How often is does your pool hall tables get refelted?

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jaime_lion

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So I haven't been talking here much mostly cause I have stayed in my apartment since October. I have not played pool. Not cause the pool hall is closed or anything but because of Covid concerns. If you guys ever want to come to South Dakota we only had 1 lock down back in march of 2020. Since then everything has been open.

Also I have been spending more time on Reddit. So I made a post on Reddit about pool tables or such and someone commented that their pool hall changes the felt on the pool tables once every 18 months. Is this normal? How often should pool tables be refelted?

Thanks
 
Place I play at puts on new cloth every couple years. It's pretty busy and most table are pretty worn by then, 18 months may be better. Simonis 860HR I believe. At my home table I can go about 5 years with maybe 10-15 hours play a week, it's not badly worn but I like to freshen it up. Few things nicer than new cloth.
 
About 12-15 months. 860HR.

We get a lot of play, and honestly, they don’t do enough to clean/maintain the cloth throughout the year...
 
I think times are getting extended with Covid and lack of revenue. The guy who did my table recently is completely booked out doing home rooms and repairing other installers mistakes.
 
jaime_lion said:
So I haven't been talking here much mostly cause I have stayed in my apartment since October. I have not played pool. Not cause the pool hall is closed or anything but because of Covid concerns. If you guys ever want to come to South Dakota we only had 1 lock down back in march of 2020. Since then everything has been open.

Also I have been spending more time on Reddit. So I made a post on Reddit about pool tables or such and someone commented that their pool hall changes the felt on the pool tables once every 18 months. Is this normal? How often should pool tables be refelted?

Thanks
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Used to be every year, but we do them more like every two years now. If they are maintained well - brushed, vacuumed, and periodically wet down, that helps them to last longer.

One of the biggest culprits causing nicks in the cloth are house cues that are not properly maintained - well rounded on the edges and replaced when they get worn down. The sharp edges on the tip edges combined with recreational players who attempt the dig under the cue ball jump shots, are the biggest causes of nicks in the cloth.
 
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Used to be every year, but we do them more like every two years now. If they are maintained well - brushed, vacuumed, and periodically wet down, that helps them to last longer.

One of the biggest culprits causing nicks in the cloth are house cues that are not properly maintained - well rounded on the edges and replaced when they get worn down. The sharp edges on the tip edges combined with recreational players who attempt the dig under the cue ball jump shots, are the biggest causes of nicks in the cloth.
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When you say nicks do you mean like actual gouges or the white burn marks?
 
jaime_lion said:
When you say nicks do you mean like actual gouges or the white burn marks?
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I wouldn’t call a nick the same as a gouge. What I would call a nick certainly tears some fibers in the cloth surface, but nothing bad enough to worry about replacing the cloth. Using an electric razor does a good job of removing the fiber threads that are sticking up, so a slow rolling ball won’t be as affected by the small imperfections in the cloth caused by the nick.

There is certainly no way to prevent the white burn marks, break tracks and along the cushion tracks near the pockets and racking spots where the balls are racked. That is normal unpreventable wear that is slightly lessened by 860HR cloth as opposed to regular 860 cloth.
 
yes your cloth needs to be taken care of as well as your house cues and such. it all takes a toll on the cloth.
and the bangers should be steered towards certain tables in the room that are not players tables. it used to be common for to have a few tables in front in a room reserved unless full for the better players or gamblers.

and every room should have some 9 ball tables or tables where players break hard from and must use a break cloth.
this way the other tables last longer.
 
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yes your cloth needs to be taken care of as well as your house cues and such. it all takes a toll on the cloth.
and the bangers should be steered towards certain tables in the room that are not players tables. it used to be common for to have a few tables in front in a room reserved unless full for the better players or gamblers.

and every room should have some 9 ball tables or tables where players break hard from and must use a break cloth.
this way the other tables last longer.
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I agree that in an ideal world you try to steer recreational players towards certain tables. Fact is, some customers don’t like to be told what tables they can and can’t play on when they walk in a room and see open tables. For many customers the location of the table in the room is the most important factor.
 
ChrisinNC said:
I wouldn’t call a nick the same as a gouge. What I would call a nick certainly tears some fibers in the cloth surface, but nothing bad enough to worry about replacing the cloth. Using an electric razor does a good job of removing the fiber threads that are sticking up, so a slow rolling ball won’t be as affected by the small imperfections in the cloth caused by the nick.

There is certainly no way to prevent the white burn marks, break tracks and along the cushion tracks near the pockets and racking spots where the balls are racked. That is normal unpreventable wear that is slightly lessened by 860HR cloth as opposed to regular 860 cloth.
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How much wear should there be before you replace the felt? Like how bad should the white lines be before replacing the felt?
 
maha said:
yes your cloth needs to be taken care of as well as your house cues and such. it all takes a toll on the cloth.
and the bangers should be steered towards certain tables in the room that are not players tables. it used to be common for to have a few tables in front in a room reserved unless full for the better players or gamblers.

and every room should have some 9 ball tables or tables where players break hard from and must use a break cloth.
this way the other tables last longer.
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I would love to live where you live or smoke whatever you are smoking in order for this to happen
 
jaime_lion said:
How much wear should there be before you replace the felt? Like how bad should the white lines be before replacing the felt?
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The break tracks and burn marks honestly don’t affect the play of the table that much, more just detracting from the looks of the cloth surface. For both home table owners as well as pool room owners, the decision is generally based on what you can afford, what you’re used to playing on and the expectations of your regular clientele.
 
jaime_lion said:
So I haven't been talking here much mostly cause I have stayed in my apartment since October. I have not played pool. Not cause the pool hall is closed or anything but because of Covid concerns. If you guys ever want to come to South Dakota we only had 1 lock down back in march of 2020. Since then everything has been open.

Also I have been spending more time on Reddit. So I made a post on Reddit about pool tables or such and someone commented that their pool hall changes the felt on the pool tables once every 18 months. Is this normal? How often should pool tables be refelted?

Thanks
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The word is 'CLOTH'. You've spent enough time on here to know the lingo by now. THIS is felt: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felt
 
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This place by me is several years overdue for a change, the cloth is so worn down it's basically slate. The holes in it are actually smooth since the material is so thin LOL The tables were a combination of black and red which is why there is red on the table from the red chalk on the cues. The red marks that look like pimples are small rips in the cloth. I went there twice, once soon after they opened with used tables from another place that closed and a second time for a tournament a few friends asked me to go to. What I don't get is that there are actually regulars that play there, and those are decent players. However for some reason most of those players don't go to play anywhere else. There are players I have not seen in a long time, they choose to play there instead of places not far from them with proper equipment. I thought they just quit playing, but nope, they just choose to slum in this place LOL

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The Simonis 760 on my table has been there for over 6 years. Used a lot the first year, not so much for 4 years, and used a lot during the COVID crisis.
 
some people go to a certain place because thats where they want to hang out. the equipment may not factor into it.
those places are lucky as most others with poor management get to go out of business.
 
ChrisinNC said:
I agree that in an ideal world you try to steer recreational players towards certain tables. Fact is, some customers don’t like to be told what tables they can and can’t play on when they walk in a room and see open tables. For many customers the location of the table in the room is the most important factor.
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Romines in Milwaukee assign you a table when you pick up your balls, it is at that time they turn the light on over the table you will be using. I suppose if you wanna play in the dark you can use any table.
 
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