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Now that your table is set in place, your slate is going to stay put. Once the slate is leveled and you are ready to seal the seams, whether it be with beeswax, Bondo, or water putty (you can read about the pros and cons of each here), go ahead and give a light sanding to the slate along the crack so that you can’t feel any ridge and then wax over the crack just like you do the slate seams. I usually go ahead and level the slate as normal and then feel along the line of the break for any discrepancies as the leveling process may cause the crack to be more pronounced. You don’t want to break it apart to epoxy it, you may make things worse.
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If your slate is cracked but otherwise is still in one piece, the best thing to do might be nothing. Let’s categorize the severity as cracked, broken, shattered or separated. And some slate has started separating into layers and maybe even started flaking off. Some slate has shattered into hundreds of pieces. Some slate may be have a chip or chunk missing or may be broken into two or more pieces. I have seen a lot of slate that had a barely noticeable crack all the way through it. To determine the best way to repair it, we need to know the severity of the break.
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I have learned a few tricks for repairing it or at least making the table playable.īroken slate can mean a lot of things. I have been working on pool tables since 2003 and have seen my share of broken slate (and was once even responsible for breaking it….sort of).
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So you have a broken piece of slate? Before you throw the whole pool table away, let’s determine whether or not it is repairable or replaceable.