Options instead of wheels or casters

[highup]

Doing work in an art gallery work area. They have a large heavy roll around table on 4 wheels. The table is about 3 feet by 8 feet.
The floor is IVC vinyl.

Could there be a better to make it mobile rather than wheels............... yet still allow the table to be scooted about by one person? I'm thinking if a putting a 3 foot long carpeted 2 by 4 across each side to replace the swivel wheels completely.
If this idea could work, is there a soft durable fabric or carpet that is fairly slippery so the table will slide easy?
Table is made of 3/4 inch particle board, 2 by 4's and 4 by 4's.

 

[rugaddict]

i use the soft side of felt padding to move things all the time

 

[Ernesto]

permenently glue some felt furniture glides to the bottom. They come in all shapes and sizes these days.

 

[highup]

I'll see how large the felt pads are. A local store has a lot of shapes of them.
I was thinking the slipperiest material that would work. Not sure how furniture pads rate in the "slipperiness" scale.

 

[Ernesto]

Not just the self sticky felt furniture floor protectors but the rubber foam/felt pads like I use to move furniture on hard surfaces.

 

[Floorist]

Why not the little Teflon circles you can buy to move furniture? The ones like the big Teflon slides.

 

[Ernesto]

Why not the little Teflon circles you can buy to move furniture? The ones like the big Teflon slides.

Are they really teflon or plastic? The plastic teflon ones are made just for carpet arn't they? I've seen them scuff vinyl, laminate and hardwood.

 

[Floorist]

Are they really teflon or plastic? The plastic teflon ones are made just for carpet arn't they? I've seen them scuff vinyl, laminate and hardwood.

You are right. I was thinking of carpet,,,,Never mind.

 

[Ernesto]

You are right. I was thinking of carpet,,,,Never mind.

OOOH fancy avatar. Is that come with a pay upgrade too? hee hee

 

[Floorist]

OOOH fancy avatar. Is that come with a pay upgrade too? hee hee

You saw it before I did. Someone changed it while I was off.

 

[highup]

You saw it before I did. Someone changed it while I was off.

It' bold and kinda scary.
...like getting pulled over by a state cop instead of a local.

 

[Floorist]

It' bold and kinda scary.
...like getting pulled over by a state cop instead of a local.

I'm not sure that I like it either.

 

[highup]

I'm not sure that I like it either.

State cops?

 

[highup]

Not just the self sticky felt furniture floor protectors but the rubber foam/felt pads like I use to move furniture on hard surfaces.

I wonder how durable shake painting pads are. They seem like they'd have a good "slipperiness" coefficient.

 

[DarisMulkin]

At one point in time they had skidders that had a lambs wool cover for moving stuff on vinyl. How about them. Or even get lambs wool polishing pads and put them of a piece of plywood.

Daris

 

[highup]

At one point in time they had skidders that had a lambs wool cover for moving stuff on vinyl. How about them. Or even get lambs wool polishing pads and put them of a piece of plywood.

Daris

....or skip the middleman and just nail lambs to em.

 

[JIMMIEM]

I did the carpeting attached to lengths of 2 X 4's to replace the metal swivel balls on a heavy sofa bed. I used a short nap carpet which I extended up the sides of the 2 X 4's and stapled. I also put some of those Safeglide tap in felt bottomed glides into chairs and other furniture that gets moved a lot.....they come in different sizes.
What about LARGE rubber rollers?

 

[DarisMulkin]

....or skip the middleman and just nail lambs to em.

Just make sure that they all are facing the same direction or it will go in circles.

Daris

 

[fysty-1]

Just make sure that they all are facing the same direction or it will go in circles.

Daris

Good one.