POLL: BEST POKER TABLE TOP MATERIAL TO USE???? |
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Posted Thu Mar 03, 2005 12:00 pm GMT by BLINDBANDIT
I was wondering what the best poker table top material to use?
I heard Velveteen bleeds its color on cards and chips.
Is expensive Billiard felt worth the money? easy to work with?
Suited poker cloth?
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Posted Thu Mar 03, 2005 12:08 pm GMT by Nickmast
Double Velvet. Velveteen is nothing but a wannabee velvet. Personally I dont know why people use that stuff at all.
Posted Thu Mar 03, 2005 12:25 pm GMT by HELO
Double knit pollyester
Posted Thu Mar 03, 2005 12:34 pm GMT by tomb1
I've played at some B&Ms that use a light suede, and I've heard that a faux suede is good, but no personal experience with it. I voted billiard cloth.
My advice is to get the best you can possibly afford -- the surface will make or break a table. If you get cheap cloth and save $25 (or $50) on a $200-$300 table, that's no bargain.
Posted Thu Mar 03, 2005 12:36 pm GMT by Nickmast
I just used a faux suede on a table. Looks great, feels great. Only thing I didnt like about it was that it wasnt as stretchable as other fabrics.
Posted Thu Mar 03, 2005 4:23 pm GMT by R Deckard
I have been using a green 100% cotton velveteen for my cheapo roll-up table-topper pad, and it does stain my fingers a little after a night's worth of shuffling (haven't played enough to notice card/chip staining though), but I think if I had washed it several times first this wouldn't happen. The playing quality/feel of it is great, though. I can't stand real velvet--the texture just give me the chills for some reason. Faux suede I felt was too grippy, and it is a synthetic (i.e. a plastic like polyester) and therefore will melt if contacted by flame/cigarette ash. I read the post by the guy with the red velveteen staining issue, but I think his main problem is using red, which I think is a very unstable dye for fabrics in general. I agree with the above posts--if you're going to the expense of actually making a nice table, get the good stuff: real poker "speed" cloth or billiard cloth.
Posted Thu Mar 03, 2005 4:34 pm GMT by Nickmast
mmmm velvet!!! plush like a big titty!!! ha...never heard of velvet giving people the chills.
Posted Thu Mar 03, 2005 6:36 pm GMT by circlencircle
Without a doubt if you have the money, Simonis billiard cloth is the finest thing you can get. 2nd to that would be another high quality wool blend cloth such as Titian, Tour Edition, Mercury etc... Anything above 20oz and 75%wool or more is exceptional. Speed cloth is one of the better choices but still isn’t even close to Simonis and Titian (IMHO). If you are building a fixture in your house that you want to be proud of and have no regrets spend the extra cash. I personally chose Titian 21oz; if you get it the instant you open the package of you will know where the money went. However, to be honest, I wish I had spent another $30-$60 and used Simonis 860 or 760. Simonis is around $150 for 7'x54"
Posted Thu Mar 03, 2005 6:52 pm GMT by circlencircle
Oh, and as far as ease to work with. I have only had personal experience with Simonis and Titian in the high end rage stuff and both were very easy to work with.
Posted Thu Mar 03, 2005 8:35 pm GMT by R Deckard
(for Nickmast)beavisnbuttheaduh, uheh-heh-uheh, uh, he like said TITian, uh, heh-heh-heh. . ./beavisnbutthead
Posted Thu Mar 03, 2005 11:08 pm GMT by killermold
I used red poker speed cloth for my table. After 1 month I have noticed that whenever the humidity rises the cloth loosens. A lot. I'm not sure if I installed it wrong of if this is normal. I think next time I will go with some kind of high end billiard felt.
Posted Thu Mar 03, 2005 11:47 pm GMT by Prettey Toney
The highest of high end billiard cloth is what I'd go for.
Titan makes a billiard fabric that is calle "worsted" quality.
Top notch stuff. Guaranteed forever not to fur up. $30 yard.
Posted Fri Mar 04, 2005 12:10 am GMT by PaulsonChips
There's a material called Foxwood and its the materials that most casinos use on thier tables. Its like velveteen but has shorter hairs.
It never needs changing and should last a lifetime for home games.
Posted Fri Mar 04, 2005 2:16 am GMT by killermold
Where can you find this "foxwood"?
Posted Fri Mar 04, 2005 2:23 am GMT by PaulsonChips
I'm not sure, the guy thats making my custom tables use this material.
I think they only sell in 2000 sq ft at a time. I dont know who resells this material.
Posted Fri Mar 04, 2005 3:26 am GMT by Chapa
sounds like group buy time.
Posted Sat Mar 05, 2005 8:00 am GMT by poker9
 Last august.. all we wanted was a felt playing surface... Looked on the internet.. and what i got.. started a small business.
We have been using the same Kunin Purple felt tablecloth with drawstring string since august..
and I started making them.. custom to any tablesize.. for small groups as well as tournaments.. even troops in Guam.
They seem to last.. and found a way to control pilling.
You need some.. be glad to help out...
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The idea.. get the game going.. anywhere we plop down.. it has to be portable!
http://pokertablecloth.4all.cc/
Posted Sat Mar 05, 2005 3:42 pm GMT by Sterling
Sounds pretty neat, I'm thinking about it, although I think you need a real host and someone to design the site a bit nicer, no offence but you could probably do a lot better with a better design.
| poker9 wrote: | Last august.. all we wanted was a felt playing surface... Looked on the internet.. and what i got.. started a small business.
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The idea.. get the game going.. anywhere we plop down.. it has to be portable!
http://pokertablecloth.4all.cc/ |
Posted Sat Mar 05, 2005 4:20 pm GMT by poker9
 :D
actually are base page is WWW.Sexybloomers.com
and we got for the giggle
curl www.sexybloomers.com/pokercloth.htm/url
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