Issues with GC2 recover

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Within the last 3 months I had a mechanic setup and recover my Gold Crown with Simonis 860hr. Now it seems that where the slates meets you can feel the material used to fill in the cracks is coming out. Possible due to me vacuming the table... not sure. The mechanic used some type of powder/water mixture to fill in the cracks. He did not use bondo or bees wax for sure. Now when the balls roll over the area they dont roll true. This is happening in multiple places on the table...

Is there anyway for him to fix this without having to purchase new felt?
 
jmac79 said:
Within the last 3 months I had a mechanic setup and recover my Gold Crown with Simonis 860hr. Now it seems that where the slates meets you can feel the material used to fill in the cracks is coming out. Possible due to me vacuming the table... not sure. The mechanic used some type of powder/water mixture to fill in the cracks. He did not use bondo or bees wax for sure. Now when the balls roll over the area they dont roll true. This is happening in multiple places on the table...

Is there anyway for him to fix this without having to purchase new felt?
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Sounds like your seams have popped. You can pull the staples and re use the cloth. The slates will need to be seperated and a glue wick should be placed in between the slates at 4 pts per seam. Then level the slates. Now you can glue and seal the seams.
 
jmac79 said:
Within the last 3 months I had a mechanic setup and recover my Gold Crown with Simonis 860hr. Now it seems that where the slates meets you can feel the material used to fill in the cracks is coming out. Possible due to me vacuming the table... not sure. The mechanic used some type of powder/water mixture to fill in the cracks. He did not use bondo or bees wax for sure. Now when the balls roll over the area they dont roll true. This is happening in multiple places on the table...

Is there anyway for him to fix this without having to purchase new felt?
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That's because durums rock hard was used instead of bondo. I've said this before, if rock hard/plaster is used, and it's not mixed right, it'll dry out, flake apart at the seams, and when you vacuum the cloth....it picks up the little crumbs like rocks and spreads them all over under the cloth...creating speed bumps every where. Call him back, HE can take the cloth off and fix his screw up, reinstall the cloth...and leave without charging you a penny...as he needs to stand behind this kind of work if he's going to fill the slate seams with rock hard:rolleyes:

Glen
 
Glen,

I will contact him and see if he will fix the issue. Should I request for him to use bondo?


I still want you to contact me when you come through Texas to tighten up my table!! This mechanic had suggested extending the subrails but after this and comparing your work to his this is a no brainer.. I want it setup right so I will be happy with it!!


Please contact me when you come though Houston Texas.. My phone number is in a PM I sent you earlier this week.


Thanks,
Jody
 
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jmac79 said:
Glen,

I will contact him and see if he will fix the issue. Should I request for him to use bondo?


I still want you to contact me when you come through Texas to tighten up my table!! This mechanic had suggested extending the subrails but after this and comparing your work to his this is a no brainer.. I want it setup right so I will be happy with it!!


Please contact me when you come though Houston Texas.. My phone number is in a PM I sent you earlier this week.


Thanks,
Jody
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Unless he wants to come back every few months and fix the table. LOL Yes use bondo.
 
PoolTable911 said:
Sounds like your seams have popped. You can pull the staples and re use the cloth. The slates will need to be seperated and a glue wick should be placed in between the slates at 4 pts per seam. Then level the slates. Now you can glue and seal the seams.
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Can you glue the seams and use beeswax?
 
Jim Vondrell said:
The glue will soak deep enough into the card stock that the torch will not break the glue down?
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I did it yesterday in Dallas on a table with slate issues.
No problem.
Maybe if you set fire to the card, but otherwise, it's just business as usual.



Get whoever did the table back, and have them redo their table work..... and tell them to lose the Durhams. and then their toolbags when they finish cleaning up their mess.;)
 
He used the Durans rockhard due to the table being in my non climate controlled garage in Texas.. He didn't think beeswax would be a good idea due to temp fluctuations. I called him up and told him what happen and he said he would come out. He/I didn't bring up money so I hope he does not try to charge me.
 
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jmac79 said:
He used the Durans rockhard due to the table being in my non climate controlled garage in Texas.. He didn't think beeswax would be a good idea due to temp fluctuations. I called him up and told him what happen and he said he would come out. He/I didn't bring up money so I hope he does not try to charge me.
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If he does not want to use beeswax, Tell him to bondo it.
Ron
 
Well I have spoke with the mechanic and he is scheduled to come over in the morning to fix the table. I let him know that after some reseach (and you guys help) eveyone seemed to think bondo was the way to go. He said that he does not like bondo and how hard it is to get the slates appart down the road... so he is going to use beeswax and says it should be fine. Originally he didnt think it was a good idea becuase at the moment the garage is not temp contorlled. Weather has been great lately averaging around 70 but when summer time comes the garage could get 110-120... I finanlly asked what he was going to charge me for the repair and he said there would be no charge for this. He said he stands behind his work.

So I guess I am going to let him use the bees wax and see how it goes.


If Glen comes through Houston I am hoping we can work something out and have him tighten up my table.
 
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