Practicing with hole reinforcement dots and leaving lines in the table

[GARY LLOYD]

Drill / Practice Tables...

Camelot,

If you and some of the other guys like to practice drills, Pro Book shots, Kinister drills, etc. etc. Maybe try talking with the house man and seeing if he would be open to having a table or two dedicated to practice shots and drills. This way only one or two tables would have the pattern wear from the structured practice routines.

If I were set up with a room this what I would do for the hard core practice players. As the tables wore in with the patterns of hundreds of practice shots I would market them as such... An unknowing player casually ask about the lines on the table... I would tell them those are the practice tables for the players who have structured practice routines as repetitive practice will wear patterns into the cloth.

You may also have to settle for the cloth being more worn on these tables or offer to pay a little extra as they will need to be done more often to keep them up with the non practice tables.

as a room owner I would love to see 5 or 6 young players hitting shots, shooting drills and logging results... To me this means I am grooming future long term players and customers. Appeal to the business sense of the room and try to reach a solution you are all happy with.

 

[GoldCrown]

Therefore practice like this is unwanted.

Just wondering what you think about this situation.

Respect the equipment. Asking the owner for permission would be appropriate.

 

[Tony_in_MD]

Never got residue from hole reinforcers. Burn tracks. Yep.

Since it is my table. I can do anything I want to it.


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[ctyhntr]

I've been using hole reinforcements for over 3 years, and haven't been refused by a room owner. Its good manners to ask, and if you're going to be making the same shot over and over again. After a session, I clean up the rails and borrow a brush from the house to clean the cloth.

I've never seen the where removing a donut leaves a stick residue. I've used both the cheap ones, 99 cents for a pack of 544, and the Avery's from Staples.

 

[cigardave]

The white skid marks are a product of shooting hard repeatedly... like we see on most every table whose cloth has been on the table for some time.

They are also the product of shooting the same shot over and over, but this time there is an additional factor of playing with dirty balls. If the balls were clean and the quality of the cloth is high (e.g., Simonis), then no white skid marks should appear, imo.

And I have been using hole reinforcers for quite a while myself with no adverse affects to the cloth.

 

[RackemBilliards]

Hole markers

I have several guys who use the hole markers and I haven't ever noticed a problem. The other pool room in town (now closed) wouldn't allow them because they left a 'clean' spot on the cloth. Kinda funny. I appreciate the guys asking, but they practice break shots or one particular shot all the time which sometimes leaves lines on the table. I let them practice masses and jump shots a couple weeks before I recover a table. When the cloth is dirty, we clean it, and when it wears out we replace it. When I'm covering a table they always say 'it's so pretty new, it's a shame to use it'. I tell them 'yeah, and the only thing worse would be if it stays that way forever'.

Dave Smith

 

[TheBook]

Is it better to use the chalk/spit method? I would think that's worse for the table.

FWIW, I've never noticed any residue with the "donuts"

That is what I am thinking. What of you just marked the table with it or chalk.

I left holes on my home table for a long time. When I removed them the glue was left on the cloth. If there are not left on long they don't. The same will happen with any masking tape, if it is left on too long it becomes hard to remove and will leave the residue, even the blue stuff.

Wonder what the owner would do if you came in with the Break A Rack. I am sure that will "wear" out the table.

Any drill or repetition will put tracks in the the table. After numerous breaks you can see the tracks of the back row going into the rear rail. Balls ran along the rail plus balls banking off eventually leave that wear or burn track.

I think the best way to keep a table from wearing is not using it and I don't think the room owner would like that.