Washing the cloth on the table

[Bob Jewett]

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?

A couple of times I've seen rail cloth in pool rooms so filthy you could scrape your fingernail across the top of the rail and get a nail full of grease. You might not want to do that, though. It's strange that some owners care so little about their equipment.

 

[Fatboy]

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

That’s all I’ve done for years and swap out the cloth every year or 2 depending on use.

 

[Zerksies]

** RANT**

New pool hall in my neighborhood just opened up a week ago exactly. They shut down a few tables because they washed the tables and needed them to dry.

This is the most obsurd thing i have ever heard.

I worked in a pool hall for a few years in my youth. The only thing we did with the tables was vaccum the cloth daily and wipe down the rails. It was a busy pool hall and cloth was probably changed every year to 18 months. And them tables were clean no dust every appeared on my hands. The Balls cleaned daily

Why the heck are you washing a table after a week of use

 

[Black-Balled]

** RANT**

New pool hall in my neighborhood just opened up a week ago exactly. They shut down a few tables because they washed the tables and needed them to dry.

This is the most obsurd thing i have ever heard.

I worked in a pool hall for a few years in my youth. The only thing we did with the tables was vaccum the cloth daily and wipe down the rails. It was a busy pool hall and cloth was probably changed every year to 18 months. And them tables were clean no dust every appeared on my hands. The Balls cleaned daily

Why the heck are you washing a table after a week of use

Cleaneth thine cloth, peasant!

 

[jasonlaus]

** RANT**

New pool hall in my neighborhood just opened up a week ago exactly. They shut down a few tables because they washed the tables and needed them to dry.

This is the most obsurd thing i have ever heard.

I worked in a pool hall for a few years in my youth. The only thing we did with the tables was vaccum the cloth daily and wipe down the rails. It was a busy pool hall and cloth was probably changed every year to 18 months. And them tables were clean no dust every appeared on my hands. The Balls cleaned daily

Why the heck are you washing a table after a week of use

Washed them how?

 

[sudocrushms]

A couple of times I've seen rail cloth in pool rooms so filthy you could scrape your fingernail across the top of the rail and get a nail full of grease. You might not want to do that, though. It's strange that some owners care so little about their equipment.

Playing at my local yesterday on a table that was *covered* in dark blue and white marks. They just recovered all their tables in the last 2 or so months. The rails always end up super greasy/sticky too. I swear they only wipe the rails down and never actually clean them.

 

[Zerksies]

Washed them how?

Not sure, i wasn't there. But the table was damp

 

[jtompilot]

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

A year or two ago, the day after Buffalo had new cloth installed for his big tournament, the drinking dorks spilled beer on the table. Buff had some carpet cleaning company come and work on the stain. They got out about 90% of it.

 

[zencues.com]

we clean 10 tables with water and soap once between new cloth changes.

we wet just the bed, with a light scrub, then shop vac (we try hard not to get the rails wet,
because it will loosen the cloth by causing the wood swell then shrink, water also affects the glue).
this gets most of the stains, not all, but the tables look way better, not 100% new looking but about 90-95%
I clean the rails by hand with disinfectant wipes.

the tables play a little slower for about 24-48 hours then back to normal

we've done this last 10 years.

 

[BRKNRUN]

So that is how they make bar box tables......Wash down a 9' with hot water and it shrinks....

 

[Paul_#_]

this gets most of the stains, not all, but the tables look way better, not 100% new looking but about 90-95%

Does it do anything to burn marks?

 

[garczar]

Does it do anything to burn marks?

burn marks don't wash out. the dye has flashed off from the heat of friction.

 

[zencues.com]

Does it do anything to burn marks?

it reduces their visibility some, imo maybe 10-15%, but they are still there.

 

[TheBook]

I have Simonis Blue on my table and use Orange Chalk. Why? Because I want to see the chalk. After each rack I go over the chalk marks with a micro fiber cloth and the chalk is picked up by the clot. I also take my regular floor vacuum and run it across my table about once per week and use the hose attachment to clean the rails and areas that the vacuum doesn’t get. Had the cloth on about 12 years and it still looks and plays like new.

 

[zencues.com]

So that is how they make bar box tables......Wash down a 9' with hot water and it shrinks....

kinda true... we accidentally got all the rails wet and they shrunk. started with over sized 8 ft tables now we have
over sized beds with regulation sized rails (and 3 1/4 inch pocket shelves). the pockets are brutal LOL!!