About to re-felt my poker table. Any advice or tips (3 Viewers)

[Waynejr83]

looking for tips on felting my table. I have the foam down already. The felt came in the mail, it does have a few creases from being folded up. It's speed felt, can I iron it or anything to get creases out or when stretching it, it should come out? Never done this before so looking for any advice. Thank you in advance

Wayne

 

[courage]

You can iron the back with a medium hot iron and it should help remove the creases. Just installing and stretching it won't. Good luck!

 

[iballman]

I have used a clothes steamer with good results.

 

[Waynejr83]

Thanks! Appreciate it

 

[DJ Mack]

Not to resurrect a dormant thread but how did this turn out? I'm in a similar situation and would like to know if it worked before I bust out the iron. Also, did you put adhesive between the foam and felt (speed cloth) as well? I've heard mixed advice on this one; everyone agrees that the foam should be glued to the board, but of the guys that have undertaken this project it seems they're 50/50 on whether they glue the felt. It would seem to me that you're better off controlling the felt attachment through good stapling technique. Not to mention you can take your time stapling whereas spray adhesive is pretty much set within a few minutes.

 

[Trihonda]

Not to resurrect a dormant thread but how did this turn out? I'm in a similar situation and would like to know if it worked before I bust out the iron. Also, did you put adhesive between the foam and felt (speed cloth) as well? I've heard mixed advice on this one; everyone agrees that the foam should be glued to the board, but of the guys that have undertaken this project it seems they're 50/50 on whether they glue the felt. It would seem to me that you're better off controlling the felt attachment through good stapling technique. Not to mention you can take your time stapling whereas spray adhesive is pretty much set within a few minutes.

You are correct. You should NOT glue down the SSC to the foam. I've never ironed out the SSC, and application (for me) has always removed any creases.

I lay out the SSC, getting the pattern/direction I want. I then use a pneumatic stapler (essentially a must-have). I staple the SSC to the EDGE of the play surface (not underneath). I start in the middle of the oval, staple one side with a 3-4" swatch of staples. Then I go to the other (opposite side) and hold the SSC taught and perform identical stapling. Stapling the edge, you'll notice with a pneumatic stapler, that it sucks in the cloth somewhat, which effectively snugs up the SSC. Once I have the middle section secured, I move to the very outter side edges. and pull those taught, staple each end, as I did in the middle. Then I move around the table, splitting the difference between the stapled sections (and always working opposite sides one after each other).. The more you staple, the more taught the SSC will become. Once the SSC is stapled all the way around. Then you simply trim the excess SSC and it will have a clean look from underneath.

 

[DJ Mack]

Makes a lot of sense - in fact it almost sounds like the same technique you use to torque lugnuts on your car. You go opposite to opposite for the first round and then you can go back and hit them all in sequence if you want.

I hadn't considered a pneumatic stapler. Sounds like a dangerous tool I need to pick up this weekend while my kids do the Home Depot kids project!