Table Felt Question????

[Texas Prez]

Is it possible to somehow make older cloth. especially lower quality, play faster. My college friend has a used table and can't afford replacement 860 right now ... anyway can help him make this dinosaur play just a little better?

 

[Big C]

Is it possible to somehow make older cloth. especially lower quality, play faster. My college friend has a used table and can't afford replacement 860 right now ... anyway can help him make this dinosaur play just a little better?

Cleaning can help, a little. But if the cloth is loose there's nothing that will make it play faster, unless you stretch it. If you go that route, you might as well replace it. Contact Big truck about some new Simonis. He can get it for you at a good price.

 

[eyesjr]

you can..

Iron it. I've used windex and a standard iron to do so. It immediately removes excess moisture, and presses as you go. You could possibly have prob's on the slate joints if they are waxed together, so keep the iron moving!
Make sure you have vac'd and brushed the table good as well. Hitting it with a microfiber cloth(Please dont tell me this is wrong) that is lightly damp will help too. If you use a 1 gal bucket of h20 to rinse/wash your rag in you will see just how dirty a week old cloth can be....

Is it possible to somehow make older cloth. especially lower quality, play faster. My college friend has a used table and can't afford replacement 860 right now ... anyway can help him make this dinosaur play just a little better?

 

[gunzby]

Never heard of using an iron on felt, but I suppose it would work great if you didn't use beeswax on the joints.

I've got a table sitting in my brother's basement that I'd like to try that out on. Unfortunately I don't have the space in my house to put it so I'm selling it. Since I'm selling it off I certainly won't be replacing the felt.

 

[eyesjr]

It's OK on waxxed joints

Its all fine on waxed joints, you just want to keep the iron moving so the heat doesn't go through - it can move slow over the joints. Like I said before, I use windex or a little rubbing alcohol(about 1/8 cup to a cup in water).

The most iimportant thing is to clean clean clean - Vac, brush, damp microfiber. You can actually pour a little degreaser(or non bleach laundry detergent) in the cleaning water to help if the cloth is soiled. Water patches will appear drk, almost black - be prepared to vac the entire cloth after washing. I usually let the cloth stick to the vac tube and pull it up off the slate as vaccuming, it will make you move at he right speed....

Never heard of using an iron on felt, but I suppose it would work great if you didn't use beeswax on the joints.

I've got a table sitting in my brother's basement that I'd like to try that out on. Unfortunately I don't have the space in my house to put it so I'm selling it. Since I'm selling it off I certainly won't be replacing the felt.