How Do You Re-Felt A Coin-Operated One-Piece Slate Pool Table?
Re-Felting also known as recovering a pool table is an involved process. These directions assume that you are not re-cushioning and that you have some patience. There are several places that you can order supplies and instructions. Remove the old covering. This means taking off the side rails and pulling the tacks from the frame. Should go fairly quick with a bit of practice. At this time you want to make sure the table is level. When you have the old cloth off clean your slates and make sure the plaster has not eroded. If it has fill with your putty using your putty knife and let dry. When the putty has dry sand it down so that your slates are completely smooth and level. (For one piece tables skip the joint filling process and go to Step 2) Lay the bed cloth over the slates, nap side up and running from head to foot of the table. If you aren’t sure about the direction the nap is run your hand over it. The resistance will show you that you are running against the grain. Leave only eno
