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  • Best material to fill the seams of slates

    From sa31312@gmail.com@21:1/5 to Peter Lu on Wed Dec 4 17:03:25 2019
    On Tuesday, 27 March 2001 10:46:43 UTC-5, Peter Lu wrote:
    Hi,

    Could anyone suggest the best material to fill the seams between the
    slates of pool table? Is there a web site for DIY? Thanks.

    I am a pool table installer. We dont use bees wax because after time it tends to crack and is also not a good hold.

    We currently use an automotive bondo with a cream hardener to seal the seems dries fast sands smooth and lasts a long time (dismantled pool tables that we put in 8+ years ago and still had to crack the seem to remove the slate)

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  • From sa31312@gmail.com@21:1/5 to Jack Stein on Wed Dec 4 17:05:08 2019
    On Wednesday, 28 March 2001 08:09:26 UTC-5, Jack Stein wrote:
    Mark0 wrote:

    Never use bondo. Hell, even Rollins shuns Bondo. If you don't want to use beeswax you can use Indian Creek Brand Rock Hard Water Putty. It dries very
    hard and won't turn powdery.

    I've never seen body putty, Bondo, Black Magic, or whatever turn
    powdery? The mechanic that installed my table used body putty, and he's
    done thousands of tables. I'm not saying water putty is no good, but
    having used both products for their intended purposes, if I were to do
    my own table I'd use the body putty. Bee's wax would probably be my alternate choice. My first guess is any of the three would, and do,
    work fine. Much more important would be the guy using the product, but,
    how hard is it to do? If the table is good, the installation should be pretty straight forward, including sealing the seams.

    Jack
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    Mark0 <--9 yrs of water putty on my basement table and still going strong too

    @homenews <me@home.com> wrote in message news:j47w6.108039$W05.20763304@news1.rdc1.mi.home.com...
    Bondo works well and doesn't react to changing humidity or temperature


    Peter Lu <peter.c.lu@lmco.com> wrote in message news:3AC0B5E3.C686D56E@lmco.com...
    Hi,

    Could anyone suggest the best material to fill the seams between the slates of pool table? Is there a web site for DIY? Thanks.




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    The powdery issue is likely the table wasnt swept off after sanding the bondo down or he didnt mix in a cream hardener with it possibly.

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