{"id":3853,"date":"2024-02-12T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-12T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.csocso.eu\/?p=3853"},"modified":"2024-02-11T17:52:54","modified_gmt":"2024-02-11T16:52:54","slug":"csocsoasztal-karbantartas-i","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.csocso.eu\/en\/csocsoasztal-karbantartas-i\/","title":{"rendered":"Foosball table maintenance: what and how to do it?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Foosball table maintenance: what the hell is that? The foosball table is in the room, but somehow it doesn't play like it did six months ago. The bars are jammed, the track is slipping, the gate is rattling<\/b>but why? Because, like any other device, it needs to be maintained to keep it in good condition and to preserve the gaming experience. Let's start with some foosball tables maintenance fist rule,<\/b> and then come to the table-specific stuff. Since there is a lot of information, I will publish them as two consecutive articles. In the first, I will cover general information and the Garlando models.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Foosball table maintenance basics<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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All foosball tables must be maintained. How often this should be done depends on how much you use it. Every 3-6 months is worth<\/b> clean up<\/b>, or to replace tired parts. It is true for pretty much all tables, regardless of type and operating principle, that the playing surface must be cleaned. There are two reasons for this it stops the dust that balls and dummies pick up<\/b>, on the other hand, players touch the parts of the table and the leather surface is greasy, so a a grease-oil mixture is applied to the pitch.<\/b> Typically, the dirt stops at the edge of the pitch and forms small puddles on which the ball changes direction.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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source: Skilled Group<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Another typical problem is that the materials used as lubricants, sprayed on a rod, will bind the dust once dry. Since the fooshing table is nothing but a moving mechanism, the lubricant on the rods will carry the in bearing <\/b>or the slider<\/b> the food where it sits. So after a while, even if you spray more and more Pronto or put oil on the rods, it won't slide because you have to dismantle the bearing and clean it. In other words, it's unavoidable, it has to be done at certain intervals. If there were two basic rules on the subject of foosball table maintenance, these would be the two.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Tools for foosball table maintenance<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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Maintenance of the foosball table always by removing the rods<\/strong> to get access to the playing surface. You'll definitely need tools for this, except on models that have unscrewable bushings, like the Ullrich-Sport P4P or the newer Leonhart Tournaments. Prepare a an allen key, a star and a torx key set<\/strong>, but even better if you have a bit set of this kind and you put it in a screwdriver<\/strong>. Some tables require a LOT of bolts to be unscrewed to maintain the table, so it is best to do this by machine rather than by hand.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Once the poles are out, it's time to clean up the pitch. The easiest way is to use a mini cordless vacuum cleaner<\/strong> to use. We bought some Xiaomi Mijia car vacuum cleaner<\/a>, which can be used to suck out the juvie from the edges and corners of the pitch in 10 minutes, and can also be used as a crumb vacuum cleaner in the home. wash with plain soapy water<\/strong>, it dissolves grease and removes impurities. For cleaning a a smooth sponge<\/strong> which can be used to rub - it's good for Garlando's sandblasted glass - but it doesn't damage plastic surfaces either. Since the rods are out, you can remove the bearing cover plates or pop out the sliding bushings.<\/p>

Here I would like to draw your attention to an important difference, which relates to the correct movement of the rods. There are several solutions, the two most typical being ball bearing<\/strong> and the slider bubble<\/strong>, but you can meet with telescopic bars <\/strong>mounted tables, which I will not deal with here. The difference between the first two is that:<\/p>