Sheridan Billiards: Pool table felt - Valley bar box tables

In this post we recovered 2 Valley bar box tables in a social club in Denver. The cloth was in really bad shape. Here you can see that there were multiple tears in the surface from masse and jump shots.

The first step is to remove and strip the rails.

Once the rails are stripped, it's time to replace the felt. the felt on bar box tables is glued on and secured with staples. We found that 3M super 77 is the best spray glue for the job.

Once the rails are finished, it's time to replace the table felt. The slate is pretty heavy so it takes 2 people to pull it out the the bar box. Once it's removed, we strip the cloth off and clean the surface with water.

Now it's time for cloth. The bed cloth is attached with glue; we run a pretty heavy strip of glue around the whole table and stretch the felt into place. Once the bed cloth is down, we finish the pockets. Here, we cut strips into the pocket area with a razor blade, spray glue it and attach it to the table. We found that duct tape can help keep the ends from coming loose.