Felt cleaning

buckshotshoey said:
Ill add in a break to the bickering. I use a small shop vac on my table. If you use the horse hair brush (same bristles as your table brush by the way) you will not pull the filler from the seams. Air is allowed to pass in from the sides of the brush. No way to get that much suck with it. But it is more then enough to pull up chalk dust. Then wipe with micro fiber cloth to finish. Doesn't even need to be damp. The micofiber has a magnetic effect and pulls any remaining dust.....especially under the cushions.

My micro fiber towel is yellow. Well, it was yellow. Been through wash several times and the blue will not come out. Any suggestions? Thinking of trying some benzene. Ok....couldn't resist. But how about dry cleaners fluid?
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Point is?...
Checked a bit about dry cleaner's fluid, due to composition won't do it since there's possibility of altering cloth color (it's used mainly in spot cleaning), something which won't happen with colorless benzene without lead that is used for decades in cloth cleaning.
As far as the micro fiber towel method, obviously a well used towel needs to be replaced.
This brought another fine example of what I'm talking about: chlorine is used in floor cleaning worldwide, just a bit diluted into water. Chlorine is also carcinogenic, that doesn't mean adults don't use it in minor quantities with precaution, like most chemicals found in every house, effectively without any problems at all..
According to the "other side" here, we should stop using almost every chemical found in daily use, since they are indeed carcinogenic theoretically..
Or we could just continue using them and benefit from their use..
To each on her/his own.
 
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Petros Andrikop said:
Point is?...
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Point is.....I'm telling how I clean my cloth and asking how to get the chalk dust cleaned out of my micro fiber towel. I threw the benzene comment to be an asshole! Lol

I've worked in body shops and have used many different chemicals. Benzene was an ingredient in many. Use precautions and all is good.
 
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buckshotshoey said:
Point is.....I'm telling how I clean my cloth and asking how to get the chalk dust cleaned out of my micro fiber towel. I threw the benzene comment to be an asshole! Lol

I've worked in body shops and have used many different chemicals. Benzene was an ingredient in many. Use precautions and all is good.
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I added some comments above, I wasn't picking on you, if it looked that way I truly apologise. Thanks for your reply.
 
Petros Andrikop said:
I added some comments above, I wasn't picking on you, if it looked that way I truly apologise. Thanks for your reply.
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Not at all. No prob. I would say just learn about what chemicals you are using. I've had pretty extensive training on lots of them. Benzene is safe if used AND DISPOSED OF properly. Education is the key.
 
buckshotshoey said:
Not at all. No prob. I would say just learn about what chemicals you are using. I've had pretty extensive training on lots of them. Benzene is safe if used AND DISPOSED OF properly. Education is the key.
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I agree, I'm only pointing out that house use with proper precaution is not complicated. Everybody may just put a bit, a few drops on a damp towel without problems, just as every house lady puts a few ml of chlorine into a lt of water when cleaning floors.
Instructions and danger possibilities are mentioned in every packed chemical, with a bit of common sense there's no problem using them.
Thanks again for your reply, it's good people with relative experience in this field coming out so that others may see (if they want to see..) there's no problem and no need to over-react.
Best,
Petros
 
Petros Andrikop said:
If you want to avoid extra expenses and maintain playability for as long as possible, you should use a vacuum as often as possible, cover the table every night, and if you play every day then wipe gently the playing surface twice a month (no more) with a wet towel, very well squeezed.
You may add some benzene without lead to the wet towel before squeezing it, it's a quite "innocent" chemical that you can find in supermarket stores, helps applying less moisture to the cloth.
Use a dry towel with a bit more pressure and clean towards one direction, wait for 10-15 minutes and the table is ready for play.

Clean the rail surface with a wet cloth and some wax polish every once in a while, use clean balls (you may use alcohol to clean a well used CB before applying a special cream), and if you can avoid chalk that leaves too much residue on the cloth.

Having the table in good conditions is essential, as well as using spots at break areas if you don't care about repeating 100% exactly tournament racking conditions. It's also good that twice a year you clean the ball return system under the table (if it has one), since dirt will be there too and is picked up by the balls after pocketing.

