Originally Posted by finabb
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One of the main reasons Balls skid around pockets and come out is when they are worn and the cloth has no nap , all he is doing putting a slippery polish like PLEDGE ? is replicating a worn Bed and cushion cloth in the opening jaws of the pocket .
I will be recovering a match table at Selby soon , when it had new cloth the players in the league all voted it the best table to pl;ay on , as it has worn in the shiny worn cloth in the pocket openings are rejecting the ball out as it is unable to grip the cushion cloth and then deflect off the undercutt of the opening , you need Grip not slippiness to pot a ball , at the moment the players are not happy with it , but I can honestly say after another recover it will be back to it's best in accepting the balls into the pocket without skidding .
I would like to know WHO had taught a billiard fitter to put Pledge on a table cloth ? and how he came about useing it ?
and he should not require starch on Wool Billiard cloth , he could just damp the cloth with damp hands or by mister bottle and then iron it this will shrink fit it , I only tried Starch on american pool tables Because they slack off very quick after recovering and wrinkles can apear very quick , so expermented in useing starch which was a silicon free product to see if it would help keep the wrinkles at bay , I was very pleased at the result , we have a contract with a well known 10 pin bowling alley chain and since I have been useing it , I,ve had 100% results in no wrinkles apearing on them after the recover .
all we need to do now is teach people not to sit on cushions as rubber and cushion cloth is always coming off because of this issue , but thats down to the floor staff not the fitter .
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