What Do You Need to Maintain a Shuffleboard Table?

Shuffleboard is a popular leisure sport that can be played by anyone, young or old. The game can be played by people of all skill levels and requires little equipment or maintenance beyond the space needed for the table. There are a variety of game types and playing accessories, and the maintenance needed for the table is minimal.

Function

Shuffleboards are the playing surface used in the popular game of the same name. They are sprayed with a silicone treatment and then waxed, and pucks are pushed across the surface to rest on areas that give different amounts of points.

Location

Shuffleboards are made with wood, and exposure to sunlight and temperature changes during the day followed by cooling off at night can warp the playing surface. Sunlight will also dry the silicone spray used to keep the playing wax on the table, according to mccluretables.com, a shuffleboard manufacturer. Keeping a shuffleboard out of sunlight will increase its lifespan significantly.

Climatic Adjusters

Shuffleboard playing surfaces are slightly concave to keep the pucks from sliding right off, but the wood can change over time. A climatic adjuster is used to adjust the level of the playing surface, bringing it back to its concave shape. These climatic adjusters are built onto the underside of most tables.

Cleaning

For wood lacquer boards, mccluretables.com recommends a blend of water and one-quarter cup of vinegar with a few drops of an oil such as olive oil. The vinegar removes the dirt from the creases of the wood, and the oil acts as a lubricant to prevent dirt build up in the future.

Polymer finishes can be cleaned by any general-purpose cleaner as they do not wear out and last for the lifetime of the shuffleboard.

Table Covers

Table covers can be bought for any size table, and they can protect them from dirt, people sitting on the surface, spills and a variety of other ills. Covering the table when it is not in use will extend its life.