Maintaining a clean and uniform playing surface is paramount to most sports and pool is certainly no exception! Simonis, the people who invented billiard cloth, have now invented a superior way to clean it. Unlike a brush which just moves chalk, talc and dirt around, the X-1 captures debris in its hi-tech material and is lighter and easier to use than a heavy vacuum. This product does not require any replacement pads and works with light pressure by creating a static cling between the fibers and any particles on the cloth surface. If necessary, you can clean with a shop vac and rake gently with a wire brush if the fibers get matted down and need to be fluffed up a bit. Never get it wet though!