Perfect padded rail questions (1 Viewer)

[binkman12]

Just ordered a perfect padded rail from casino supply https://www.casinosupply.com/products/perfect-padded-rail-per-ft-no-returns-cut-material-1

Couldn't find a guide with pictures or anything for helping with installation. Anyone who has used this for their table, can you send pictures of the underside of the table so I can see how it was stapled under? I plan to use a 1/2 inch plywood with 1/4 casino foam. Also what size staples should I use?

 

[Colquhoun]

I always thought this stuff was like pipe insulation.

Open along the perforation and push it on? I guess you could staple underneath with a staple gun, or maybe a crown stapler with a strip of cloth to prevent the crown staple from puching clear through the foam.

 

[BGinGA]

I always thought this stuff was like pipe insulation.
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Open along the perforation and push it on? I guess you could staple underneath with a staple gun, or maybe a crown stapler with a strip of cloth to prevent the crown staple from puching clear through the foam.

It's more rubber-like than pool noodle or insulation foam; slightly more dense than neoprene.

@binkman12 -- 1/2" staples might work, but I'd go with 5/8" minimum....but using 3/4" risk punching through your 1/2" plywood base.

I'd upgrade to 5/8" sandply (if not too late) and use 3/4" staples (and a HD stapler, electric or air).

 

[BPTDirector]

Had it, hated it immediately. Do not waste your money.

 

[kach33]

Had it, hated it immediately. Do not waste your money.

Same. I knew before I was finished with the first couple feet that I wasn’t going to use it. I threw it in the garbage as it was pretty much useless

 

[ekricket]

Why wouldn’t you put the ends where the dealer cutout is? As it is some player is going to mess with it all night long.

 

[Mushmanchuman]

I just added this beast to my collection of stupid tables! Perfect padded rail all the way!
I’ve used it for a handful of tables and nobody complained or came home with bloody elbows.

I don’t staple it down anymore. I just use crazy glue and glue down top and bottom.

I pulled the felt too much in one spot now there is a wave. Kinda makes me sea sick when I stare at it.

 

[binkman12]

I just added this beast to my collection of stupid tables! Perfect padded rail all the way!
I’ve used it for a handful of tables and nobody complained or came home with bloody elbows.

I don’t staple it down anymore. I just use crazy glue and glue down top and bottom.

I pulled the felt too much in one spot now there is a wave. Kinda makes me sea sick when I stare at it.
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Thanks for the pics, so you crazy glued the top part of the padded rail to the felt, and then crazy glued the bottom part to the underside of the table, which I'm assuming is wood?

 

[Mushmanchuman]

Yup. I have stapled the bottom before. I got as long as staples that I could get for my electric stole gun. Then I had to press the gun into the rail.

The glue should hold unless someone is really pulling on it.

 

[BPTDirector]

Yours looks way better than mine did. I wouldn’t have minded if mine had looked that good. You sir are an installment wiz compared to me. I salute you.

 

[Mushmanchuman]

How did you install it? Only 2 ways to put that rail on. One side has a bigger gap between the rail and felt. I always make sure that the bigger gap goes on the bottom