| Show ODD BILLIARD FACTS making a table id a day the ball sea honeil IB incubators coloring bed balls A billiard table can be built in 24 hours if carte blanchie blan clie is given to the manufacturer but he prefers to have time to get the right effects from one month to six the wood needs to be seasoned for a period of nearly beven years bich deep spanish mahogany is used pollard balc ebony and satin wood tables are not always covered in green blue is sometimes used and a pure olive green the late prince leopold was jahe first to make use of the latter color and olive green is known today to day in the billiard world as prince leopolds color the balls must be well seasoned before they are used for play manufacturers have incubators in which to store them that they may undergo the drying process some incubators will hold first made they are green solid ivory is the only satisfactory material of which to make them artificial balls those made of composition are much heavier and do not wear well english makers to give the red balls a perfect color steep them in a decoction that is sometimes described as the guards mans bath this is extracted from the old coats of tommy atkins and for billiard balls it is the finest scarlet dye known |
