Gold Crown Journey

[Ken_4fun]

Life is but a journey. I laugh a little as I am in part 2 in my journey so far. I sold my Olhausen 8 foot table that served me well for about 10 years. I sold it for $1000, and I felt fortunate to get that much for it. It was going to need a refelting of the table so I thought getting the $1000 as is was good.

I was told that a friend of mine had a Gold Crown I with new simonis. What I found was a Gold Crown III with cloth that needs replaced... The casings and feet are scratched up, but the wood looks good.

I bought it, and I should be getting the table in a couple weeks (friend is delivering it for free 3 1/2 hours away)

I made a couple calls today, and a local guy will powdercoat the pockets and feet (10 pieces) for approximately $70. I am thinking I will take the score frames and anything else I can get off done as well. I am planning on coloring them the bronze. There were a couple examples done and their tables look great with green simonis and the bronze.

I will have the table and rails covered by a professional when I get the odds and ends done.

Any thoughts or suggestions?

The journey continues!

Ken

 

[Ken_4fun]

Just for more information. Locally there is Browns Plating. It is nationally known for being one of the best plating companies in the country.

I asked them about plating the feet and casings of the the table. Strangely enough they said they have done many of them at about $800 per table.

The guy I called on the power coating said about $70.

LOL.

Ken

 

[PUTT4DACA$$H]

Powdercoating

I went with what the local powdercoater called "Penny Vein" kind of a hammered bronze on my gold crown 3 and nickle vein on my gold crown 1s. My castings were very pitted and had deep scratches in them and the hammered finish hides alot of that without the cost of hours of prep work,although if I was only doing one table I think I would pay for the extra prep for the smooth finish to come out right. Your prices are similar to a guy I use here in Las Vegas. I think you will be happy with the results


Gordon Graham
425-275-8255
Las Vegas

 

[joewag2]

In the process of doing mine now. Went the cheap route. Grey primer, and 3 coats of Rustoleuim Metalic Cooper after using a 6" wire wheel to clean them up.

I need to paint the white logo on the ball holder, then spray 2 coats of clear coat on everything.

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[Ken_4fun]

For you guys that responded, I am planning on coming back with Green Simonis.

What are you going to do?

ken

 

[Ken_4fun]

I went with what the local powdercoater called "Penny Vein" kind of a hammered bronze on my gold crown 3 and nickle vein on my gold crown 1s. My castings were very pitted and had deep scratches in them and the hammered finish hides alot of that without the cost of hours of prep work,although if I was only doing one table I think I would pay for the extra prep for the smooth finish to come out right. Your prices are similar to a guy I use here in Las Vegas. I think you will be happy with the results


Gordon Graham
425-275-8255
Las Vegas

Can you post or send pictures?

Thanks

 

[Poolhalljunkie]

Powder coating

It ran me a little over 200 to have everything powder coated on my table. I am totally happy with the way it turned out.

 

[ArizonaPete]

I'm not certain but I believe that powder coating gives you a tough finish that's fairly scratch resistance and can stand some abuse. Does anyone know for sure that spray painting results in a more fragile finish? How wear resistant is it? Plating would be bullet-proof but is a lot more expensive. I've seen pictures of some tables where all the castings were done in black. Very attractive.

 

[goldcrown4]

For you guys that responded, I am planning on coming back with Green Simonis.

What are you going to do?

ken

Just adding my 2 cents... I'm unabashedly going with Simonis 860 Green for my Anniversary with its gorgeous walnut rails. My opinion is green is for residential billiard rooms, blue is a color one decorates newborn baby boys' rooms with. I already have the cloth but it is the last thing to do when I begin re-assembly this weekend.

Also, since you're in the Midwest, you might consider sending your rails to be extended and have new cushions installed by Jack Zimmerman in SW Indiana. it's not exactly a short drive, but UPS goes there everyday. Here's his email address: jackzimmerman72@gmail.com and a link to his work: https://picasaweb.google.com/114351443120585754709 . The album labeled "JS Anniversary" is the work he did for me in December. :thumbup:

 

[rrich1]

Just adding my 2 cents... I'm unabashedly going with Simonis 860 Green for my Anniversary with its gorgeous walnut rails. My opinion is green is for residential billiard rooms, blue is a color one decorates newborn baby boys' rooms with. I already have the cloth but it is the last thing to do when I begin re-assembly this weekend.

Also, since you're in the Midwest, you might consider sending your rails to be extended and have new cushions installed by Jack Zimmerman in SW Indiana. it's not exactly a short drive, but UPS goes there everyday. Here's his email address: jackzimmerman72@gmail.com and a link to his work: https://picasaweb.google.com/114351443120585754709 . The album labeled "JS Anniversary" is the work he did for me in December. :thumbup:

mine is the one labled GClll in september. Check out my castings. I had them powder coated maple bronze. :thumbup:

 

[Dave]

cloth color

Yea, I used to be bound by tradition.... I was green all the way... then I played on Tournament Blue.
I'm fortunate enough to have a room for pool... while I do pay attention to color and design.... check your color swatches at the door on this one. We're here to play pool. To cop some design talk... it makes a statement.
The blue offers superior contrast and ultimately it seems easier on the eyes, but it may not be for the living room. This comes from a Doubting Thomas. You may want give it a try.
My table is well lit and I had trouble seeing the dark solids crisply on the green cloth.

