I don't think cloth affects skids.
How would we settle a bet about it?Bet me something on it��
It's extra friction between the two balls that causes the CB to "climb" the OB - the same ball/ball friction that causes the "extra throw" we call skids. In fact, the same friction that causes normal throw, just more of it (because of chalk or other stuff between the balls).It the surface of the cloth has enough friction contact on the base of the ball that prevents it from sliding first, and insists on being forced to roll first in order to move it from the position the ball is sitting in, that resistance is what causes the cue ball to climb up on the object ball, because for a split second the cue ball has impacted against an immovable object.
Clean waxed balls also have less friction between them...If the object ball is allowed to slide from its position first, before it starts to roll, the friction of sitting on the cloth is out of play. Clean, waxed balls present no sitting friction, and slide before rolling.
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