New cause of black marks

Jodacus

Jodacus

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I know there is another thread discussing this which is old and very long. That thread largely deals with the black marks caused by the dye in the leather pockets of Diamond tables, but I have a GC5 with rubber pockets and was getting black marks as well.

Recently I replaced the spot on my table for a weekend ring game and noticed an increase in black spots on the balls. So I polished my measles ball, placed it on the spot and did the stroke test to the center diamond on the distatnt short rail. Wouldn't you know it. After a half dozen shots (of various spins) I had two brand new black spots on the cue ball.

I had been told repeatedly that the spots were caused by the pockets, that wasn't the case. Now when I think back there were always more spots on the one ball than any other ball. The other balls got spotted when shooting spot shots from the kitchen during ring games or from spot shot practice.

The pockets still may cause some spots but the major cause on my table is the Tefco Master Pressure Sensitive Spots. Needless to say I'm going to change brands.

If you have black mark problems check your spot and let us know if any other spots cause this.

Thanks

Jo
 
Update

After shooting the spot shot with a freshly cleaned one ball I got a new mark on the ball after each shot at medium speed. It may be worth noting that there is a divet on the felt right under the spot. The same kind of divet we all get from hard breaking. This low spot probably contributes to the scuffing and marking of the ball.

Maybe I will put a spot on a different area of the table to check just how much the divet contributes to the problem.3

Jo
 
When I first had my trainer made I had the it printed at a print shop, When I got the test trainer everything was fine until I decided to do some abusive tests. I sarted drawing the cueball hard, and I was amazed that I could melt the ink and transfer it to the Cueball.
I tried clear coating, had them try over a dozen different inks. Nothing would hold up to the friction of the cueball with a hard draw.The clear coat slowed it to about 8-10 tries to get through it, but it still failed. Eventually I had to have them laminate it.
 
I realize that this is an older thread, but I thought I'd comment. I just posted on another thread(talk to mechanic) that I had brown leather pockets but I was getting black marks on the balls. I will investigate the spot to see if this is the culprit.
 
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I get black spots, but have no spots on the table. It's either from the returns or the pockets.
 
The black spot is rubbing off on the head ball when I break. Not sure about why cue
ball has black spots, though.
 
there are places that don't put the spot sticker on the felt. Instead they simply put some type of permanent marker dot on the felt itself. It is known that rubber from cushions put spots on the balls. Which is most likely why diamond design leather pockets.

In the case for diamond tables..."Thompson's water seal".
 
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