VPI Belts Black vs Clear

Before you buy any new belt, have you tried boiling the old one for about 30-60 seconds, drying then re-talc'ing? VPI recommends doing this annually to the clear belts.

Enjoy,
Bob

I have both, the original clear belt that has the connecting lump and the newer black belt.
I can't say which is better, but that's because I use both of them on my Scout and it works quite well. Try it out for yourselves and report back.Other tables use mutiple belts so I thought why not try it.
Now the boiling tweak sounds interesting,but I am leery that too hot a temp might stretch the belt out of shape.

Hello Bob, Yes, I have heard of the Boiling trick, and I might try this myself one day, but would like to have at least one new spare on hand just in case.

I reckon Lacee the trick is not to boil too much, that you'd want the Belt "Ala Dente" lol Perhaps Harry should've actually named his Tables "Spaghetti Drive"?
How many times I've thought of that over the years that the Belt looked like a piece of Pasta.

Getting back to some serious though about this, I have read posts about the Nitrile Belts aging-cracking sooner than the clear ones, and also that they seem to pick up a memory set after a period of non play, and that they Table's Belt would act quirky for the first 30 seconds, or so until after a few revolutions would lessen the belt memory.
Mark