Redoing Poker felt (20 Viewers)

[bzambo]

I have a poker table but the felt was stained by a drink and I cannot for the life of my get rid of it. Needless to say I want to redo the felt. A few questions.

1. Do I have to remove the foam and replace that too or can I get away with just replacing the felt? My rail obviously is removable so that’s not an issue.

2. If replacing the foam I’m really not sure what type of foam to get. I like a spongy feel but obviously not too crazy and I don’t want to feel the bouncy-ness a tad.

3. As for felt. I am reading speed cloth isn’t the way to go but I definitely want to spend the extra money and get high quality felt/cloth. Can anyone give me some recommendations?

Thank you guys so much in advance.

 

[Machine]

Can you show us some pics? see what we are working with?

 

[bzambo]

Can you show us some pics? see what we are working with?

Yes once I get home I will! At work now. I built the table in 2008 so it’s probably due for new felt anyway.

 

[Machine]

iirc I used Velora and I think its a closed cell foam and then covered it with a headliner.

I think this for the padding, and this over it and then custom Chanman felt on top. Its one of the best to shuffle and deal on imo

 

[Kam]

Hey,

I shared some of my experience in refelting/new foam here (also, I made a stupid mistake buying the wrong felt initially):

https://www.pokerchipforum.com/threads/face-side-of-suited-speed-cloth.126942/

Agree with @Machine - you want closed cell foam.

For cleaning, some folk use the wet bissel fabric cleaner vacuum handheld units, might be worth a try as well as one last chance.

GL!

 

[bzambo]

Hey,

I shared some of my experience in refelting/new foam here (also, I made a stupid mistake buying the wrong felt initially):

https://www.pokerchipforum.com/threads/face-side-of-suited-speed-cloth.126942/

Agree with @Machine - you want closed cell foam.

For cleaning, some folk use the wet bissel fabric cleaner vacuum handheld units, might be worth a try as well as one last chance.

GL!

Thank you very much for the ideas. I cannot remember the foam I purchased almost 18 years ago but I love the foam that is on it and it’s held up tremendously all of these years. Ideally I want to replicate it but without removing the felt I have no idea the thickness that I purchased.

I appreciate your feedback and I’ll give the cleaning suggesting a try as well.

 

[bzambo]

iirc I used Velora and I think its a closed cell foam and then covered it with a headliner.

I think this for the padding, and this over it and then custom Chanman felt on top. Its one of the best to shuffle and deal on imo

Thank you a ton. I’ll send pics when I get home and we can go from there. I’m hoping this isn’t a huge project for myself as the plywood is already cut to size obviously and the rail is in shape great too.

I also wonder — can I just buy a table that’s already felted with a removal rail that just lays on top of a utility table? Because that’s exactly what I have now. I don’t mind redoing the felt but I can’t seem to find a company or anyone that has THAT for sale. It’s either an all or just the topper kinda thing. Unless I’m looking in the wrong places.

 

[Kam]

Also recommend checking out toppers from @rjdev7 as an alternative

https://www.pokerchipforum.com/threads/made-to-order-custom-table-toppers.96993/