HOW-TO: Glue Down Pool Table Cloth Just Like The Real King Cobra! 

Glen is the real deal. Best pool table mechanic in the world probably. Glue prevents staple holes which destroy the backing of the slate over time and allow you to stretch index the cloth properly. He should be teaching full time there is a lot more to table maintenance than people have any idea about. Kudos!

A true craftsman at work. Doesn't get any better than that.

Fantastic video! Hoping to see one on how you did the rails on this table as well. Keep up the great work!

This man needs more likes....this is the best example of how to do this. Now I just need to figure out a stretch test. Thank u sir.

Best video out there on the subject. Quantifies the process.

ty for a great video. and your knowledge dedication to the industry please keep video's coming

Nice work from the expert. RKC all the way!!!

Thank you for sharing this with the world Glen even if you are selling glue😁 We won't be here forever buddy but now this knowledge will be. Nice work explaining and demonstrating! JC

Great tesch etiquette and patience in this man.

Followed your directions and my Pro-am looks amazing. Thank you.

Nice shirt RKC! Way to represent Billings,MT! That’s my home pool room.

Brothers Billiards 🎱 The best place to shoot pool in Montana! Glad I came across your video before a buddy and myself do his table here in the coming days. Thought we were ready but apparently the spray glue gots to go. Thanks for the knowledge! A lot more to it than I knew. Definitely would have screwed his up today if the plan wouldn’t have fell through. Will be putting on championship tour edition. Ever since the bar our league shoots out of put a worsted felt down on their tables, it’s not the same shooting on that pleated stuff that is currently on buddies table at home.

Awesome. Great information delivered from years of experience. Thank you

Thanks for sharing your knowledge! It's very interesting.

I'm glad i found your channel before just doing my table the way the first video I saw did it. I bought Super 77 and was awaiting the rails and cloth to be delivered, Valley Cougar 7ft. I would love to use your glue but 4 gal is a bit much for me. Awesome information and thank you for sharing it with the world.

ONE OF THE BEST VIDEOS

انت اكثر من رائع سلمت يداك❤

Salute to the MAN

Pro installation right there.

Great video and info......can i use the same step by step procedure when doing a stapled install on my GC 1?

This is awesome stuff

well I just copied your method and cutting in the middle pockets was as easy as can be, Best method I have seen , thanks a million for posting such a great tutorial video,

Man that cloth is tight. Really well done Glen 😀

I'll fly you down to California and help you produce a video for a diamond table. If you're interested.

Thank you for all this information on pool table installations. It has helped tremendously 🙏 I have one question that would help me out greatly if you have the chance to respond. I've been helping out my local pool hall installing new cloth and we've been installing the Simonis 760. After doing the stretch indexing, we end up with a stretch from side to side of 2.5". Minus the .75" we end up with 1.75" working index. When it comes to the ends of the table, I'm able to stretch both ends at least 3+ inches, at both ends even when one end is stretched and anchored. We install the cloth dry, no water at all. I'm sure it's user error on my side, but I'm wondering if the ends should be able to stretch that much over the side to side working index? Or is it more important to just stay within the stretch index numbers regardless if the cloth can stretch passed that? Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thank you again for you all your input.

Beautiful

I loved your video, but could not find RKC250 available anytime soon. It had excellent ratings. I hope Polymat 777 Pool Table and Game Room Felt Spray Adhesive Glue works half as well as the RKC250.

how much idle time can you have with the glue once it is applied to each surface, but not stretched? how much work time do you have to stretch and restretch? is it a bond that can be reworked a few times in a short period of time or is it more of a one and done contact? I am still learning on this glue and haven't made the jump to gluing the whole project at once. other glues didn't have the working time to allow for that, so i haven't made the jump. king cobra glue is awesome, i just haven't used it often enough to learn best practices.

Thank you for sharing this mr Glen, i have a question can you use this method by staple instead of using glue. my slates have wood underneath the slate to staple the felt

Your apprentice should pay you😁 Perfection

Different cloths will I’ve different stretch amounts, how do you know how much stretch for the cloth that you purchase, will the support be able to tell you?