After some time you will notice that the rail cloth has picked up some dirt which doesn't come out by cleaning, making the rail reaction faster and closing in rebound angles.
You can use gently a 1000 grit sanding to take out the dirt from it, wiping it out with a dry cloth afterwards, restoring the rail's reaction to a more "normal" one for some time.

It is also essential that the cloth is well stressed when installed by a professional.

Keeping these habits will help you keep a well playing table for a long time, "a recipe for happiness" as the great Robert Byrne would say... :)
Petros
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Petros Andrikop said:
If you would have even bothered reading the official link I provided, you would have noticed among other things benzene mentioned as chemical part of cigarettes...
Imagine the difference in the tiny amount I suggested using (of a theoretically carcinogenic material, like most others if overused but certainly not in insignificant .
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I hate when people forget what they say..............
In the top quote you will find the benzene part of your ORIGINAL POST.
Please speak to that. Show me the LINK and the recommondation of a TINY amount.
Hint. You can't.
As I said it wasn't until pressed by me and others that you clarified what you meant about this wonderful cleaning method.
You first post was reckless. Just admit it. You will feel much better.
 
9andout said:
I hate when people forget what they say..............
In the top quote you will find the benzene part of your ORIGINAL POST.
Please speak to that. Show me the LINK and the recommondation of a TINY amount.
Hint. You can't.
As I said it wasn't until pressed by me and others that you clarified what you meant about this wonderful cleaning method.
You first post was reckless. Just admit it. You will feel much better.
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So the problem was the word "some" which in your mind meant "a lot"?...
No, even after the "clarification" was provided in the following replies, you still were negative with no reasonable arguments.
As it was pointed out, in a mainly adult forum one doesn't have to take everybody "by the hand", explaining things in daily use of chemicals at home that even 12 year olds have no problem to understand...
Even after people here with relative experience provided adequate replies, still you won't just accept a simple human error in your approach.
Now you try to divert the discussion into "clarification" issues, "forgetting" you were negative with no reason even after those clarifications were provided...
Everybody does mistakes, you clearly understood what we're talking about here, yet you insisted in your phobia like a kid, in order to do what?...
You need to grow up and move on, no need to bring back this thread to page one even after you were locked in before that.
The reason you brought it back now is just you couldn't accept the fact you looked like a fool by insisting on something that almost everyone else understood differently than you.
It also seems that you were used in not having response to your rude behavior before, even if it was tolerated here for some time.
Well, sometimes that's not the case...
Just let it go, the more you reply, the worse for you....
And do try the method I suggested, it will only benefit your table, and you won't get any trouble at all.
Learn your lesson.
 
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Tired of quoting you Petros. It wastes so much space on this thread. (Like your rambling replies). Get trolled much? You seem like a very easy catch. I would say I'm trolling you BUT I am actually stating facts and giving coherent replies.
Never saw this before, but I think you have actually trolled yourself!
That is a first. Now, get back in the water. I have to get back to the dock. Later.
 
9andout said:
Tired of quoting you Petros. It wastes so much space on this thread. (Like your rambling replies). Get trolled much? You seem like a very easy catch. I would say I'm trolling you BUT I am actually stating facts and giving coherent replies.
Never saw this before, but I think you have actually trolled yourself!
That is a first. Now, get back in the water. I have to get back to the dock. Later.
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It's good that you finally realize you do waste space on this thread.
Better late than never...
As far as the replies thing, I guess "rambling" for you is providing official links and "coherent" providing no data, no arguments, only negativity and rudness.
Well, in this planet it's the opposite of what you think, be sure most people here would agree.
Now please do get back to your planet's dock...
PS No need to inform az about the word "troll" in your planet's language, or anything related to your self diagnosis, I don't think anyone on earth would be interested...
 
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Holy crap....68 posts to say, brush, vac and uses a wet, lint free cloth....yikes. You guys have too much time on your hands....
 
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Petros Andrikop said:
"Good point", perhaps others should start counting thread replies too if that's "useful", about anything... :)
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"I know you are but what am I?"
Sums up your inane posts entirely. SAD for you.
Do you friends call you DIAMOND HEAD MUCH?
THE END!!
 
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