Rakrul
Straight
Unnecessary background info
So back in 2010 there was a Norwegian distributor for Rye Park Poker tables and they cost about $1500 from Rye and about $1800-$2000 here in Norway. I knew the guy as he borrowed my Ritz chips for a music video(!), so I suggested a trade for him. I had about 1k PNY chips (including 80x$500) which was worth around $1500 at that time(!). I had bought it for $1200 (!).
So since my chips was about what he paid for a table we could trade. He agreed but I had to pay for the custom cloth myself. It was about $250 I believe as it was "casino grade", whatever that means. I guess he recouped freight (it weighs like 70kg!) and taxes on that deal but I was happy. The cloth came a month or so after I got the table so here's prepping for the first game in March 2010 (custom cloth hadn't arrived yet).
Today's state
So after almost 13 years of people spilling drinks and smoking at the table (although smoking might've died out when I got this table or shortly after on their own accord) it was showing it's age so I decided to remove it and wash it which is simpler said than done as it usually has a 80kg (!) table top on it, that I can't remove alone. Anyways, got that sorted and got to work.
I think I went a bit overboard with staples when attaching it though. There's still about a quarter left on the floor that I keep stepping on.
The old green cloth looked pristine btw. Not a stain on it, so I guess my cloth took the damage like a champ.
Can you tell that it's not new?
I was a bit worried it would tear when it was in the washing machine so I decided to try this to not risk it.
If anything it just made it riskier as the duct tape would attach it self to other duct tape parts and crimple the cloth to a ball as it was tumbling around in the washing machine. I tried a short cycle at 30C and it helped a bit, but not much so I threw caution to wind. I removed the duct tape, dowsed the logo and surrounding are (which was the most dirty as that's where everything is happening) with liquid dishwasher soap, then used some Vanish oxi-something instead of regular soap in the washing machine. I also put it on a one hour cycle, but still 30C. And well, lack of soap wouldn't be problem this time around.
There was still so much soap in the machine after it was done so I had to run another rinse cycle (cold water) but there was still soap in the machine after that. Anyways, the result was as good as I could expect.
Before - After
This time around I didn't use as many staples as they're not that fun to remove.
All in all, quite happy I did spend time on it and how it turned out. Next game is on Friday and I'm pretty sure someone will spill something it.
So back in 2010 there was a Norwegian distributor for Rye Park Poker tables and they cost about $1500 from Rye and about $1800-$2000 here in Norway. I knew the guy as he borrowed my Ritz chips for a music video(!), so I suggested a trade for him. I had about 1k PNY chips (including 80x$500) which was worth around $1500 at that time(!). I had bought it for $1200 (!).
So since my chips was about what he paid for a table we could trade. He agreed but I had to pay for the custom cloth myself. It was about $250 I believe as it was "casino grade", whatever that means. I guess he recouped freight (it weighs like 70kg!) and taxes on that deal but I was happy. The cloth came a month or so after I got the table so here's prepping for the first game in March 2010 (custom cloth hadn't arrived yet).
Today's state
So after almost 13 years of people spilling drinks and smoking at the table (although smoking might've died out when I got this table or shortly after on their own accord) it was showing it's age so I decided to remove it and wash it which is simpler said than done as it usually has a 80kg (!) table top on it, that I can't remove alone. Anyways, got that sorted and got to work.
I think I went a bit overboard with staples when attaching it though. There's still about a quarter left on the floor that I keep stepping on.
The old green cloth looked pristine btw. Not a stain on it, so I guess my cloth took the damage like a champ.
Can you tell that it's not new?
I was a bit worried it would tear when it was in the washing machine so I decided to try this to not risk it.
If anything it just made it riskier as the duct tape would attach it self to other duct tape parts and crimple the cloth to a ball as it was tumbling around in the washing machine. I tried a short cycle at 30C and it helped a bit, but not much so I threw caution to wind. I removed the duct tape, dowsed the logo and surrounding are (which was the most dirty as that's where everything is happening) with liquid dishwasher soap, then used some Vanish oxi-something instead of regular soap in the washing machine. I also put it on a one hour cycle, but still 30C. And well, lack of soap wouldn't be problem this time around.
There was still so much soap in the machine after it was done so I had to run another rinse cycle (cold water) but there was still soap in the machine after that. Anyways, the result was as good as I could expect.
Before - After
This time around I didn't use as many staples as they're not that fun to remove.
All in all, quite happy I did spend time on it and how it turned out. Next game is on Friday and I'm pretty sure someone will spill something it.
