darks falling on new floor,ideas?.

bassy

hey lads just put down a new timber floor in my bedroom and have been throwing darts,but i get some bounce outs up and down and there hitting my new floor.

the long rubber mat is not really a option as the darts tend to go either wide left or right,any ideas?.

dionsiseire

Maybe a few square carpets like foot carpets for wiping your feet

plant them side by side back to just before the oche line

nout much more you can do really

pad180

just out off curiosity what type off dart board are you useing ..

Kingp35

A couple of cheap Rugs is your best option. You can put them down when you're playing and then just take them up when your finished. That's what i do in my apartment that has wooden florrs and it works fine.

Rented Mule

darks falling on new floor,ideas?.

I'd give up the darks ....they'll never stick in the light !!

<wakka wakka wakka>

Carpet is your best bet......go with the shag baby ....yeah !!

ratinakeg

Get yourself an Unicorn Eclipse Pro board (I do not work for Unicorn), can't recall much bounce outs if any.

Yerac

Yep, the unicorn or winmau pro boards should limit bounce outs to almost none. Switched to a winmau blade 3 recently and the difference is huge.

Kingp35

Yerac wrote: »

Yep, the unicorn or winmau pro boards should limit bounce outs to almost none. Switched to a winmau blade 3 recently and the difference is huge.

Unless you're as unlucky as I am and keep hitting the wire around the treble 20 :mad:

bassy

thanks for the replies lads,am using a striker board.and if you ask me anything i think there a load of crap.
will be buying either the eclipse or the winmau pro.

wayne riley

go 4 the pro board, thinner wire and far less bounce out.
also keep ur darts pointed as if any way blunt ull get more bounce 2.
cheers wayne

SalthillGuy

I was in a pub recently and the floor was runied with dart marks. Its not alway the fault of the board. Some will bounce no matter what you do.
There should be a stylish mat extension that looks the part.
Mind you, most pubs can afford to replace the floor covering every now and again. Even in those times.

jwshooter

bassy wrote: »

thanks for the replies lads,am using a striker board.and if you ask me anything i think there a load of crap.
will be buying either the eclipse or the winmau pro.

i have a winmau pro SFB ,total bounce out city stay away from them

bassy

hey guys ended up using some carpet offcuts,doubled sum to be safe.

while we,re at it any taughts or idea,s on a good light system that will beam straight at the board?.

dionsiseire

roof lights are the best to use, one slightly to the left, one slightly to the right, should eliminate most shadowing

thats the setup in my shed

Beaucoupfish

cellotape your lampshade to the ceiling

bassy

what kind of roof light are the?,built in ones or the one thats like a spot lamp that you can move?.

bassy

sounds like you have a nice set up there brains:rolleyes:

Beaucoupfish wrote: »

cellotape your lampshade to the ceiling

SalthillGuy

I large mat (6 x 3) will probable catch most of the stray ones and it looks ok also.

Healio

SalthillGuy wrote: »

I large mat (6 x 3) will probable catch most of the stray ones and it looks ok also.

prefably get one 7' 9 1/4" long and you have an oche

dionsiseire

Slight hijack

did anyone figure out where in ireland we can buy the training board, the half sized doubled and trebles?

DFD

dionsiseire wrote: »

Slight hijack

did anyone figure out where in ireland we can buy the training board, the half sized doubled and trebles?[/QUOTE

i got one in elverys bray for 40euro,i'm sure most elverys would have them.

dionsiseire

Cheers DFD, i'll try elveries in swords and town and see if i have any joy