My home pool room

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CKurzweil

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I don't post very often but after some constant prodding I am sharing some pictures of the pool room in my home. I do not have the wall decorations up yet but I will before long.
The first one is a 1950ish 10' AE Schmidt Streamliner snooker table. It is a metal frame table. Originally it had a lithographed faux wood finish on it. It was really rough when I got it so I stripped it down and repainted it. I had the shields for the pockets and the pockets themselves redone. New rubber was put on the rails during instalation.

http://i1294.photobucket.com/albums/b604/ckcues1/snookertable_zps77a17e2d.jpg

The second one is an early 1900's Brunswick Arcade three cushion table. It is also a 10' table. This table was in pretty good shape when I got it so I only needed to clean it and polish it.

http://i1294.photobucket.com/albums/b604/ckcues1/3Cushiontable_zpsaa7c27ba.jpg

The last one was the biggest project it is an early 1900's Brunswick Arcade pool table. It is 10' as well. I drove to Florida (from KC) to get this table. It was very rough, the veneers were peeling off the legs and several of the inlays were missing. It still had the original oil rubbed finish and had accumulated so much dirt and grime you could hardly see the inlays. I had the pockets recovered and was also able to find some new old stock Brunswick superspeed gum rubber rails. I can not even begin to tell you how many hours I spent redoing this table. The first picture is before the restore.

http://i1294.photobucket.com/albums/b604/ckcues1/arcadebeforerestore_zps6d3a4277.jpg

and after

http://i1294.photobucket.com/albums/b604/ckcues1/pooltablesetup_zps753c0511.jpg

and all three

http://i1294.photobucket.com/albums/b604/ckcues1/Allthreetablessetup_zpse8010c8d.jpg

Now for the acknowledgements, Thank you to Ken at Classic Billiards for helping get all the pieces I needed to restore these tables. Ken is a great guy and very helpful and patient. If I said I called him a 1000 times in the last 8 years I have been working on these I don't think it would be an exaggeration. When it came time to set the up there was never a doubt who I was going to have do it. Ernesto and Oscar Dominguez came in and did a phenomenal job setting them up. You can not ask for anymore genuine guys than them. I felt like they treated them as if they were their own tables. Sorry for the long post but I hope you enjoyed it.
 
Holy smoke! Those tables are just awesome! Congratulations on a terrific set of tables! Truly a labor of love.

Brian in VA
 
You have room in your house for 3 10' tables? And you used that space for the tables?

Are you interested in getting a new son-in-law? I'm also available for adpotion if 43 is not too old for you. At least you don't have to drive me places.
 
hang-the-9 said:
You have room in your house for 3 10' tables? And you used that space for the tables?

Are you interested in getting a new son-in-law? I'm also available for adpotion if 43 is not too old for you. At least you don't have to drive me places.
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Extremely cool!!! What is involved in staining the concrete floor, that looks nice?
I am also available for adoption and besides a drivers license I can bring a nice 9' Gold Crown, Dad !!!!:bow-down:
 
CKurzweil said:
Ernesto and Oscar Dominguez came in and did a phenomenal job setting them up. You can not ask for anymore genuine guys than them. I felt like they treated them as if they were their own tables. Sorry for the long post but I hope you enjoyed it.
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Imagine that.


Enjoy your tables.
 
fastone371 said:
Extremely cool!!! What is involved in staining the concrete floor, that looks nice?:[/QUOTE

The actual "staining" is the easy part. The preparation and finishing are the hard part. First you have to strip the floor and since it was in an enclosed basement we went with a soy-gel stripper because it is non toxic. After you put that on and let it sit 5+ hours you scrape up what you can and take a floor buffer and scrub pad with tsp cleaner and water and go over it at least 3x. After that you take clean water and rinse it clean (I have a garage door in my basement so I was able to use a pressure washer and saved tons of time). Fortunately I have a friend who does this for a living so I showed him a picture and he helped me spray the stain on to make it look like it. After we sprayed it on I let it dry overnight and went back over it the next morning with the floor buffer and TSP, followed by mopping with clean water. After it drys (2 days and a bunch of dehumidifiers) you put on a coat of epoxy, let that dry. Put a coat of polyurethane over it, let that dry. Then you wax it. My basement is just shy 2000 sq ft and it took me a solid week (mostly late nights) with some help.
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