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Carrom board is a fun filled and entertaining indoor game. It creates a very competitive atmosphere creating a very challenging and enthusiastic mood for many people. Because of its wonderful features it has now been widely accepted by many all over the world. The game is believed to have originated from the suburbs of India, while some believes it originated from Burma or Portugal. The official rules for the game was set way back in the late 1980’s. The game comes with several accessories each of which is certainly important for playing the game. Every accessory has its own role to play in a game of carrom . These accessories include carom board, carrom coins, carrom striker, carrom powder, replacement mesh, counter for keeping score, and carrom board stand for mounting the board.
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Carrom Board Chess Sets Carrom Powder
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Carrom powder is a very important accessory when it comes to maintenance issues of the carrom board. It helps in prolonging the longevity and lifetime of the board and thus plays a very important part of carrom accessories. The playing surface of the carrom board is made up of plywood surface whose screen has printed lines and patterns. It is polished quite well for smooth low friction and hard wearing finish. The standard board consist of 29” of playing area which is commonly used in tournaments although smaller board of 21” and above are also available suitable for convenience when you just play for fun and at home. The carrom coins are also made up of wooden surface. Without carrom powder, these coins tend to roughen up the board more predominantly than with carrom powder. Every board undergoes wear and tear.
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Carrom Game But in order to maintain the smooth plywood surface of the board, you need to apply carrom board powder every time you use it or play a game. This powder allows the coins and the striker to drift freely, swiftly and smoothly without damaging the board.
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And when the board is not in use, try to cover it with carrom board cover for maintenance reasons. Even if you don’t use the board cover, never place the board facing your radiator or other heated surfaces. It tends to wear off the smoothness of the polished area of the board. Carrom board powder avoids abrasion. Also see to that you don’t expose the board to extreme temperatures, moisture or dampness. To avoid all these issues, it is preferable and better to make use of carrom board cover. The carrom powder predominantly comes in two forms and it is available in every retail as well as wholesale stores. Today you have many online websites that are dedicated sports store as well. You get the same varieties of carrom powder even from there and you don’t have the necessity to make a trip to the shop for your purchasing anymore. You can sit at home and order for it online itself. It will be delivered to you at your door step.
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The carrom powder comes in boric powder form as well as potato starch powder form. Both are equally good for maintaining your board although, the starch powder seems to be more effective and efficient according to many tests and it is slightly expensive when compared to boric powder. Never compromise over quality for cheap price and hence always watch out and enquire thoroughly before you purchase your carrom accessories .