ShootingArts…that backed cloth was usually glue-on…like, the whole cloth, not just the edges.
I can't remember the abrasive stuff I am thinking about having loose cloth ever so it might have been glued down everywhere. I don't remember that much about it other than you rapidly started placing your bridge down where you wanted it and not sliding your fingertips around on that stuff! Might have been where 3M got the idea for Scotchbrite.
The good hands people rented out most of the tables in town on fifty-fifty shares. They weren't big on spending a buck when they didn't have to. Their contract was hilarious.
They supplied pool tables, juke boxes, and cigarette machines, maybe another popular machine or two. They decided what they would put in a place and only they could change the lease. If the owner spent a lifetime there, they were your partner for life, you couldn't swap out or get rid of equipment. If you sold or leased the building, the machine lease automatically transferred, what kept me from buying a bar. It had two busy pool tables and a very busy jukebox. I didn't see the cigarette machine do much but the mark up was great so I guess they did alright.
The net on pool tables and juke box would have paid the overhead except bartenders if I owned all of it. Half naturally wasn't nearly as sweet a proposition plus the contract made it plain who would be calling all of the shots including maintenance, anything and everything!
Hu