Hi;
I recovered my table a couple of months ago (in January). I used Velocity Pro cloth.
Anyway, I play on the cloth daily. The Velocity Pro isn't quite as fast as Simonis (which I would used if I could have afforded it...it was more than twice the price), but it is a decent cloth. I like the way it plays. The table is a custom from Thompson Billiards in Florida, and is a 9'. I replaced both the cloth and rails (including the rubber)
When I installed the cloth, I had it stretched nice and tight. You could run your hand down the table and the cloth wouldn't move much, if at all.
Just last night, I noticed a little puckering around one of the corner pockets. Now, it seems as if the cloth on the table bed and the rails has loosened up. If you run your hand over it, you can easily move the cloth...same with the rails. I'm thinking it needs to be re-stretched and stapled (no adhesive used when recovered).
So, my question is: Is this common (that cloth has to be restretched)? I'm wondering if this was caused by a change in the humidity (we went from having cold, winter-like weather to being really wet and rainy...humidity in the 80-90% range almost daily).
If stretching again is the solution, do I need to remove the staples and re-do everything...or can I just stretch it tight again and re-stable on one side? Along the same lines, so I have to stretch across and length-wise...or just lengthwise?
Thanks;
John
I recovered my table a couple of months ago (in January). I used Velocity Pro cloth.
Anyway, I play on the cloth daily. The Velocity Pro isn't quite as fast as Simonis (which I would used if I could have afforded it...it was more than twice the price), but it is a decent cloth. I like the way it plays. The table is a custom from Thompson Billiards in Florida, and is a 9'. I replaced both the cloth and rails (including the rubber)
When I installed the cloth, I had it stretched nice and tight. You could run your hand down the table and the cloth wouldn't move much, if at all.
Just last night, I noticed a little puckering around one of the corner pockets. Now, it seems as if the cloth on the table bed and the rails has loosened up. If you run your hand over it, you can easily move the cloth...same with the rails. I'm thinking it needs to be re-stretched and stapled (no adhesive used when recovered).
So, my question is: Is this common (that cloth has to be restretched)? I'm wondering if this was caused by a change in the humidity (we went from having cold, winter-like weather to being really wet and rainy...humidity in the 80-90% range almost daily).
If stretching again is the solution, do I need to remove the staples and re-do everything...or can I just stretch it tight again and re-stable on one side? Along the same lines, so I have to stretch across and length-wise...or just lengthwise?
Thanks;
John