jstcfleming
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Can anyone give any suggestions/tips on cleaning pool table cloth? I use a horse hair brush but just seems not to do the greatest job
Cleaning Table Tips
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Brush & use Quick-Clean
we vacuum our tables, you should try it!..jeremy
jstcfleming
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Thanks. I will look for it in the local store area or on line. Never saw it last time I looked and local guy was zero help
jstcfleming
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I am nervous of trying to vacuum. Central Vac unit has some serious power
I've got an Oreck hand held unit that I used until it picked up chalk under the cloth and rolled it into little balls. I had pimples all over my cloth. The balls bounced every time they hit one. I thought it was beeswax and chalk until I tore it down.Was just chalk. Can't explain why it did that on my table and not yours but all I do now is brush and wipe it down with a clean damp cloth. Doninstroke75 said:
I keep my set of SuperAramith balls in a poolroom where they don't clean the tables too often. So after a couple of playing sessions my balls, cleaned and polished, get greazy again. I'm considering to try Quick Clean. Will it have any impact if I use it on a certain table say once or twice a week, provided other time the table does not get cleaned but vice versa?
Also,
Do you usually wipe the pockets when cleaning the table?
Also,
that's quoted from another QC thread and I think the same, especially it is relevant in my situation. I noticed the pockets are never ever cleaned, and first of all the balls get nasty dirt from there.Tommy Tube Sock said:
Do you usually wipe the pockets when cleaning the table?
Cleaning a Pool Table Cloth
! have recovered and helped recover many pool tables, never use a brush, all it does is help the dust and dirt get thru the pores of the cloth and build up under the cloth so that you have many roll off spots on the table.
I personally suggest that you use a small Shop Vac for the rails and bed of the table, you can take your hand, fingers ,to get nap out from under the rails, rubbing very lightly or will get cloth burn ..( on fingers)
After vacuming table, take damp cloth and wipe down lightly, ( may use Quick Clean) let air dry,cloth should last a very long time
David Harcrow
! have recovered and helped recover many pool tables, never use a brush, all it does is help the dust and dirt get thru the pores of the cloth and build up under the cloth so that you have many roll off spots on the table.
I personally suggest that you use a small Shop Vac for the rails and bed of the table, you can take your hand, fingers ,to get nap out from under the rails, rubbing very lightly or will get cloth burn ..( on fingers)
After vacuming table, take damp cloth and wipe down lightly, ( may use Quick Clean) let air dry,cloth should last a very long time
David Harcrow
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I've had my 860 for about 5 years. I used to vac almost every day with a Dirt Devil Ultra... yes it has the revolving brush. The brush never caused any damage. About once a month I would wipe it down with a towel dampened with water and rinse well every 1/4 of the table.
After about 3 years of that process I discovered Quick Clean by David Hodges and now I brush daily followed by the Quick Clean and then vacumn with the Dirt Devil once weekly.
I clean and polish the balls weekly with my home made ball polisher. I've never had any problems with or resulting from these processes.
After about 3 years of that process I discovered Quick Clean by David Hodges and now I brush daily followed by the Quick Clean and then vacumn with the Dirt Devil once weekly.
I clean and polish the balls weekly with my home made ball polisher. I've never had any problems with or resulting from these processes.
Hal said:
Me too then wipe down with a wet towel.
Like others I vacuum with a dirt devil (with brush), wash my table with a damp dish towel, wipe out the pockets on my automatic returns with Pledge furniture polish and clean the balls with Aramith ball cleaner.
I was ambivalent about ironing the table with an iron (set for wool with no water in the iron) like the snooker players and have now concluded that it is worth it. First it does speed up the cloth and set the nap (on Simonis 860) in one direction. However, it isn?t really worth the effort for the small amount of gain. What is worth while is ironing out the divots and setting directionality.
My Simonis 860 is about one year old and friends have made enough jump shots and masse shots that I now have perhaps five places where the cloth is slightly torn or a few fibers are broken. I found that when I iron the whole table the divots are crushed (?) or smoothed out. The table looks and plays better. After a day or so the divots can be seen again. Ironing is worth the effort, especially on the older cloth, when you want the best playing conditions.
And yeah I do think it is worth it to use Quick Clean at a pool hall if you want hte best playing conditions.
I was ambivalent about ironing the table with an iron (set for wool with no water in the iron) like the snooker players and have now concluded that it is worth it. First it does speed up the cloth and set the nap (on Simonis 860) in one direction. However, it isn?t really worth the effort for the small amount of gain. What is worth while is ironing out the divots and setting directionality.
My Simonis 860 is about one year old and friends have made enough jump shots and masse shots that I now have perhaps five places where the cloth is slightly torn or a few fibers are broken. I found that when I iron the whole table the divots are crushed (?) or smoothed out. The table looks and plays better. After a day or so the divots can be seen again. Ironing is worth the effort, especially on the older cloth, when you want the best playing conditions.
And yeah I do think it is worth it to use Quick Clean at a pool hall if you want hte best playing conditions.
Vahmurka said:
If they don't keep up with it on a daily basis, I don't think your effort will accomplish much. JMHO.
Vahmurka said:
I use quick clean a couple time a week, and I do wipe out the pockets.
I clean the tables for our local bar owner with a small hand-held Dirt Devil vaccuum with the spinning brush and use a hot/damp towel to wipe the felt surface/side rails/top/pockets etc. Lots of compliments on how good the tables look and play compared to most other places.
ATTN: Do not let people use red or black chalk on green felted tables. It is extremely hard to clean up those colored chalk residues! We have it posted.....NO RED or BLACK allowed!
ATTN: Do not let people use red or black chalk on green felted tables. It is extremely hard to clean up those colored chalk residues! We have it posted.....NO RED or BLACK allowed!
I use a dry horse hair brush first and then wet the same brush and wipe down a 1/4 of the table at a time. I definitely wipe out the pockets after brushing. I picked up the wet brush idea from a pool hall awhile back. It seems to work fine for the most part and takes out most of the spots.
As for chalk getting through Simonis, they claim their weave is too tight and it doesn't happen. However, I know when I took the cloth off my previous table that there sure was a lot of chalk dust underneath my 860 cloth.
I did the shop vac for awhile with the slotted attachment so that it wasn't a tight suction against the cloth. It seemed to work, but I stopped doing it due to conflicting reports about vacuum being good or bad for the table. I may start up again since I don't like the idea of a bunch of chalk building up underneath the cloth. Remember! No chalking your cue over the table! Always off to the side!
I like the Quick Clean idea since it's like an emulsification process. I just haven't felt like forking over any cash for it yet.
As for chalk getting through Simonis, they claim their weave is too tight and it doesn't happen. However, I know when I took the cloth off my previous table that there sure was a lot of chalk dust underneath my 860 cloth.
I did the shop vac for awhile with the slotted attachment so that it wasn't a tight suction against the cloth. It seemed to work, but I stopped doing it due to conflicting reports about vacuum being good or bad for the table. I may start up again since I don't like the idea of a bunch of chalk building up underneath the cloth. Remember! No chalking your cue over the table! Always off to the side!
I like the Quick Clean idea since it's like an emulsification process. I just haven't felt like forking over any cash for it yet.