Pool Table Slate Repair

In store on site repairs to slate and pocket blocks.

Pool table slate repair.

If you lift up the felt and find that the slate on your pool table is cracked there are a few things you can do before calling in a professional or having the slate replaced. Fool proof 50 50 non critical mix. Never ever never ever lift or pick up your pool table from the top especially from the end imagine how the pool table will flex from end to end and what it will do to your pool table s slate as it binds. Better tables are made with slate and can be leveled more easily.

Prepping the slate and leveling a pool table note. Pool table slate repair. Slate repair glue for broken slate. If you have a pool table in your house at some point you are going to have to recover it.

Leveling pool table slate use your portable propane torch to heat up the joint between the two slabs of slate this will help draw the wax into the groove and give you a better seal. While doing pool table slate repair and prep remember this. For more extensive cracks it is best to use slate repair glue. You might notice what appears to be small cracks in the surface of the slate this is not uncommon on an older table.

It has a thick consistency which helps to bond slate effectively. It s meant to be a permenant fill. 3 piece slate pocket blocks. Slate repair on antique pool tables.

Existing slate frames reattached. No need for vice or clamp. Slate patch for patching chips and holes. Check with the independent pool table installers as well those who don t have a retail store but just do service work i bought a set of 3 piece slate a couple of months ago for 50 off craigslist and just sold it this week for 150 because the slate for the customers brand new table was lost in shipping.

1 hour working time. Bonds everything to anything. Less expensive tables may have a plywood surface that can warp over time. How to fix broken slate on a pool table.

This is what we use to fill chips and holes in slate. Push the 2 separate sides of the slate firmly together. 4 piece slate pocket blocks corners 4 pieces. This product gets very hard.

Apply this inside the crack on both sides. You fill once let it dry then lightly sand with a sanding block. Use as adhesive sealant or filler. If you have a pool table that seems warped or out of level it may be difficult to repair depending on what the playing surface is made from.

This is the glue we use to repair damaged slate. Remove old install new slate frames. Probably harder than the slate itself. Billiard table wax is also effective when you have to seal loose seams on your slate pool table.