How To Maintain Your Pool Table

does it matter what kind of cloth you have when you use the rag or the vacume.

Good felt is more difficult to install correctly. Good felt takes many more staple, much more time and less forgiving. I have watched installer setup a table in one hour, in a pool hall. The felt was held in place with glue and one staple on each side of the pockets. good felt will need hundreds of staples to hold it tight.

This is true.

when using a vac, how strong is too strong? also, should you gently glide the brush over the cloth or should you use a little force and dig in?

If the vac is pulling the cloth up its too strong. How hard you bare down depends on how stiff the bristles are.

I use a Kenmore Progressive vac with the drapery attachment it does a good job. Pulling the attachment slowly with no downward pressure. Use a normal pool table brush for quick touch up. Once in a while i will use electric leaf blower to really blast the caulk dust out. I have used Woollite spray carpet cleaner after a beer spill with no adverse affects. Good felt is tough. Bad felt would never hold up to these cleaning methods. So be careful with your table.

Your absolutely right. Caution should be used. Cheap cloth will not hold up. Even with the good cloth don't use a super sucking vacuum.

hey man, thanks for the videos, rly useful and pleasant to watch. cheers!
i rly look forward to the day i get my own pool room and table, so i envy u :)

Good to see you pulling out your snooker cue!
Anyway, I didn't believe it would work, but I'm now swearing by chemical cleaning the felt. Either "imperial felt cleaner", or David Hodges' "quick clean", followed by a wipe with some micro fiber cloth. Most billiard stores will have some spray on product, in case you don't want to put these names in your comments.

Been playing with the snooker cue exclusively. Love it. I am also studying snooker technique more closely. Its really been interesting.