Alternative to Brunswick Superspeed cushions

[Black-Balled]

You might change your mind if you played on my table.

Nutty.

Seems many home tables play slower that commercial environment, in my experience.

 

[fastone371]

I would guess that the life expectancy of Superspeeds to be similar to Artemis, if not a slight bit longer... In my experience, Artemis seem to be good for only about 15 years. Maybe slightly longer, if the table is in a controlled environment. My 9' Diamond is a Red Label, from 2009. It was converted to Blue label, in about 2011, using the same Artemis cushions. They have been banking sluggish for a couple of years now.

I've seen several Brunswick tables from the late '90's, with Superspeed cushions that are still just fine. However, I've seen many from the early '90's, which have dry-rotted, and required replacement. Supposedly, the rubber composition changed in the mid-'90's. I don't know that to be 100% accurate, but it would make sense.

What do you mean by "banking sluggish"? Do you mean speed testing the table just straight up and down? When my cushions were brand new it went 4 3/4 to 5 lengths and it still plays about the same. I cant say that I have noticed any difference in mine yet other than the cloth is showing a good bit of wear.

 

[phanispal]

Pressed?

I've been told that a manufacturer here in Greece (Sivissidis) is the only one that uses this technique, haven’t seen it with my own eyes.

I guess the most common way is glueing them to the rail by hand?