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Fake stuff made in China? Come on, Geoff, I can't believe that.
Originally Posted by Geoff Large
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hi Les , I think you mean 30 oz cloth ?
Putting any steam or water into wool will expand the fibres , so will in theory make the cloth slower as it is a thicker cloth when damp acting like blotting paper, it will when it is dry shrink because you have wet it then ironed it , as we know wool washed on a hot setting will shrink , and the same applies to wool being wet then ironed on a billiard table .
A trick that many fitters use around the middle slate fall if they get a hard to fit cloth , they damp the cloth then iron it to shrink out any possible wrinkles. Have a close look on TV around the middle slate fall just before the ball falls , you may notice a differant shade of cloth colour , this is where the fitter has dampened the cloth before ironing it , no 10 is the most difficult cloth to fit around those TV table pocket falls .
It is true that you get good and bad batches of cloth , I have noticed that some 30oz cloths are thicker than the last batch or thinner if you get what I mean .
One thing that informs me that a cloth is thinner than the last batch is loose cushion retaining slips .
You could try inevermissablue's trick and put starch on the cloth which may help keep the nap down , it is something I would not recommend and neither do the cloth manufacturer Strachan. but if he is experiencing good results then you may want to try it on his recommendation though not mine , although he says the table he is using it on has worn cloth on it , not new cloth . I have no problem anyone using starch spray on worn cloth because if it goes pear shaped it was due a recover anyway , spraying it on new cloth and you have bad results would mean recovering a newly clothed table which would hurt you in the pocket.
A new recover is going to play much slower than worn no nap cloth , so if you are comparing it to the old cloth then you will notice a huge difference in speed .
My advice is double up on Brushing and ironing , try and wear some of the nap away and keep pressing it flat , if it is over 6 months since the re-cover ,then stretching a bed cloth will also speed the cloth up.
one more thing , where did you get your cloth from ? there are fake Strachan cloth about made in china.
Before it was fitted you should always check the cloth has blue embroidered lines down one side with Gold embroidered writing saying Strachan 6811 tournament , also a cloth transfer with Strachan gold tournament 30 oz , and in black ink printing on the underside a roll number and again Strachan tournament printed in .
Hope above info is of use to you.
Oh and congrats on Team Canada women's ice hockey winning gold and the men reaching the final today.
Putting any steam or water into wool will expand the fibres , so will in theory make the cloth slower as it is a thicker cloth when damp acting like blotting paper, it will when it is dry shrink because you have wet it then ironed it , as we know wool washed on a hot setting will shrink , and the same applies to wool being wet then ironed on a billiard table .
A trick that many fitters use around the middle slate fall if they get a hard to fit cloth , they damp the cloth then iron it to shrink out any possible wrinkles. Have a close look on TV around the middle slate fall just before the ball falls , you may notice a differant shade of cloth colour , this is where the fitter has dampened the cloth before ironing it , no 10 is the most difficult cloth to fit around those TV table pocket falls .
It is true that you get good and bad batches of cloth , I have noticed that some 30oz cloths are thicker than the last batch or thinner if you get what I mean .
One thing that informs me that a cloth is thinner than the last batch is loose cushion retaining slips .
You could try inevermissablue's trick and put starch on the cloth which may help keep the nap down , it is something I would not recommend and neither do the cloth manufacturer Strachan. but if he is experiencing good results then you may want to try it on his recommendation though not mine , although he says the table he is using it on has worn cloth on it , not new cloth . I have no problem anyone using starch spray on worn cloth because if it goes pear shaped it was due a recover anyway , spraying it on new cloth and you have bad results would mean recovering a newly clothed table which would hurt you in the pocket.
A new recover is going to play much slower than worn no nap cloth , so if you are comparing it to the old cloth then you will notice a huge difference in speed .
My advice is double up on Brushing and ironing , try and wear some of the nap away and keep pressing it flat , if it is over 6 months since the re-cover ,then stretching a bed cloth will also speed the cloth up.
one more thing , where did you get your cloth from ? there are fake Strachan cloth about made in china.
Before it was fitted you should always check the cloth has blue embroidered lines down one side with Gold embroidered writing saying Strachan 6811 tournament , also a cloth transfer with Strachan gold tournament 30 oz , and in black ink printing on the underside a roll number and again Strachan tournament printed in .
Hope above info is of use to you.
Oh and congrats on Team Canada women's ice hockey winning gold and the men reaching the final today.
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