1. 2012-02-23 04:03:44

   Poker Table #3 - Deciding on colors!!!

   I finally decided to make a third table for my basement poker games. The other two have held up nicely and I still really like the design.

   This table will be a foot longer, at 9', and will just be a table topper, though still have the playing surface, wood racetrack, and padded rail. It will be build to fit smoothly over the 9' redwood table in my basement. I had to call around a bunch of lumber stores to finally find a 10'X4' sheet of oak plywood that I'll use for the racetrack. Was going to get the other sheet in a cheaper material, but they actually didn't have anything cheaper in the 10'X4' size. So this table will be a bit pricer than the others. :(

   I have a set of Suited Speed Cloth samples still. Took those with me to Joann's fabrics to look at the vinyl they had available. Decided to take a bunch of pictures, since I had the idea to post them all and have people vote on them. Ended up with 8 different color combinations, which I put on a Survey Monkey survey online. You can check out the survey (please do go ahead and vote, still interested in further opinions) here: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/KM9SYQH

   Got 53 votes, although four of those didn't do the second page of color themes. I like the analytics of the rating question on survey monkey, but it certainly isn't setup well for rating of images.

   Some interesting data points:

   Largest number of "Please don't"s: Orange with black (20)
   Largest number of "Awesomeness": Orange with black (17)
   Lowest number of "Please don't"s: Red with black textured (2)
   Lowest number of "Awesomeness": Red with gray (1)
   Lowest average score: Blue with blue (2.43)
   Highest average score: Red with black textured (3.51)

   This process has narrowed it down to two choices then:

   Go with the table everyone will like, but not many will be excited about (Red with black textured, which had 23 "Decent" votes)

   Go with the table that people felt strongly about, both negatively and positively. (Orange with black)

   The orange with black has a leg up in my mind. My wife Lisa and I got married on Halloween, and have many Halloween themed decorations in the house, so it fits in well with that. I'm also a Giant's fan. :)

   I should get the oak plywood tomorrow 2/22/12, which is from a different source, and is red oak rather than white oak. I'll cut off a small piece, then put a couple coats of poly on it,
   so that I can put the final color of the wood next to the playing surface and rail vinyl. Then make the final decision.

   Thanks to everyone that voted!!

   BDA

   
   

   Posted by BAllard at 2012-02-23 04:03:44

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