Upsidedown Felt Story

dr2112

dr2112

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Back in 2005 I bought a Brunswick "Metro" with Centennial cloth. In 2008 I moved back to California, In the process of moving the table I was going to get new felt but as an experiment I decided to throw the cloth in the washing machine :eek:(nothing to lose since I was going to buy a new one) Anyway it came out great. I let the cloth hang to dry and as I was going to reinstall it, I realized the color on the back side of the felt was deeper and decided to give it a try. Well the table has been back in play with upsidedown felt for 2 years now and it gets a lot of play (Id say 20hrs a week averege). It still plays better than most tables in the area.
 
Creative

Very creative and frugal to!! I hope you spent your savings in the billiard industry. :)
 
Recycle

Someone told me once that some of the old cloth gets sent to the Phillipines when tables here are recovered. Based on your experience and the cost of new-makes some sense.

3railkick

I just wanted some to use on a card table
 
dr2112 said:
Back in 2005 I bought a Brunswick "Metro" with Centennial cloth. In 2008 I moved back to California, In the process of moving the table I was going to get new felt but as an experiment I decided to throw the cloth in the washing machine :eek:(nothing to lose since I was going to buy a new one) Anyway it came out great. I let the cloth hang to dry and as I was going to reinstall it, I realized the color on the back side of the felt was deeper and decided to give it a try. Well the table has been back in play with upsidedown felt for 2 years now and it gets a lot of play (Id say 20hrs a week averege). It still plays better than most tables in the area.
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I knew a pool hall that installed Simonis 860 cloth upside down. It played slower and some what like a nap cloth. Never found out the reason behind it.
 
Back in the 90's Iplayed in the Texas Open in Austin In july or august . the tables had been recovered the week before. Only problem was that they put the cloth on upside down . Nothing like playing on real slow cloth in the summer in Texas .
 
hmm...

real irish said:
Back in the 90's Iplayed in the Texas Open in Austin In july or august . the tables had been recovered the week before. Only problem was that they put the cloth on upside down . Nothing like playing on real slow cloth in the summer in Texas .
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Don't Australians always play this way?
 
Many years ago I played at a room in Salem OR. that would flip the cloth over when it got worn. I thought it played pretty well, just a little slower.
 
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