So...I am apparently brilliant when it comes to taking apart my pool table. Not realizing it was a pinned slate, I lifted up on one of the end pieces. Of course, this cracked/damaged the slate pretty badly at each pin sleeve location. I am pretty disgusted with myself but after doing some reading on here it sounds like it should be relatively fixable.
All of the pin locations broke -- some wider/larger than others. Three broke clean off, and one is cracked but still in place (sounds hollow when I tap it though...).
1) For the thin pieces with a large surface area, I can't seem to get them to sit flush with the rest of the surface even if I clean out all debris, etc. If I superglue them in place, and there is a bit of a "lip," can I come back later and sand them flush again? Or what's the best way to do these pieces?
2) For the deep crack that flaked apart (many pieces, not able to put back together), is the best way to just do layers of epoxy and/or bondo to bring it back up to flush with the surface?
3) For the damage that hasn't broken off (hollow sounding), should I break that so that I can re-glue it and know that it's solid? My concern would be a ball dropping on that area and shattering it after I put cloth down.
4) I'm getting ready to move the table into semi-long term storage (a few years)...what of the above needs to be done BEFORE putting it into storage? What can wait to be done until I'm ready to set it up again?
Anything I'm missing here?
Thanks for the help..and feel free to make fun of me for my mistake!:embarrassed2:
Here's the photo. I already super-glued one piece back down (top pin, it was pretty flush), and I started to glue the huge piece down but realized it was not going to sit flush so I pulled it back up. The bottom pin is the one that broke into a ton of small pieces, and the pin between (3rd from top) is the one that did not break off but is cracked and hollow.
All of the pin locations broke -- some wider/larger than others. Three broke clean off, and one is cracked but still in place (sounds hollow when I tap it though...).
1) For the thin pieces with a large surface area, I can't seem to get them to sit flush with the rest of the surface even if I clean out all debris, etc. If I superglue them in place, and there is a bit of a "lip," can I come back later and sand them flush again? Or what's the best way to do these pieces?
2) For the deep crack that flaked apart (many pieces, not able to put back together), is the best way to just do layers of epoxy and/or bondo to bring it back up to flush with the surface?
3) For the damage that hasn't broken off (hollow sounding), should I break that so that I can re-glue it and know that it's solid? My concern would be a ball dropping on that area and shattering it after I put cloth down.
4) I'm getting ready to move the table into semi-long term storage (a few years)...what of the above needs to be done BEFORE putting it into storage? What can wait to be done until I'm ready to set it up again?
Anything I'm missing here?
Thanks for the help..and feel free to make fun of me for my mistake!:embarrassed2:
Here's the photo. I already super-glued one piece back down (top pin, it was pretty flush), and I started to glue the huge piece down but realized it was not going to sit flush so I pulled it back up. The bottom pin is the one that broke into a ton of small pieces, and the pin between (3rd from top) is the one that did not break off but is cracked and hollow.
