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How To Find The Best Pool Table Felt

Has your pool table seen better days? If you’ve worn out the cover it just might be time to recover. You may be surprised to discover that gone are the days when pool table felt came in one shade of green.

Have you ever heard of ArtScape print billiard cloth? This type of felt comes in a wide variety of colors and designs. The choices are all eye-catching and they are the newest way for you to make a visible difference in the decor of your game room. The layouts of this type of pool table felt can transform the playing surface of your pool table with beautiful, full-color patterns. These patterns are printed on the highest quality of worsted wool cloth and it is the ideal complement to your personality, lifestyle, and pool table.

Another type of covering for your pool table is called Mali. This is a mid-grade pool table cloth that is a 21 ounce wool and nylon blend. It contains 75% wool at the very least and if you purchase this type of pool table felt, you’ll get enough to cover your table bed and the rails, too. They come in colors from camel to wine to spruce and are very reasonably priced.

The next type of covering is called Arcade. This is a very hard-wearing and economical choice if you have a lot of people using your pool table or you run a pool table game room. It’s very durable and reasonably priced which is great for arcade owners. If it can handle the heavy traffic of an arcade, it most certainly can last for a long time in your home.

If you are looking to spend a little more you might want to look at getting the Milliken SuperPro cloth. It generally costs upwards of $200. You can purchase this pool table felt in varying sizes and colors ranging from electric blue to yellow green.

The Simonis billiard table cloth is another high end product, but not quite as expensive as the Milliken SuperPro. This type of felt has a high thread count and is made of combed worsted wool. This makes it a long lasting cloth. It’s nap-free and will not fluff or pill. This is the type of pool table felt that you’ll see used in professional tournaments.

Whichever type you decide to buy, you’ll want to make sure that you get a good quality cloth. You don’t want to have to replace it too often however, unless you have extra money floating around, you don’t want to have to pay out the nose for your felt either. If you don’t have the money to spend, you may want to go for a more economical version of pool table felt.