What’s your opinion about adding 3mm or 5mm facings to existing facings to tighten pockets instead of extending cushions and at extra time and money. Is a 3mm plus addition 5mm too much and will change the correct acceptance of the pocket or do able? Thx

Hey i was wondering if you use fiberglass packing tape under the pocket shelf after installation of the felt? Ive seen this and wonder what its purpose is?

Beautiful work! , I have a decent sized table but the base is Wooden and worped in areas : ( , I re clothed it about 6 years ago because the cloth was gone, I had a normal staple gun and my hands , I will not be doing that again. Question , I thought because the wood on the base is warped in some places , maybe a 1mm or even 3mm polycarbonate base on top of that (glued) , using polycarbonate because it doesnt crack. And then a new cloth? Of course there are more expensive methods but ay. Great vid!

Hi, Thanks for a Great vid. It will help a lot. I have a 8ft table. With the rails removed my side pockets measure 6 inches along the side of the table and a depth of 3,5 inches. Is this a full size pocket, meaning i should give it a slack of 13/16 of an inch on the anchor side and 5/8 of an inch on the stretch side? Greatfull for any reply.

I need a Recommendation. I've been looking for the RKC250 glue and it seems like everywhere has been out of stock for months. I'm about to recover my table with predator reserve tournament blue cloth (using your techniques) and don't want cheap glue, nor spray glue. I really want the rkc250 tour blue, but it seems like that may not be a possibility..... Where do you get your rkc250 glue? And if I can't get that glue, what other glue do you think would be similar? Thanks, JT.

Hello so on the side pockets one is 3/8 and the other a hair over than 1/4 right?

How’s it going King cobra! I have an Olhausen table, which has slate screw holes in the middle of the seams. What do you recommend I use to fill those?

Did you have to reglue any part as you were a good 30 minutes after glueing, I did this in the UK where that glue is hard to find and was running around the table as it was going off quickly.

What's the glue his using?

Are you coming to Brothers this fall to recover the tables?

​@therealkingcobra What is the name of that yellow tool you use to press the cloth? what can I use like this?

Bout to go out and buy some of that glue.

I wonder what the going rate for covering a 4 1/2 x9 is nowadays. We have one that is about ready for recovering.

Where can I buy the green cloth it's for another projet?

Good job. What color is this felt?

Hi can I do this with a Napless cloth felt?

RKC 250 gives spray glue the 5 and the breaks!

Where to order those clamps

Where can I buy, King Cobra Billiard Products RKC250 and how fast can I get it?

What kind of cloth is this?

I need some glue, can you pls provide the link, TY

Hey great information. How can I purchase some of your products?!?

guys a pro

What kind of roller!

Product link?

Why are you not installing a few inches of the cloth underneath the slate as designed by Valley. That's how they come new. As evidence, notice that strip of cloth on the main support aluminum beams and the remnants of the old glue underneath the slate. Instead of saying "nobody in the world using spray glue that would hold this tight with just that little bit of glue right there, nobody" did it ever occur to you that they can just put a clamp there before stretching to the corner? Love this channel. Subscribed!!!

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Hard to believe they muted half of what the man is saying with music.

Unable to find your glue to redo my table

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Had he torn that tournament cloth, I would have left the room...😮😮😮

If you're not going to wrap the cloth around the underside of the slate like it comes from the factory you have to remove the cloth that is glued to the cross members that the factory put to compensate for the thickness of the cloth in the middle

peeled the spray glue stright off my fucking table when i went to Strech it the first time

There is a guy that gets paid by the hour!

WTF!!! I can tear a table apart, recover it and put it together in 30 mins. What are you doing?!?

never put the glue near the corners ! Only use strong duct tape at the corners from underneath. This guy doesn't shoot pool, he doesn't know! that glue on the corners creates a ledge, and the ball won't roll into the pocket at pocket speed... when you put glue like that, and then stretch the cloth, when the cloth moves, it brings the glue up to the edge with it ! and now you will have 1mm of glue bead at the top edge of the corners ! enough to stop a slow rolling ball. Let people that actually shoot pool for real help you! they are the ones that will be affected