How to Find Good Pool Table Felt
If you're lucky enough to own your own pool table, then you've most likely enjoyed hours of enjoyment playing pool with friends and family members right in your home. But owning a table does come with responsibilities. For example, you're responsible for all maintenance and upkeep for the table, such as replacing the felt when it gets worn out. You'll also need to think about the felt when buying a pool table for the first time. With a little knowledge, you can find good felt for your table.
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Decide how serious you are about your pool table. If you're looking for good pool table felt, odds are you're pretty serious. Casual players can get by with a lower-grade felt, but for high-quality felt that will stand up to a lot of use, you should buy tournament-grade fabric.
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Determine if color is important to you. Some people have elaborate game rooms or billiard rooms set up in their homes and want a certain color felt to match. If color is an issue, you'll be more limited with your choices--different brands offer different color selections.
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Make sure the felt you choose for your table is durable--this usually requires it to be at least 19 ounce per yard of fabric. The higher the ounce weight, the better the felt quality. Higher-quality pool table felt will last longer but cost more.
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Check out the websites for major brands that offer pool table felt and find out if they offer what you're looking for in terms of quality, color, durability and cost. Major brands include Iwan Simonis, Velocity Pro, ProForm, Mali and Championship. According to PoolFelt.com, the higher-quality brands tend to be Iwan Simonis, ProForm and Velocity Pro.
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References
- Photo Credit pool table 2 image by MLProject from Fotolia.com
