Electric Blue Simonis

highrun55

highrun55

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Looking for opinions on this new blue cloth color some tournaments are using, have you played on it and do the shots look clearer, less glare etc.
We have been using green for so long I wonder if my customers could take a change in new cloth color.
 
It is weird at first not being on green. Truthfully, I never got used to it. It isn't bad, just different, hang on; got to chack the brackets and see how Jesse is doing.
 
Blue Simonis

I played the Derby City Classic this year and loved the blue cloth. When I returned home, I immediately had my nine foot Diamond pro reclothed with the DCC blue 860 Simonis cloth. I would never go back to green. Diamond recommends you use green chalk instead of blue. Your customers will like it, I'm sure.

Cross Side Larry

"Learn from the best, and beat the rest"
 
I REEEEALLLLLLYY like it!

It took a very short time to get used to, but after playing on it, I am very partial. :D
 
CrossSideLarry said:
...Diamond recommends you use green chalk instead of blue....
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Now I'm confused. Wouldn't you want to use (Masters of course) Blue chalk on a table with Blue cloth so the chalk marks don't show up? Isn't that one of the advantages? Or is the rationale that using a chalk color that matches your cloth will lead you to not cleaning the cloth as often as you need as you cannot see the chalk building up?
 
1pRoscoe said:
I REEEEALLLLLLYY like it!

It took a very short time to get used to, but after playing on it, I am very partial. :D
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I really like it a lot. I got to play on it at during a TAP league money tournament.

It my favorite color so far.

Like camel/tan, it lets a lot of light in, and is still soothing on the eyes. I would love to have it on my home table, EXCEPT that the marjory of the time it's on traditional green tables I shoot on outside of my home.
 
If you've never tried the Master green chalk on Simonis green cloth - the chalk dust shows up A LOT more. I work at a pool hall and it drove me crazy when we ran out of blue chalk and we were forced to use the green (had a box that was mistakenly ordered). It felt like I had to brush the table twice as long to get the table to look like it had decently been cleaned.

Edit: I think the blue cloth is awesome and it's easier to see the balls, especially when they're near the rails. The rail shadow from the overhead light seems like it's not so dark. Could just be an optical illusion but that's how it appears to me.
 
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Personally, I like the color. Bob says he plays on it just a well as the green.

I have heard others complain, so I think it would be up to the particular person that is playing on it.

Back to my personal opinion... The green should be used for ALL tournament play. Why? Because people are used to it and using the new blue is not fair to those who have not played on it. It is not possible for all Halls, Bars and homeowners to change their cloth to get used to it at tournament's..
 
unAmerican, that is what it is, unAmerican!

Any other color than green is unAmerican! Almost certainly a communist plot!

I have played on odd colored tables in the past, tan and burgundy. Seems like I played on blue tables too but I don't remember. Anyway, I rambled into a poolhall and all of the tables were blue! I was more than a little skeptical.

Both my partner and I felt like we played better on the blue cloth though and I think it was because we could see a little better. Maybe the blue cloth reflects a little more light under the rails, I don't know. I do know that with two halls with diamond lights, one with traditional green cloth and the other with blue, the one with the blue seems better lit. Nothing scientific about this, just observation and opinion.

Hu
 
I love it. Have always played on green, and last month got a Diamond Pro with the blue cloth. Didn't take any getting used to.
 
The first time I ever saw the blue cloth was at the Joss Turning Stone Casino event, three Turning Stones ago! :p

It looked like it was electric blue, all right, and I remember commenting to Greg Sullivan about it. He immediately corrected me on the color. In the industry, the color is called "tour blue."

According to Greg, the sports scientists did a study on which color would be best for the eye. The tennis circuit was the first to use the tour blue color, as evidenced by the tennis courts on TV which soon changed to that blue color when the concept of "tour blue" and its benefits was first introduced.

I also heard a strange bit of smut about Master's chalk, though I don't know if it's true. There's a school of thought which thinks the old Master's chalk, blue in color, had lead in it. So Master's came out with a new brand, which is sold today, without lead. Since I don't play pool, I'm not sure if one can tell the difference in the Master's chalk, with lead or without lead!

Picture of the Turning Stone Casino ballroom with the tour blue cloth adorning the Diamond tables, the first time I ever laid my eyes on it!

JAM
 

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i dont think that is Electric Blue, is it? they have powder blue, electric blue, and isnt their a 3rd blue color that is supposedly best for television?

just not sure what they played DCC on, you better check before you buy some of it............

DCP
 
I'm not positive but electric blue is different from the tournament blue you see on tv.
 
DrCue'sProtege said:
i dont think that is Electric Blue, is it? they have powder blue, electric blue, and isnt their a 3rd blue color that is supposedly best for television?...
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Well, according to Greg Sullivan, who sets up the Diamond tables at most pool events I have attended, right from of the horse's mouth, he stated to me that the color of the cloth is called: TOUR BLUE!

JAM
 
CrossSideLarry said:
I played the Derby City Classic this year and loved the blue cloth. When I returned home, I immediately had my nine foot Diamond pro reclothed with the DCC blue 860 Simonis cloth. I would never go back to green. Diamond recommends you use green chalk instead of blue. Your customers will like it, I'm sure.

Cross Side Larry

"Learn from the best, and beat the rest"
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I really like the blue cloth much better-- It's these old eyes.

However I bought a gross of light green chalk and think it is terrible. I started a thread about two months ago and many other players agreed that the light green chalk is not nearly as good as the blue Masters chalk.
 
I switched from green to blue. I made sure I told the man who was going to install it I wanted the Tour Blue. He showed up with electric blue. We argued about it, he said they were the same. He reordered the tour blue and I couldn't tell any difference between the two when he came back. Either way I'm VERY happy with the color.

Mantis
 
JAM said:
Well, according to Greg Sullivan, who sets up the Diamond tables at most pool events I have attended, right from of the horse's mouth, he stated to me that the color of the cloth is called: TOUR BLUE!

JAM
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Someone better call the crew from "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy" to settle this one. "Electric Blue"? Sounds flakey.
I think pool cloth colors should have more masculine names, like "Smacked ass Red", "Pimp my Ride Purple", or "Ganja Green". Or something like that.
 
Very impressive photo!

JAM,

I don't want to derail the cloth topic because I think it has value however I had to compliment you on that photo if you took it. Excellent!

ShootingArts has turned out to be a pretty generic name that has stretched to cover three business efforts over the years, one was photography.

Hu


JAM said:
The first time I ever saw the blue cloth was at the Joss Turning Stone Casino event, three Turning Stones ago! :p

It looked like it was electric blue, all right, and I remember commenting to Greg Sullivan about it. He immediately corrected me on the color. In the industry, the color is called "tour blue."

According to Greg, the sports scientists did a study on which color would be best for the eye. The tennis circuit was the first to use the tour blue color, as evidenced by the tennis courts on TV which soon changed to that blue color when the concept of "tour blue" and its benefits was first introduced.

I also heard a strange bit of smut about Master's chalk, though I don't know if it's true. There's a school of thought which thinks the old Master's chalk, blue in color, had lead in it. So Master's came out with a new brand, which is sold today, without lead. Since I don't play pool, I'm not sure if one can tell the difference in the Master's chalk, with lead or without lead!

Picture of the Turning Stone Casino ballroom with the tour blue cloth adorning the Diamond tables, the first time I ever laid my eyes on it!

JAM
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