Table cleaning

9BallPaul

9BallPaul

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I'm new to table ownership and have been experimenting with ways to keep the table spiffy.

The retailer sold me brushes and gave me a demonstration of how to groom a table and "train the felt" in the direction of the head spot, supposedly providing a faster break.

Recently on a trip to Sam's Club, I bought a package of microfibre towels that pick up dust, lint and grit without benefit of another cleaner. I've been sharpening up my table with just the towels -- toweling only one direction, toward the head spot -- and am very satisfied with the results.

Anybody using using this technique? Any chance I'm somehow damaging the felt? The towels have one further advantage: Whereas the brush tends to lose bristles (as advised, I worked it out on a brick before taking it to the table). No bristle hassles with the towel.

Anyone else?
 
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I use Quick Clean with the microfiber towel, once a month or so. Never tried to use the towel dry.

I'm also interested in opinions on the hand-held dirt devil. I picked up their weakest, lowest watt model, which seems to work great. I've read a lot about "never use a vaccuum" and "vaccuum is great". For me, I can see all the chalk it picked up and the cloth seems fine. By the way, my cloth is AccuGuard, on an Olhausen.
 
I alternate methods.

I have a Red Devil Ultra with a revolving brush that I used to use everyday with great results and no problems. I now use it about once every two weeks.

Other days I use a brush, or a microfiber towel, or Quick Clean with a microfiber towel.

About once a month I use a wet towel. I just soak a towel in warm water, wring it out and wipe the cloth. It works great.

All of these methods work well with no negative results.
 
Quick Clean is the best and it will make your cloth lase much longer and your table will play pretty much the same all the time. I have used it for 5 years not and love it. ALL of my friends use it also and sware buy it.

Here is the link http://www.quick-clean.com/ its worth a look

Good luck, Doug
 
i use a regular vacuum, the kind with wand and attachments, and then use quickclean. i never had any problems whatsoever. i used to use the dirt devil type but it took takes more time and didnt do as well.
 
One of these days I'll try Quick Clean.

Simonis 860 cloth.
Shop-Vac (!) but with the attachment that is raised so that only the corners are touching the cloth. In other words, no tight suction on the table.
Horse-hair brush, wetted, for a wipe down. I might have to try the towel method sometime.

This seems to give me the best results. The Shop-Vac may seem crazy, but I've never noticed any ill-effects as long as you don't pull a tight suction. I don't want all of that chalk resting in the Simonis fabric which could be abrasive to the fibers. Simonis claims chalk doesn't get in-between the weaves, but it does.

Pet peeve: chalking over the cloth. If you want to keep the table clean, then chalk your cue off to the side of the table.

The Quick Clean product should be fairly sound as the foam is an emulsifier that should pull up the chalk dust out of the fabric.
 
Derek said:
One of these days I'll try Quick Clean.

Simonis 860 cloth.
Shop-Vac (!) but with the attachment that is raised so that only the corners are touching the cloth. In other words, no tight suction on the table.
Horse-hair brush, wetted, for a wipe down. I might have to try the towel method sometime.

This seems to give me the best results. The Shop-Vac may seem crazy, but I've never noticed any ill-effects as long as you don't pull a tight suction. I don't want all of that chalk resting in the Simonis fabric which could be abrasive to the fibers. Simonis claims chalk doesn't get in-between the weaves, but it does.

Pet peeve: chalking over the cloth. If you want to keep the table clean, then chalk your cue off to the side of the table.

The Quick Clean product should be fairly sound as the foam is an emulsifier that should pull up the chalk dust out of the fabric.
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never thought of a shop vac, i think im UPGRADING.
 
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