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This is my Christmas project to myself. I bought a 1947 AE Schmidt Streamliner snooker table that I am completely restoring. I thought I would share some pictures of before and during. Eventually I will have after pictures. This is a 5x10 table and the slate is 1.5 inches thick they are very heavy. The company told me 325 pounds per slate. I sent the pocket irons in and had them recovered and I have started sanding the rails getting them ready for a new coat of laquer. As you can see I have the table stripped, sanded and ready to prime. I am going to paint it jet black and do some sort of pin striping but I have not decied on that yet. Any suggestions appreciated. Happy New Year!!

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Chris i assume you are painting it black to hide some issues. You might just want to consider this for a bit before you forge ahead. To paint that is very difficult for anyone in the future to reverse. You have gone to the extent to strip everything why not sand and clear coat the table? Even if there are veneer issues they could be addressed at a later time.
 
The frame and legs on the table are metal. According to the company this line of tables was built after World War II because metal was cheaper than wood. Only the cross members and the top of the rails are made of wood. The pictures might be confusing because they had lithographed a fake walnut paint on the frame and that is what I stripped off. Another question I thought of, I was wondering if puting some of the truckbed liner spray (like rhino liner) on bottom of the feet would mark up a floor or not.
thanks,
 
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The frame and legs on the table are metal. According to the company this line of tables was built after World War II because metal was cheaper than wood. Only the cross members and the top of the rails are made of wood. The pictures might be confusing because they had lithographed a fake walnut paint on the frame and that is what I stripped off. Another question I thought of, I was wondering if puting some of the truckbed liner spray (like rhino liner) on bottom of the feet would mark up a floor or not.
thanks,
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Jet black shows every imperfection there is in the finish of the rails;)
 
top of rails

the rail top are solid walnut. I just sanded the old laquer off and I am going to put a new coat on. What do you think about the bedliner stuff on the bottom of the feet?
Thanks
 
You should use grain filler before shooting lacquer on the rails, this will make them come out alot smoother and better looking if you go that route. I don't like lacquer as it scrathces easily from the cue, watches rings etc.

Bedliner coating on the bottom of the legs doesn't really matter does it? I mean why would you put it there where the leg is meeting the floor anyways. You will likely only have one leg on the floor and the rest will be shimmed to some degree.
 
If the table base is metal you could have it painted in a body shop. If you have someone that knows what they are doing the fininsh could come out real nice.

Not sure about the Rhino Liner on the feet. How about just using some old felt or left overs from a recover.
 
The felt on the feet is a great idea:thumbup: . I have some leftovers from a table I recovered the other day. The guy told me it was an 8' and I got there and it was a bar table :rolleyes: so I saved the scraps. See everything always works out some how.
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I have a friend who paints and he is helping me with the painting. I told him if we did a good job I would give him a cue. Sounds fair to me.
 
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