washing your Simonis?

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Has anyone ever washed their Simonis? I did this the other day and the next day after the balls racked better.

All I did was wipe it down with a damp rag... to clean all the chalk marks.

Does this hurt the cloth in any way or affect the speed of the cloth?
 
I too wash the cloth with a clean, damp cloth. It does help (in my opinion) the balls rack better, roll better and gets the chalk off of table. After cleaning it, give the cloth a good vaccum and it will look really good, almost new!
...Zim
 
Table maintance,

I find it's best as ChalksBilliards says, vaccum first then, we would do as racer x did. Washing the cloth and then wipe it down with a damp cloth and always wipe one direction, from head to the foot.

If a beer, coke and or a mixed drink is spilled on your table, this is how we would clean up the mess. You need to do this as soon as the drink was spilt. Old stains are tough to get out.

Mop up the excess drink with a clean bar towel, then, pour some fresh clean water on the spot and gently rub it into the spot. Mop dry with a towel, and repeat this process again. Then if you have a small fan place it blowing on the wet spot. After a few minutes it should dry and be ready for action. Then clean the balls. Doing this will keep from staining your cloth. This method has worked great for years for us on tour. Following these directions will help maintain your table for years to come.


BLUD
 
TADA!!! Something multiple pool players can agree on!! What about if you get a minor tear in the cloth? Is it repairable, or just need to replace it?

...Zim
 
Zim,
Good question, sir.

This has happened to us on tour several times. What we did was to take some super glue [a very small amount of very thin super glue], and put it in the tear or hole, then take some cloth shavings and sprinkle over the top of the hole and or tear. Most of the time you can get the shavings out of a pocket that hasn't been whiped put for a while. Or you can take a razor blade and scrap a piece of cloth to get your shavings. Do not press down on the spot with a ball. Let it dry for a spell and then press it later on with card-board. If it's gotten to high [to tall and above the playing surface], take a piece of 220 grit sand paper and lightly sand the small spot only.
good luck
blud
 
Blud- That sounds like a pretty smart idea! I would have never thought of using shavings though. I was thinking more along the lines of a small piece of cloth that matches the hole, but shavings is really smart! How long will this surfice? Just for the remainder of the tournament, or will it be okay or is it recommended to leave it alone? Once again, or do you just replace it when the table will not be needed.
 
Zim, Being the equipment coordinater for the men's pro tour for several years, I had to make things "GIN" at all times. This is how I took care of the tears and dings and or holes in our cloth.

I have tried school glue in the past. It will soak through the cloth and come to the surface. With super glue, I was not happy with the results. I would use a cotten swab or just us a small drop of glue.The super glue will dry in a few short minutes. Just take your time and don't make a mess. I use a very thin glue. The tear will never stretch back to it's original shape. Glue the edges down and then use your shavings in the exposed areas of slate. There is no quick fix that is like you want it. On tour, we had sometime 8 to 16 tables going all at the same time. Each table was needed and had to play as close to the remaining tables. After we got to a few players left, we would take the table out of use.

As far as wiping down your cloth, it's sim[ple. Always wipe in one direction only,[from the head to the foot] this way if you have two or more folks cleaning tables we used, all of them would be done the same so not one could complain, this tables rolling differant than the others. We had no complants.

Using a Fan,

Do as I said and place a fan blowing on the tables surface and it will dry fairly fast. No need to iron it. Ironing it makes it faster and then when you play on another table that has NOT be IRONED, it plays slower and you have to make adjustment you normally wouldn't do. Try to keep the same conditions that you normally have.

The clothes of today, are super fast. When we had slower cloth, it forced us to force the balls. Playing on this newer cloth, will not help you develope a stroke as quickly as with the older slower cloths. However, the newer cloth is much better to playing on. In the old days, only the top players could really play great shape. Now all players a any level, can get there, on the newer faster cloths. It helps you, to play closer to the object ball.

As I said these methods have worked for me. If you like your methods, don't change. Another words, IF IT AINT BROKE, DON'T FIX IT.
blud
 
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