Refelting Your Pool Table
Recovering the pool table cushions |
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lay the piece of felt along the rail, with about the same amount hanging over
each end, and place the metal strip where it goes. Use the center line that you
made earlier to line it up.
(I would recommend that any
pounding NOT be done directly on the bed of your pool table...you just never
know what might happen to your precious slate...Allen, being a professional,
knows what he's doing, so I'm not worried) |
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Starting at the center, and working you way to
one end, gently tap the metal strip into place, leaving about 1/4" of extra
pool table felt showing all the way down. Don't pound the metal strip all
the way in yet! Just enough to hold the felt and the strip in place. You
want it to be poking up a little bit so that you can use it as a guide when
trimming off the excess felt, once it is all secured. |
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Gently pull on the Pool table felt from the end to
keep it straight as you work your way to the end. Remember, don't pound it
in all the way yet. |
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As you work your way from the center to the end, you
will have to adjust the pool table felt felt back and forth, while gently
pulling it tight so that you keep it as smooth and straight as
possible. |
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Here you can see that there is about 1/4" of pool
table felt running all the way down the rail. When recovering your pool table,
this is critical during the refelting process. |
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