Question for Mechanics - Loose Cushions

Donny Wessels

Donny Wessels

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hi Guys, just wanted to know how other mechanics deal with loose cushion problems. Especially in a pool room, where there alot of chaulk in between the cushions and the subrail. I usually sand what I can without taking the cushion further off and glue with either contact cemet or white glue with tape. If the room owner doesn't want to pay for new cushions. how do you mechanics deal with this situation?
 
sdbilliards said:
hi Guys, just wanted to know how other mechanics deal with loose cushion problems. Especially in a pool room, where there alot of chaulk in between the cushions and the subrail. I usually sand what I can without taking the cushion further off and glue with either contact cemet or white glue with tape. If the room owner doesn't want to pay for new cushions. how do you mechanics deal with this situation?
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Cushions that have come unglued, is not a reason to replace them. I use a Popsicle stick, dip it into my Fastbond 10 glue, then swab it between the cushion and sub-rail in a back and forth motion. This gets the glue on both surfaces. In about a minute or so, it's ready to stick. On bar tables, I've had the cushions fall off after removing the cloth...LOL I just re-glue them in place, then use a wheel to rub the point of the cushion, and the lower lip of the cushion hard, to make sure the cushion rubber is re-attached, no problems to date doing it this way, I've been fixing rail rubber this way for over 24 years, never had a problem yet. I just consider it part of recovering the tables.

Glen

PS. Wooden coffee stir sticks from 7-11 work well too...LOL
 
PS. If I have to re-glue more than 25% of the cushion rubber, I'll pull it off, along with the facings and use my 3" roller and glue tray to re-glue it and re-apply it...then...I charge the owner...LOL, and just for information purposes, I don't waste my time trying to sand the old glue off the sub-rail as that does nothing but make one hell of a mess balling up the glue. I use a wire brush to remove any loose junk, then look for any bumps where the cushion is going to be re-glued, if none, then I re-attach the cushions. You'd be surprised at how well fastbond 10 mixes with chalk dust that can collect between the cushion and sub-rail, and stick the cushion real well, in most cases...better than factory.

Glen
 
sdbilliards said:
hi Guys, just wanted to know how other mechanics deal with loose cushion problems. Especially in a pool room, where there alot of chaulk in between the cushions and the subrail. I usually sand what I can without taking the cushion further off and glue with either contact cemet or white glue with tape. If the room owner doesn't want to pay for new cushions. how do you mechanics deal with this situation?
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That is a great question! We need to ask more questions like this. I use a little brush that I dip in contact cement and twist into the gap between the rubber and the subrail. If there is a big section loose I will pull the rubber completly off and reglue it. Again , great question.
 
sdbilliards said:
Glen , the 3 inch roller is for applying the adhesive? I have always used a brush.
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I buy 9" adhesive rollers from Home Depot, then cut them into 3" rollers on my table saw. The rollers are marked for adhesive and are white. I also use a Teflon paint tray, because when the glue builds up, I just pull it out, throw it away. Using the roller is quicker, cleaner, and lays the glue out more evenly, and a hell of a lot faster. It's also the same roller I use to install the bed cloth on the slates. I use it over and over until it looks like the little bristles won't stand up anymore, then I replace it and I'm on my way again. I think I've done as many as 5 slates, on different occasions before I replaced it once.

Glen
 
I have never used a roller to appy contact cement but I've used every other way, the best way I have found to apply contact cement for cushion replacement is to use an old elmers glue bottle,rinse it out with hot water and fill it back up with c.c., you can get a few uses out of it before it clogs up for good.Very little mess and fumes doing it this way.
 
realkingcobra said:
Cushions that have come unglued, is not a reason to replace them. I use a Popsicle stick, dip it into my Fastbond 10 glue, then swab it between the cushion and sub-rail in a back and forth motion. This gets the glue on both surfaces. In about a minute or so, it's ready to stick. On bar tables, I've had the cushions fall off after removing the cloth...LOL I just re-glue them in place, then use a wheel to rub the point of the cushion, and the lower lip of the cushion hard, to make sure the cushion rubber is re-attached, no problems to date doing it this way, I've been fixing rail rubber this way for over 24 years, never had a problem yet. I just consider it part of recovering the tables.

Glen

PS. Wooden coffee stir sticks from 7-11 work well too...LOL
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Glen, I use your suggestion today. It worked great, thanks again.
 
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