What is the best way to stick backing to the slate? I have a brunswick with 3/4in slate but no backing. I am going to recover it next week and thought I would put some backing strips around the slate. What glue would work the best? Thanks in advance for your answers.
Putting backing on slate
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you probably have a contender series home table that was not designed to have slate liners. by adding the slate liner you need to get longer slate screws and rail bolts, also you will be making the table taller than how it was designed. Flip your slate upside down, make 7" strip of MDF wood and line the perimeter of your slate, glue it with contact adhesive, trim with a router. The glue I use is 3m Scotch weld #10. You can buy it from Dartman at poolfelts.com
I used 1x6 hard wood. I think it was poplar...
I used some available slate holes to secure the wood to the slate. I also used a biscuit joiner to join the strips to each other.
Worked out pretty well...
My table (national 9 foot) came unbacked and had the slate bed as part of the frame. By removing the bed from the frame, I was able to keep the table the same height. Maybe you could do the same.
I had to rebuild 50% of the frame to achieve backed slate. I even had to add structure to screws the slates to.
Only reason I did it was because the cloth had to be secured horizontally in a 2" channel around the perimiter of the slate. I really did not like the way I'd have to stretch it so I changed it to backed slate so I could secure the cloth vertically like I am used to.
I used some available slate holes to secure the wood to the slate. I also used a biscuit joiner to join the strips to each other.
Worked out pretty well...
My table (national 9 foot) came unbacked and had the slate bed as part of the frame. By removing the bed from the frame, I was able to keep the table the same height. Maybe you could do the same.
I had to rebuild 50% of the frame to achieve backed slate. I even had to add structure to screws the slates to.
Only reason I did it was because the cloth had to be secured horizontally in a 2" channel around the perimiter of the slate. I really did not like the way I'd have to stretch it so I changed it to backed slate so I could secure the cloth vertically like I am used to.
slate liner
I have resized slates to fit from a larger to smaller table, I used sold MDF under each section of slate just not around edges, -I used the board mostly for a height helper and the full board quites the ball noise'
I did use the longer slate screws but the rails bolts/studs are the same shorter original ones because I drilled out the rail bolt holes lager in the wood so the star dome washer contacts the bottom of the slate not the wood'. Mostly all quality tables have the same thing where the rail bolts holes are on the bottom side of slate'
_I used a paint roller on the 3M scotch weld neoprene 10 light yellow contact adhesive to attach MDF to bottom of slate..
-have a good day'
Robert.M
I have resized slates to fit from a larger to smaller table, I used sold MDF under each section of slate just not around edges, -I used the board mostly for a height helper and the full board quites the ball noise'
I did use the longer slate screws but the rails bolts/studs are the same shorter original ones because I drilled out the rail bolt holes lager in the wood so the star dome washer contacts the bottom of the slate not the wood'. Mostly all quality tables have the same thing where the rail bolts holes are on the bottom side of slate'
_I used a paint roller on the 3M scotch weld neoprene 10 light yellow contact adhesive to attach MDF to bottom of slate..
-have a good day'
Robert.M