Old school billard cloth (slow)
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http://www.cuesight.com/types-of-pool-table-felt/
This is the "felt It is usually thick and heavy, comprised of at least 60% wool, and has that familiar "felt" feel when you touch it.
It is considerably less expensive, and most commonly found on home pool tables and on coin-operated tables that you find in many bars and recreational facilities. Billiard balls will generally roll much slower on woolen cloth.
Pilling, the shedding of the cloth into tiny little fuzzy bits, is common with this type of cloth, and therefore not allowed for use in any WPA sanctioned tournament. This type of cloth is usually recommended for casual play situations.
This is the "felt It is usually thick and heavy, comprised of at least 60% wool, and has that familiar "felt" feel when you touch it.
It is considerably less expensive, and most commonly found on home pool tables and on coin-operated tables that you find in many bars and recreational facilities. Billiard balls will generally roll much slower on woolen cloth.
Pilling, the shedding of the cloth into tiny little fuzzy bits, is common with this type of cloth, and therefore not allowed for use in any WPA sanctioned tournament. This type of cloth is usually recommended for casual play situations.
Steven's cloth. At one time it was used on maybe 90% of the commercial tables in poolrooms and in tournaments.
It was Brunsco No 1. 100 % wool cloth. Brunsco I believe is the short form from Brunswick Corporation. Only question now is where to buy this today? regards
https://brunswick.pastperfectonline.com/library/37278489-9697-4168-AFA5-559332066230
https://brunswick.pastperfectonline.com/library/37278489-9697-4168-AFA5-559332066230
This is a trick Glenn (RKC). Don't fall for it. Stay in hiding.
Mali and Stevens were both used a lot back then. You can still get woolen cloth. I think Imperial sells Mali, not sure which blend is which. Championship has a woolen also.
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Jay is right, it was Steven's. Mali was also used. Later when Steven's disappeared Forstman took over. The Simonis came in and now it is the main cloth. Mali is still around if you are looking for that type of cloth. Championship has woolen cloth but it is not as nappy as the old cloth.
there is, maybe was now-been there a couple of years, a piece of the IPT cloth (Gorina)
that would fit a 9', blue/green, in the for sale section. The comments there said it played
slow and your "old school criteria" fits the IPT era, so, for only 250.00 could have exactly
what you want with a story of why things change.
I use Gorina, some say it plays slow, but then I have witnessed many saying 'dam,
they're rolling good tonight!' on a scratch or when they go out of bounds.
that would fit a 9', blue/green, in the for sale section. The comments there said it played
slow and your "old school criteria" fits the IPT era, so, for only 250.00 could have exactly
what you want with a story of why things change.
I use Gorina, some say it plays slow, but then I have witnessed many saying 'dam,
they're rolling good tonight!' on a scratch or when they go out of bounds.
IIRC the current Mali cloth's are just Mali in name only. Someone just bought the rights to the name. I really don't know why you'd want cloth that slow unless you never played outside that one table. Going from burlap to formica speedwise would not be easy.
Try a Championship woolen. Good cloth and quite a bit slower than worsted.
That IPT cloth by Granito was specially made...I suspect Sigel was looking for an edge.
...it was withdrawn because of player complaints...it sucks.
The old slow cloth back in the day was there because it was cheap...players finally got
more sophisticated.
Granito tended to make better cloth than Simonis...Tournament 2000 is faster than 760
Simonis....and Granito Basalt is a bit faster than Simonis 860.
Granito also has a tighter weave.
The Rack in Detroit, in it’s prime when Gil Elias owned it, had fast Granito.
Lot of the players didn’t seem to appreciate the quality...til Gil died...and the new management
put in horse blankets for cloth.
Never understood the nostalgia for the old thick cloth...spin doesn’t stay on long enough..
...and balls go airborne on power shots.
It gave me a bit of an edge, coming from snooker, but I still didn’t like it.
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