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02-01-2016, 05:00 PM
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My neighbor worked at Hasbro before retirement, has a pile of these. They work great and look pretty cool as well as being a conversation starter.
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02-01-2016, 05:15 PM
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Plus you can play the game after dinner. Course you have to be careful not to fall off the picnic table.
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02-01-2016, 05:22 PM
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Site Team
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Portland, Oregon
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Originally Posted by Greg A
Plus you can play the game after dinner. Course you have to be careful not to fall off the picnic table.
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I was thinking it would make the Craft Beer Exchange even more interesting...
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02-01-2016, 06:19 PM
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Location: Fremont, California
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Greg A
Plus you can play the game after dinner. Course you have to be careful not to fall off the picnic table.
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Plus it would be a good way to model the used shorts you'll be selling after your next shower
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02-01-2016, 07:13 PM
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Lee valley tools has spring loaded tablecloth clips for thicker tables, they work really well.
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02-01-2016, 07:50 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: Penrose, North Carolina
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I went to a fabric store and purchased a length of vinyl upholstery fabric for my table cloth. It is heavy so it doesn't blow off and it doesn't have that fuzzy backing that picks up so much trash. I wash it in the washer occasionally and when at the campsite it wipes clean like the "oil cloth " tablecloths.
Mitzi
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02-01-2016, 08:16 PM
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Location: Tracy, California
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Originally Posted by Patandlinda
Didn't know you could still buy oil cloth . Pat
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Yep! We use oil cloth and I love it. It is durable and cleans up nicely. I picked up mine at a local fabric store.
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02-01-2016, 08:33 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Patandlinda
Didn't know you could still buy oil cloth . Pat
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Originally Posted by P&L
Yep! We use oil cloth and I love it. It is durable and cleans up nicely. I picked up mine at a local fabric store.
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I did not think so either Pat, and went looking. It seems almost all fabric sold as tabletop oilcloth is actually vinyl coated cotton. It is still touted as a great product, that looks and wears well. It sounds like it has been many years since real French oilcloth was made, though there might be a few manufacturers out there still.
Here is on write up on it. Further looking turned up pretty much the same story.
French Oilcloth vs Coated Cotton Tablecloths
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02-01-2016, 08:45 PM
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Location: Ventura County, California
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Jim Bennett
I did not think so either Pat, and went looking. It seems almost all fabric sold as tabletop oilcloth is actually vinyl coated cotton. It is still touted as a great product, that looks and wears well. It sounds like it has been many years since real French oilcloth was made, though there might be a few manufacturers out there still.
Here is on write up on it. Further looking turned up pretty much the same story.
French Oilcloth vs Coated Cotton Tablecloths
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Thanks Jim . I am going to look at the fabric store . The vinyl table clothes are so thin . I use to have to bring a piece of oil cloth to school for my desk . Enjoyed the write up too . Pat
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02-01-2016, 08:47 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by P&L
Yep! We use oil cloth and I love it. It is durable and cleans up nicely. I picked up mine at a local fabric store.
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Going to look for some at fabric store . Pat
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02-01-2016, 09:32 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2014
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02-02-2016, 03:50 AM
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We carry a rectangle tablecloth, don't use it much but when we do it is usually folded in half as there are only the 2 of us. Somewhere along the line someone recommended using bungee cords wrapped around the table, they fit any thickness of table. Got em along all the time anyway.
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