Face Side of Suited Speed Cloth? (1 Viewer)

[nickmate]

Hi everyone,

I'm at the early stages of my table build and currently ordering all my materials!

I received my SSC today, sourced from Jacks Poker in Australia (only place I could find SSC other than Amazon).

Just a question re which side is the face side - one side is visually duller than the other and the duller side is a fair amount more abrasive than the shiny side.

I gave Jacks Poker a call and was told the duller side is the face side, and is the side they use face up on their custom table offerings.

I'm pretty surprised they suggested using the side that genuinely feels like high grit sandpaper. Sliding the cards across the fabric you can hear the plastic scrape as it glides.

Can anyone confirm or deny which side is the face side? Does it even matter/is there any negatives in not using the 'right' side?

Cheers!

 

[Bacon Dad]

@T_Chan should be able to help.

 

[golobos]

Left face up

 

[HiveKueen]

personally i would choose the shiney side and the shiney side is up on my custom table (build by a friend).

 

[CallingStation614]

Left face up

1000%

I used the same cloth and left side up.

 

[upNdown]

with apologies for being a Debbie downer, but I think you got that cheaper, Chinese knockoff speedcloth. I’ve used that before and it plays fine, but it feels noticeably stiffer. That said, I guess I’d use the side on the left?

The suited speed cloth I got from Tony has an obviously correct side:

 

[TheYeti]

with apologies for being a Debbie downer, but I think you got that cheaper, Chinese knockoff speedcloth. I’ve used that before and it plays fine, but it feels noticeably stiffer. That said, I guess I’d use the side on the left?

The suited speed cloth I got from Tony has an obviously correct side:

Yup, that's what mine have always looked like as well, blank on one side.

 

[nickmate]

with apologies for being a Debbie downer, but I think you got that cheaper, Chinese knockoff speedcloth. I’ve used that before and it plays fine, but it feels noticeably stiffer. That said, I guess I’d use the side on the left?

The suited speed cloth I got from Tony has an obviously correct side:

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Not at all! I couldn’t find any suppliers outside of getting something shipped from overseas which would have been crazy expensive.

Looks like general consensus is to use the left side, I’ll just have to make do for now and one day maybe get some custom cloth made

 

[Kam]

I refelted my cheap table back in 2019. Couldn’t find an underside picture, but found these. Does not look ‘shiny’ or don’t remember it being shiny.

If anything this was too fast, cards went flying (some getting lost/stuck under the cheap rail, so I had to slow the pitch in dealing):

 

[nickmate]

I refelted my cheap table back in 2019. Couldn’t find an underside picture, but found these. Does not look ‘shiny’ or don’t remember it being shiny.

If anything this was too fast, cards went flying (some getting lost/stuck under the cheap rail, so I had to slow the pitch in dealing):

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Thanks for sending that through!

I noted when I was researching there is a regular SSC as well as a two-tone SSC. It seems the two images you and @upNdown have provided are both the two-tone variant.

https://www.casinosupply.com/products/pro-two-tone-suited-speed-cloth-sold-per-running-foot-green

I wonder what the back looks like of this product:

https://www.casinosupply.com/products/pro-suited-speed-cloth-sold-per-running-foot-solid-green

 

[Kam]

Hey,

Double checked - it was that first one you linked from Casino Supply I bought before. Send them an email and see if they’ll respond about the back of the other one.

I found another picture, same as @upNdown - the back is plain/solid dark.

Also - noob lesson I learned. The red fabric ‘felt’ on the table pic below was my first attempt at re-felting. Went to a generic fabric store (Joanns in the US) and picked it for feel / color. Glued it all down/trimed etc, and it acted like a f’ing magnet for cards. They would just stick to the surface - completely wrong material for sliding cards. Anyway - if you’re buying something that isn’t poker specific, be a weirdo in the store and lay a flat section out and try pitching a few cards on it first before you commit (or before you do the whole thing and realize after it’s too late)