Slow Cloth

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Can someone please tell me what makes some cloth slow or fast? Is it just the quality of the cloth? I resently recovered my table with some not-so-expensive cloth and now I think its slow. Is there a way to test the speed of the cloth? And is there any way to maybe speed it up if it is slow like maybe with an iron or water?

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Ray
 
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Most table mechanics stretch the cloth all the way across one end and then stretch the other end, and then finish up with the sides and then the 6 pockets. Doing this, the cloth is "NEVER" stretched properly. I use my system which is a grid. I use a chalk line with white chalk, and snap lines long ways and cross ways. Keep the lines straight while stappling and stretching the cloth. This will insure that the cloth has no loose spots, or some of it over strectched and will roll the same everywhere on the table.

As far as speeds of cloth, some are slow and some are fast. This depend on the thickness and make.
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homepc said:
Can someone please tell me what makes some cloth slow or fast? Is it just the quality of the cloth? I resently recovered my table with some not-so-expensive cloth and now I think its slow. Is there a way to test the speed of the cloth? And is there any way to maybe speed it up if it is slow like maybe with an iron or water?

Thanks

Ray
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Here's something you might try to test the speed There's no science here, but if you make this test on enough tables, you'll develope a quicker sence for speed. I assume you have a 9 footer. With the CB on the headstring, hit hard (break weight) straight up table to the foot rail. A "normal" speed table will have the CB travel 4 - 4+1/2 rails. IOW, the CB will hit the foot rail after your shot, then the head rail, then the foot rail again and finally head rail again. The CB should roll to a stop somewhere between the head rail and the middle of the table. If you get less than this, your table is likely on the slow side. Use this test on tables you are familiar with ( a friend's, or one or two you know well at the club) to give yourself a benchmark perspective. If I am playing on a table for the first time, I usually try this test.
 
The enviroment will make a difference, dry and hot will play fast etc. maybe you could make some kind of stemp meter (like in golf they roll a ball down a ramp see how far it rolls to gage the speed of greens) something consistant to take the human element out of it.
 
kyle said:
The enviroment will make a difference, dry and hot will play fast etc. maybe you could make some kind of stemp meter (like in golf they roll a ball down a ramp see how far it rolls to gage the speed of greens) something consistant to take the human element out of it.
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I just had my table recovered with Granita 2000 and I love it. Really fast. The old cheap cloth I took off was like playing on my rug.
 
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