... and then I had my cataract surgery.. for a slight up charge I got the cyborg implant [code name: Willie]... I haven't missed since.
...but I digress.
Dave

 

[goldcrown4]

Yea, I used to be bound by tradition.... I was green all the way... then I played on Tournament Blue.
I'm fortunate enough to have a room for pool... while I do pay attention to color and design.... check your color swatches at the door on this one. We're here to play pool. To cop some design talk... it makes a statement.
The blue offers superior contrast and ultimately it seems easier on the eyes, but it may not be for the living room. This comes from a Doubting Thomas. You may want give it a try.
My table is well lit and I had trouble seeing the dark solids crisply on the green cloth.

... and then I had my cataract surgery.. for a slight up charge I got the cyborg implant [code name: Willie]... I haven't missed since.
...but I digress.
Dave

Just for the record, I find the blue refreshing and easy on my 44 year old eyes but just can't put it in my house. I'll bet those cyborg implants are the bomb! I figure one day it will be worth saving for instead of LASIK .

 

[goldcrown4]

mine is the one labled GClll in september. Check out my castings. I had them powder coated maple bronze. :thumbup:

Just checked out jacks gallery on your gc3... Nice work and the castings look great...was trying to determine if the lamp was similar in color to the castings. Curious how well the powder coating has held up.

 

[rrich1]

Just checked out jacks gallery on your gc3... Nice work and the castings look great...was trying to determine if the lamp was similar in color to the castings. Curious how well the powder coating has held up.

lamp is wood and is pretty much the same color as the table. the castings have held up fantastic. I left the metal along the rails original copper since they were in fantastic shape. So happy I went with powder coating over painting it. over time it will last much longer and hold up better than paint.

 

[Ken_4fun]

Guys -

More questions. But first thanks to all for the help.

The metal rail that goes all around the table. Remember, it is a GC III.

Can you take that metal rail off easily?

Thanks again.

Ken

 

[rrich1]

Guys -

More questions. But first thanks to all for the help.

The metal rail that goes all around the table. Remember, it is a GC III.

Can you take that metal rail off easily?

Thanks again.

Ken

believe they are nailed in. I didnt attempt to take them off of mine to powder coat them since they were in fantastic shape.

 

[woody_968]

I would repaint my house if I had to in order to install the blue cloth! But thats just me. Im almost done with my garage and can get my Anniversary set up, I know its an old table but it will have nothing but tournament blue cloth installed. Of course my pool room is going to be Indianapolis Colts theme so blue is not a stretch for me.

Ken, I like the blue better than the green, but at least your getting away from the red you used to have

My only other suggestion for you would be to have the pockets widened as much as possible

Just kiddin ya man, let me know next time your gonna be in town.

Woody

 

[goldcrown4]

I would repaint my house if I had to in order to install the blue cloth! But thats just me. Im almost done with my garage and can get my Anniversary set up, I know its an old table but it will have nothing but tournament blue cloth installed. Of course my pool room is going to be Indianapolis Colts theme so blue is not a stretch for me.
Woody

Since you mentioned the Indy Colts theme, yeah, no doubt tourney blue is the right choice. I might be genetically biased towards green since I'm from Cheeseconsin. That would certainly explain why I'm going with back-lit yellow sapphires for aiming sights (lab grown - chemically identical to natural).

 

[woody_968]

Since you mentioned the Indy Colts theme, yeah, no doubt tourney blue is the right choice. I might be genetically biased towards green since I'm from Cheeseconsin. That would certainly explain why I'm going with back-lit yellow sapphires for aiming sights (lab grown - chemically identical to natural).

Yea, the blue goes with the Colts theme. But I would be doing the blue no matter what I had in the room. I just really like playing on it much better than the green. Took me a little bit to get used to it, but now if ever given the choice I will play on the blue every time.

I would love to see pics of your sights when they are done, that sounds awesome!

 

[goldcrown4]

I would love to see pics of your sights when they are done, that sounds awesome!

I debated for a long time on what to do with the crumbling mother-of-pearl sights the ol' Anni originally had. Since getting into the lapidary arts, I once decided to go with a semi-translucent green colored agate, and then Mr. Bond suggested Tiger's Eye would be interesting. What I ended up doing was cutting and polishing 17 India Moss Agate flat-rounds, but I realized not having a faceter's protractor to ensure 180 degree contact to the grinding wheel, it was nearly impossible to get the agates perfectly round like the holes in my rails. Not only that, but the depth of my "cleaned out" sights were slightly inconsistent, so I had JZ Mechanix use a forstner bit to make them all exactly the same while my rails were shipped to him for new cushions and extensions. As a result, and I knew this going in, my agate rounds would all be too small. I decided to seek out a gem that would be even more durable than the hardness of agate and discovered the lab-grown sapphires as an affordable option. Interestingly, they too are from India!