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Refelting Your Pool Table
Cutting the Felt |
First of all, the most important thing right now, is to lay out the
felt on top of the pool table, and check it thoroughly...check every inch of
your new felt for flaws or imperfections...once you cut it, it belongs to you.
Additionally, you'll probably be just a little upset if you get your pool table
recovering job all done, and you find out that there's something wrong with the
felt.
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OK, Allen has laid out the new felt that we have chosen, and has made
two small cuts on one of the long edges of the felt. One at six inches, and one
at twelve inches. This means that your felt should be at least 12 inches longer
than, and 12 inches wider than your table when you buy it. The masking tape is
to keep him from getting confused about which face of the cloth is which. (Very
important) Although it is often referred to as felt (a fabric formed by
compressing fibers rather than weaving), it is actually a woven fabric with a
nap (exposed, short, fuzzy fiber ends) on one surface. You want the nap to run
in the direction that you will be shooting when you break. You can determine
which way the nap of the felt is going, by simply running your palm across
it. |
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After having made the two small cuts, Allen just grabs, and
tears the cloth across. Felt is woven in such a way that you can can do this
without fear of unraveling. |
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Yup, Just grab the felt, and tear it across. |
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he makes two marks at six, and twelve inches along the short edge of the felt,
cuts a little slit, and tears off the two pieces all along the length of the
felt. This will be for recovering the the side rails. |
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Allen tearing the felt |
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Then, take your long pieces, fold them in half, and then cut
them for use on the pool table cushions. |
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| Now we can start
re-felting the cushions... NEXT |
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