This week we are starting where we left off on the pool table project. (If you missed that video you can find it here)
I did have to add more glue to a couple of the legs to get them to stay where I wanted them. Also although the package on that dollar store glue said it would cure in 24 hours I found it was closer to 48 hours before the legs really felt like they would stay where I put them.
Today I started off by adding an additional coat of the same dark brown paint to the pool table. I have decided to give up on getting a wood grain look on this and am just going to have it be dark brown instead.
Now I was on to the step where I had to figure out the “felt” for the top of the table. I actually have been thinking about this since I started the project. In the end I decided that a sheet of cold press water color paper (140 lb weight) was the best choice of what I had on hand to work with.
I cut a rectangle that was the same size as the top insert that came with the toy pool table as well as 3 strips that were ¼” wide by the length of the paper (12”)
These I painted with a bright green craft paint, I did debate with myself what color I wanted to use and just went with the standard green although I saw online that pool table felt can be many colors.
After the paint was completely dry (mine sat overnight) I set up to glue first the strips that would be on the edges of the table. I decided to use e6000 for this since I needed something that would adhere to the plastic of the pool table. I really was not happy with the dollar tree glue I used on the legs so that was why I made the decision I did.
Initially I thought I would need to clamp the strips in order for them to stay but happily I found the glue soaked into the paper really well and held without having to clamp. This was really good because I could only find 2 of my big clamps so it would have been a very slow process if I had to do all the strips with only the two clamps.
I trimmed all the ends of all the strips so they all ended at a consistent spot on the holes. I then glued them in place. I did have to hold a bit longer on these spots and some super glue would have been handy to help hold them in place but I got everything to stick with a bit of patience.
Once the side edges were finished I checked the fit of the rectangle, I did find I had to take off just a tiny sliver of one long side to make it fit. Instead of making holes at the corners and on the sides I decided to just angle the corners if I were to do this again I would probably make extensions on the rectangle that would go part way into the area for the hole then use a hole punch to make about a ¼” to ½” hole at those spots. Then I added e6000 to the flat areas of the top of the table and to the edges of the rectangle. I carefully put the piece in place and smoothed it down so I would stick together.
Once all the green pieces were glued in place the glue had time to set up I coated the green areas with mat Mod Podge.
After the mat Mod Podge had time to dry I added a coat of satin Mod Podge to the brown areas.
And once that dries the pool table is ready for the man cave or another mini scene, maybe a bar or a pool hall would be a fun project for this to live.
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