Rolls/Humidity/Dehumidifier

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DrCue'sProtege

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ok, fellow posters, i noticed this yesterday. in case anyone doesnt know i converted part of my garage into a pool room for my Gold Crown IV. its not the greatest room to play in, but certainly gets the job done.

friday night was one of those nights where the rolls/spreads off the break were pretty much really bad. just didnt have much chance to run out, and when i did they were very difficult spreads. the kind of night that i always complain about.

yesterday (saturday) was a different story. the balls cooperated some, i ran some racks, messed up a few, but just seemed like a much better day. and i was pretty much breaking from the same spot, with the same speed.

the only difference was friday night i turned my Dehumidifier on as soon as i got home from the office, let it run for about 20 minutes before i went to play, and ran it a great deal of the evening. on this night i didnt have much luck.

now saturday when i started playing after mowing the yard i had not run the Dehumidifier at all, just turned it on once i started to play. and on this day i got some decent rolls/spreads early on, and ran some racks. but i did notice as the time flew by the good rolls/spreads seemed to diminish, almost a carbon copy of friday night.

would the humidity and dehumidifier make a difference here?

DCP
 
DrCue'sProtege said:
ok, fellow posters, i noticed this yesterday. in case anyone doesnt know i converted part of my garage into a pool room for my Gold Crown IV. its not the greatest room to play in, but certainly gets the job done.

friday night was one of those nights where the rolls/spreads off the break were pretty much really bad. just didnt have much chance to run out, and when i did they were very difficult spreads. the kind of night that i always complain about.

yesterday (saturday) was a different story. the balls cooperated some, i ran some racks, messed up a few, but just seemed like a much better day. and i was pretty much breaking from the same spot, with the same speed.

the only difference was friday night i turned my Dehumidifier on as soon as i got home from the office, let it run for about 20 minutes before i went to play, and ran it a great deal of the evening. on this night i didnt have much luck.

now saturday when i started playing after mowing the yard i had not run the Dehumidifier at all, just turned it on once i started to play. and on this day i got some decent rolls/spreads early on, and ran some racks. but i did notice as the time flew by the good rolls/spreads seemed to diminish, almost a carbon copy of friday night.

would the humidity and dehumidifier make a difference here?

DCP
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the dehumidifier had NOTHING to do with it.

VAP
 
A dehumidifier can be worth its weight in gold. As has often been noted on this forum, pool is less enjoyable when played in humid conditions. Still, in each case, you played with it on, with the only difference being whether you turned it on before you began your play. That shouldn't make much difference. I'd look elsewhere for the explanation of why oine session was different from the other.
 
pete lafond said:
Humidity can be a pain though. I know a pro that will not play if the humidity is too high.
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i agree. playing primarily in richmond its something that you learn to deal with here. tables here will change the way they play within a few hours due to the humidity.

i was just pointing out that in DCP's case, its not the humidity thats the problem.

VAP
 
I think a change in humidity can take getting adjusted to.

Around here we had about two months of very dry weather. Then it started raining again. That evening I went to a tournament and *everyone* was having trouble with their cut shots.

It continued to rain, but the next week most players were playing like usual.

I don't think you get a sudden change going from high humidity to dryness. I think it would take time for everything to dry out and it would be a slow change which players would slowly adjust to.

I don't know? What happens in Arizona when it suddenly rains after a dry spell - in tournaments played on tables with dirty balls?
 
DrCue'sProtege said:
the only difference was friday night i turned my Dehumidifier on as soon as i got home from the office, let it run for about 20 minutes before i went to play, and ran it a great deal of the evening. on this night i didnt have much luck.

would the humidity and dehumidifier make a difference here?

DCP
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I would assume you're talking about a portable dehumidifier. Running it for 20 minutes isn't going to remove hardly anything in the way of moisture in the room, and certainly NOTHING out of the cloth.

Unless you have a digital humidity gauge in there, (can be purchased at Wal-Mart) you don't even have a clue as to what your humidity is at any time or how much it's vascillating. Go get a gauge to give yourself some idea of what's happening.

Mine has an automatic on/off that keeps it between 46% - 52% - 24/7. And I don't do it for the cloth so much as the cues.
 
DrCue'sProtege said:
ok, fellow posters, i noticed this yesterday. in case anyone doesnt know i converted part of my garage into a pool room for my Gold Crown IV. its not the greatest room to play in, but certainly gets the job done.

friday night was one of those nights where the rolls/spreads off the break were pretty much really bad. just didnt have much chance to run out, and when i did they were very difficult spreads. the kind of night that i always complain about.

yesterday (saturday) was a different story. the balls cooperated some, i ran some racks, messed up a few, but just seemed like a much better day. and i was pretty much breaking from the same spot, with the same speed.

the only difference was friday night i turned my Dehumidifier on as soon as i got home from the office, let it run for about 20 minutes before i went to play, and ran it a great deal of the evening. on this night i didnt have much luck.

now saturday when i started playing after mowing the yard i had not run the Dehumidifier at all, just turned it on once i started to play. and on this day i got some decent rolls/spreads early on, and ran some racks. but i did notice as the time flew by the good rolls/spreads seemed to diminish, almost a carbon copy of friday night.

would the humidity and dehumidifier make a difference here?

DCP
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Humidity makes a huge difference, on the breaks and everything else unless the cloth is very clean and the balls polished. The balls will get dirty/wet just from racking them, even if the humidity is low. Balls skidding are a big problem in pro tournaments with brand new balls and cloth because a little bit of anything on the ball at the contact point will make them skid a long way. Soft rubber pockets will really screw the balls up (stick too), but your GCIV should have good hard pockets.

I try to polish my balls a little everyday (got to find someone to do that for me LOL!) and just started using wax on them every few days which seems to help a lot. I use my car buffer (really hurts) upside down and a plastic cup with a crown royal bag stuffed in it and hold one ball at a time on the buffer inside the cup for about 20 or 30 seconds. Doesn't work well without the wax, but works fine with waxed balls. I'm going to make something better soon cause it's a bit of a pain, but worth it if you're practicing seriously. Kids, don't try this at home cause the balls will fly out if your not careful. I don't wax the cue ball but it will pick up wax anyway.

Maybe I'll get me a Bludworth ball polisher after I win that first IPT tournament.

I use a perfect rack device and the dirty balls will still screw that up. Clean them and I can make 6 balls playing 12 ball, 4 fairly often, and my cloth is very, very worn.

unknownpro
 
Dr.CP,
Perhaps you are more used to playing in humid conditions.

The pot angle is a bit narrower usually in humid conditions. Not to mention the drastic changes in cue ball positioning and cloth speed and its effects on breaking up clusters.

I can stand playing in humid conditions. It's like running in gum boots.

Another thing that may have happened is that the humidity was higher in the evening.

Best you get the device Drivermaker suggested and study what is really going on.
 
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