Al Atkinson said:
Has anyone, room owners, table mechanics, or home table players having any trouble with Simonis 860 or 760 staying stretched tight on the width of your tables. Could be a problem in high humidity areas.
Thanks for the help
Sounds to me like it was not stretched and attached correctly in the first place.!!!!!
I can say without a doubt that the cloth either was not installed tight enough or the cloth is not Simonis, because Simonis will not stretch as much as you are describing. To check your cloth for tightness place your finger tips on the cloth and try to move it with finger tip pressure only, it should not move. There also should be no wrinkles in the cloth, even under the rails.
Today there are to methods used to attach cloth to the slate backing. These methods will depend on the type of table that you have, because most coin operated tables can only be covered one way!!!!!
First, the cloth can be stretched and stapled to to the slate backing. This has been the traditional method used for many years, and some people think that it is the best method to use. However, this will not work on all tables so the following method is used.
This method, attachés the cloth to either the edge of the slate or the slate backing using adhesive. This method is quickly becoming the standard throughout a large segment of the industry. At first I did not believe that this was a viable way to cover a table, however, I tested it in my pool hall and I was very impressed. The cloth stayed as tight as cloth that had been stapled, and it was much easier to remove when the tables need to be recovered, due to no staples.
So, my guess is that who ever installed the cloth did not stretch it correctly in the first place. I would contact them, because even though it has already been installed, it can still be re-stretched with know problem in most cases. The installer should correct it at no additional charge.
Have a good night!!!!!!!
