How do you get chalk-marks out of the cloth?

[DavisFan76]

I said IF your table has graffiti or food marks use a cloth, I didn't say I had food marks or graffiti on my table. You really think my table is full of crap like graffiti and food marks?? I don't know about your table, but I ain't got a speck of dirt of my table. I keep it in tip top condition.. No food or drink is even allowed in the room where my snooker table is.

Sorry, no offence meant. I assumed that your table had somehow become vandalised or something, unless you mean something different when you say graffiti. I mean, graffiti on a snooker table? Like you, I keep my table in the best shape I can.

[DavisFan76]

I bought a horsehair brush, but the chalkmarks are still quite visible. Do I need something like this:

http://www.pro9.co.uk/html/theprosho...t&pid=CLOX0010

or the spray on this page:

http://www.bbbilliards.co.uk/category.php?dept=144



to get it completely clean?

[snookerfan92]

I bought a horsehair brush, but the chalkmarks are still quite visible. Do I need something like this:

http://www.pro9.co.uk/html/theprosho...t&pid=CLOX0010

or the spray on this page:

http://www.bbbilliards.co.uk/category.php?dept=144



to get it completely clean?

Try using a vacuum, vacuuming the table from the D side of the table, vertically down to the end of the table. If that doesn't work, try using a slightly damp cloth to get rid of the chalk marks. If that doesn't work, then you may wanna think about buying one of those cloth cleaners. The vacuum should work, depending on how much chalk is on your table.

[thinsy]

Try using a vacuum, vacuuming the table from the D side of the table, vertically down to the end of the table. If that doesn't work, try using a slightly damp cloth to get rid of the chalk marks. If that doesn't work, then you may wanna think about buying one of those cloth cleaners. The vacuum should work, depending on how much chalk is on your table.

Shouldn't vacuum a table....

All you'll do is suck the chalk into the cloth which will create more kicks!

And, could also run risk of stretching the cloth!

[DavisFan76]

Shouldn't vacuum a table....

All you'll do is suck the chalk into the cloth which will create more kicks!

And, could also run risk of stretching the cloth!

So would you say it'd be a better idea to go with one of those cloth sprays? If so, which one? I agree by the way, the idea of vacuuming a table just sounds wrong: you'd affect the flatness of the cloth, surely?

[snookerfan92]

Shouldn't vacuum a table....

All you'll do is suck the chalk into the cloth which will create more kicks!

And, could also run risk of stretching the cloth!

When I say vacuuming the table, I mean at a low power, not full power.

Here are some tips from: http://www.easysnooker.co.uk/guide.htm

Chalk - Too much is devastating

There may be nothing that looks cooler than the absent-minded way a Pro chalks up between each shot, but the lingering dust is playing a deadly game
with your table felt. The chalk is abrasive; it gets into the cloth and destroys it.
Brushing the table frequently - even after every session - is a good start, but realize that 50 percent of the chalk dust actually gets brushed into the cloth.

Suction with a small vacuum is the only way to go. Otherwise, you could end up with a layer of dust thick under your felt.

This would create the impression that the table was uneven.

But too powerful a vacuum could lift and stretch your fabric. We suggest using a brush with soft bristles for daily use.

Always brush in the direction of the Nap.

Coins you flip on the table creates minute cuts in the felt that develop into tears;

and digging your cue tip into the cloth on jump shots is utterly devastating.