Someone spilled beer on my home table the other night and u can see and smell it. What's the best
Way to get it clean?
Way to get it clean?
Best way to get beer out of felt
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Use a steam cleaner and febreeze. Try the steam cleaner first without the febreeze. If needed then spray some febreeze on it and vacuum.
Also I should throw in a plug for Milliken Super Pro cloth. Every FIBER is coated with SpillGuard (tm) which is a special coating to prevent liquids from being absorbed into the fibers.
Thus spills are easy to clean up. Unlike the competition the coating is on all sides of the fibers and not just the surface. This makes a big difference in how the cloth reacts to spills.
Also I should throw in a plug for Milliken Super Pro cloth. Every FIBER is coated with SpillGuard (tm) which is a special coating to prevent liquids from being absorbed into the fibers.
Thus spills are easy to clean up. Unlike the competition the coating is on all sides of the fibers and not just the surface. This makes a big difference in how the cloth reacts to spills.
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a rag with a dab of super glue on it. the glue helps lift the beer stain!
If you think getting beer out of pool table cloth is tough, try getting snot out of corduroy. You can't do it. 
I would sugest woolite and water to clean the beer stain with, not febreeze...as it's not a cleaner what-so-ever
Quit pool!!!
If you think getting beer out of pool table cloth is tough, try getting snot out of corduroy. You can't do it.
Or off a screen door!!:grin-square:
I would use a white clean damp cloth with water and a mild dish soap and blot the area repeatedly. Depending on what cloth you have, using a steam cleaner is good if it is a true steam cleaner and not one that applies water first and then just sucks it up. Because it could loosen the adheisve applied to the back of the cloth or streatch it out, weaken the cement in 3 peice slate and damage wood. Excessive rubbing will take out the nap of the cloth. So just blot. Some cloths will also bleed and the stain may get wider and harder. My quaifications on this you may ask is; I own a housecleaning business, over 20 years running.
If it is woven cloth I have had success with resolve "don't use brush" get the foamy type, spray it on, and use a towel to soak it up. Don't wipe it.
Removing Stains
Over the years I've found out that "Sprite Soda" will clean about anything, Ive used it on pool table stains from spilled beers, to a bad chili stain on my nice leather swede jacket.
Just get a bottle of sprite soda and a damp cloth, pour alittle on the cloth and gently rub the stain, let air dry and the stain will be gone!
David Harcrow
Over the years I've found out that "Sprite Soda" will clean about anything, Ive used it on pool table stains from spilled beers, to a bad chili stain on my nice leather swede jacket.
Just get a bottle of sprite soda and a damp cloth, pour alittle on the cloth and gently rub the stain, let air dry and the stain will be gone!
David Harcrow
What kind of cloth and what color? I assume it's a slate table with worsted wool, like Simonis.
Whatever you use you will likely leave a stain ring on the wool. The darker the fabric, the worse the stain ring.
So, there are 2 stages - 1) the cleaning and 2) the stain removal.
The suggestion of Woolite diluted with water is a good one for cleaning. Use it sparingly, preferably in a spray bottle with a soft white cloth- you don't want to soak it but get it wet enough to penetrate the slate (like the beer did). Let that dry for a week or so (the slate absords the moisture so it takes awhile for it to dry).
Once it dries completely and you have a stain ring left, try to gently rub the edges out with a nylon suede brush. There is another way I use of removing the stain edges , but you have to be very careful as some of the color might be removed too and it can leave a light spot.
Chris
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Thanks for the replies yall. Its time for new cloth anyways so It doesnt need to be perfect. just enough to stop bothering me for a few weeks. Ill start off as gentle as possible and then work my way up to the stronger stuff. Thanks again.
Licking.
Yeah no shyt lol
who said I was drinkin Smart a$$, and what if it was coffee? Thanks for the insightfull and usefull post. No i know why more pros dont post on here.
I think I would quit If i had to quit drinkin too. lol
Heresy!
thats what I was thinkin.
Send your friend a bill for $350.00 to replace the felt. Of course, if you have red felt, bill him for $100.00.
Heck, don't bill him $100, take him out for a steak dinner for having an excuse to finally get away from red cloth!
Once the cloth is changed, do what I do on my home table. If ANYBODY brings a drink within 3 feet of my table it's a "foul" and 5 bucks goes into the nightly pot. At the end of the night, we play 3 ball for the pot... with a couple bucks added of course.