Washing the cloth on the table

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Here's a video of someone washing the cloth on a table. Some said it was a good idea and they have done it. Most were outraged. In case you don't want to visit the FB link:

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Spray cleaner on the bed and cushions until sopping wet.
Take a buffer-like thing to the table, adding more cleaner to the not-wet-enough spots.
Slurp up the cleaner with a shop-vac.
They don't show the drying/finishing part.

Has anyone ever seen a table cleaned like this?

I can only imagine it being done if there are beer stains and the rails are greasy from pizza and french fries and there is no money for new cloth.

Sorry, you have to go to FB to see the video..

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=557104143496947
 
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Bob Jewett said:
Here's a video of someone washing the cloth on a table. Some said it was a good idea and they have done it. Most were outraged. In case you don't want to visit the FB link:

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Spray cleaner on the bed and cushions until sopping wet.
Take a buffer-like thing to the table, adding more cleaner to the not-wet-enough spots.
Slurp up the cleaner with a shop-vac.
They don't show the drying/finishing part.

Has anyone ever seen a table cleaned like this?

I can only imagine it being done if there are beer stains and the rails are greasy from pizza and french fries and there is no money for new cloth.

Sorry, you have to go to FB to see the video..

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=557104143496947
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I have shampooed cloth on tables. However, I pulled the rail top assemblies off, and cared for them separately. You don't want to get the wood portions wet. The method shown here would make it impossible to keep water from soaking the wood portions of the rails. It could cause swelling and splitting.
 
Always wondered how a steam cleaner followed by a shop vac.

I don’t think I would want something that scrubs in a circular motion.
 
I guy I play with on Wednesdays said he used a Bissel little green steam cleaner on his table and it got up an amazing amount of chalk/dirt.
 
bradsh98 said:
I have shampooed cloth on tables. However, I pulled the rail top assemblies off, and cared for them separately. You don't want to get the wood portions wet. The method shown here would make it impossible to keep water from soaking the wood portions of the rails. It could cause swelling and splitting.
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Was the cloth really filthy? I'm thinking beer stains.
 
Bob Jewett said:
Here's a video of someone washing the cloth on a table. Some said it was a good idea and they have done it. Most were outraged. In case you don't want to visit the FB link:

View attachment 790140

Spray cleaner on the bed and cushions until sopping wet.
Take a buffer-like thing to the table, adding more cleaner to the not-wet-enough spots.
Slurp up the cleaner with a shop-vac.
They don't show the drying/finishing part.

Has anyone ever seen a table cleaned like this?

I can only imagine it being done if there are beer stains and the rails are greasy from pizza and french fries and there is no money for new cloth.

Sorry, you have to go to FB to see the video..

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=557104143496947
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Yes I've done it on more than one occasion. My table being an outside table under a covered patio tends to pick up dust much easier than a normal inside table. I use hot water an dish soap, using a towel to scrub the soaking wet cloth then drying with a wet/dry shop vac. Finally after it is just about dry I go over the table with a hot iron set on wool position.
 
Bob Jewett said:
Was the cloth really filthy? I'm thinking beer stains.
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I don't know about beer stains, but the cloth was very dirty.... Tournament Blue cloth looks horrible after only a limited time, especially when installed in a busy commercial setting. After shampooing, it looked almost new, short of a few burn marks.
 
bradsh98 said:
I don't know about beer stains, but the cloth was very dirty.... Tournament Blue cloth looks horrible after only a limited time, especially when installed in a busy commercial setting. After shampooing, it looked almost new, short of a few burn marks.
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What do you recommend as the liquid? And did you use a vacuum cleaner to get it up?

I recall that when the blue cloth was first starting to be used, some blue chalk would come off as almost black. That made the cloth look really dirty.
 
Bob Jewett said:
I recall that when the blue cloth was first starting to be used, some blue chalk would come off as almost black. That made the cloth look really dirty.
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My friend's pool hall installed its new tables with Simonis blue cloth back in 2021. The Masters Blue chalk he started with made dark marks all over it until they switched to Sky Blue chalk (I think).

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Bob Jewett said:
What do you recommend as the liquid? And did you use a vacuum cleaner to get it up?

I recall that when the blue cloth was first starting to be used, some blue chalk would come off as almost black. That made the cloth look really dirty.
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I used a Bissell Little Green, portable shampooer, with Bissell branded formula mixed with the water ratio specified on the bottle.
 
I'm here cuz I did a "dummy" ..........
Instead of clearing my bench d'stairs, I cleaned my guns on the table. Thought it was safe since I put down 2 towels double folded, so 4 layers of cloth. Hoppe's #9 apparently doesn't care how many layers I put down. Now I have a ring stain on my felt. Its petroleum based ,(obviously). Anyone else have a stain like this?
 
Water cleans everything. Nothing wrong with this. It’s wool, rubber, wood and stone, all things which can get wet and dry.

Americans are afraid of water because their homes are built out of wood, and are sold on carpeted floors because it is the cheapest flooring possible. As long as you remove the water quickly it doesn’t affect the wood. Sheetrock is a different story.

People who live in carpeted homes who dry vacuum their floors and think it is clean are delusional. Just think about it.

Most of the world wouldn’t look twice at this picture.
 
jasonlaus said:
Vac. then a cap of woolite in hot(ish) water with a clean rag, wring out rag, wipe table. Simple and will look new again
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This is my method too. Not sure why anyone would ever have to do anything more than this unless they're trying to get out a stain. Just a bucket of warm water and a rag would work wonders on 90% of the tables I've seen in pool rooms over the years. The cloth on these tables handle a thousand greasy, grimy hands but owners are afraid of a little water?
 
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