Predator Arcadia Cloth
- Thread starter Henry W
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The perfect cloth for spray glue installation, because the stretch is more than 7".
Has to be installed like snooker cloth, just pull the wrinkles out and attach it to the sides of the slate backer, or spray glue it just enough to hold it in place.
Why the need to know?
More curiosity than anything ,wondering if it's just rebranded with a hefty markup. I've wondered who made their pool balls as well.
Aramith makes their ball sets, so yes, rebranded and marked up.
Sams billiards makes their pool tables too, so I still won't work on them, wouldn't work on them before they put their name on them as well.
I just played in a tournament with Acadia cloth, seems to play very much like Simonis 860. What do you recommend I use for cloth on my GCI, it has 860 on it now but its worn out. I successfully installed it myself with the help of your Simonis videos. I only did it myself because I couldn't find a qualified mechanic in my area that did nice work (if they have to put duct tape underneath the pocket opening they are doing something wrong). I am happy with the Simonis but I would probably go with 860HR next time unless it changes the speed or the way the table plays because I started getting pretty heavy marks in the break tracks and also all around the table in the rail grooves after only 2-3 years. Its a home table and I play often but I also have a job so its not like I play on it 8 hours per day, I thought it would have stayed nicer looking for a longer time, if that is completely normal I will stick with 860.
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I've used it with the glue down method. The players seem to like it. I like the way they put the logo under the rail instead of on top like Andy. They don't give you as much room as I'd like, the way they cut the cloth to do the logo rail, but it is certainly possible. Quality control is good, as I have not seen one defect in the cloth. I've only done five tables with it though.
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Oh, ok, just need to index and adjust to a different cloth, sounds doable to me. I have not used it yet. Imagine from what you are describing, that it is like Champ Tour Edition 30/30. Much more stretch to it.
TFT
I don't care about the Predator cloth, at $500 a 9ft, just because they put their name on it, I won't support that.
tomatoshooter
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What do you not like about them? I don't care for the appearance and have no idea of the build quality but the steel frame and the leveling system seem like good ideas if they are implemented properly.
Hollow, extruded aluminum rails for starters.
tomatoshooter
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Seems like those would be cold and unpleasant and possibly sound funny when you banked a ball.
Not to burst anyone's bubble or anything, but the last Predator tour stop, 3 out of 8 of the 9fts had broken slates, guess they haven't learned how to handle the 1 piece slates yet either!