championship Mercury at $172, Gorina Basalt at $247 and Championship Tour at $311. It looks like any of the three will work great, and for the most part the players at the senior center are lucky if they hit the ball straight...

Yes, that is kind of the conclusion I came to also. Most of the big places do only 7, 8 and 9 foot, which is too bad since we'll end up paying for some that we don't use. That's just the breaks. Thanks for the quick response.

I'm replacing the cloth on the moderately well used table at our local Senior Center. Since they help out another club that I belong to I am doing it for free if they buy the cloth. Done it and leveling before, not a big problem. Nearest mechanic we could pay for is more than an hour and a...

Thanks to everyone for their help and suggestions. Here’s the latest fly in the ointment: The table measures (bumper edge to bumper edge) 46 inches by 92 inches, so is two inches wider and four inches longer than the 44x88 table I have at home. I believe this should be considered a 4 x 8...

Like everything you say until you start talking quick release. I figure a quick release will save me a couple seconds a few times per month. In return I get to have yet another incompatible format, more confusion with joint protectors and probably higher costs. Not worth it to me. If...

Thanks, good to know since I am looking to replace my cloth with that early next year, maybe when they get their supply issues figured out. Simonis puts out a $20-some video on how to install their cloth. Does anyone know if that sort of thing is covered there? Is it worth getting the video?

Key on super glue is that less is more--a little mound maybe 3 mm diameter and 1 mm high. You want it to bond to both surfaces, but don't want excess glue between the surfaces since it has tremendous adhesion but very low shear strength, which is a fancy way of saying that it isn't very strong...

Agree with Fuggles. Advice to pay for a good mechanic makes sense if you live in a metro area where there are some. The nearest to us is 60 miles away and over a pass, so they want $120 in travel before they even show up, if they are willing to work that day. Nothing about pool tables is...

That's what I use instead of a tip tapper so that I don't have to carry another special purpose tool around. Good for mushrooming and shaping. The other useful tool instead of sandpaper are my wife's old nail files. The center of the files never get used as nail files.

Glad to hear that. I am doing cost of cloth and bumpers only. All the small stuff— tips for recuing, glue, shims, bees wax, occasional hardware and the like is not worth worrying about. I’m retired Navy myself, but had a pretty easy time compared to some of the guys coming back from the Middle...

Thanks. That is where I am headed as well. We are looking at one of the tables at our VFW post as well, so we’ll probably go with that as well there. Don’t know about you Legion guys, but if they ask nicely I’d probably cave and do theirs too.

Or, should we move up the food chain to the Championship Pro Am or Tour Edition cloths?

Looking at using Championship Mercury for redoing the 8 foot table at the local Senior Center. They also sell the Championship Mercury Ultra, costs about another $11. Seems the only difference is that the latter is teflon impregnated, so better at resisting spills and stains. Anyone have any...