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BlueMage

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Best Ball Maintenance routine
« on: February 20, 2008, 02:58:05 AM »
Just got the Momentum punched up, and so far so good. Just wanted to get some info about what is the best/preferred maintenance schedule and with what should I be doing the cleaning with? I read someplace that newer balls dont like the heat so I guess that leaves the dishwasher/hot water bath out. Any/all suggestions welcome,

Thanks in advance!
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JRC246

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Re: Best Ball Maintenance routine
« Reply #1 on: February 20, 2008, 11:36:21 AM »
I put my no mercy beat'n in a hot water bath about once a week and i got that ball in september and so far the hot water bath hasn't affected it. Hope this helps.
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charlest

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Re: Best Ball Maintenance routine
« Reply #2 on: February 20, 2008, 11:44:54 AM »
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Just got the Momentum punched up, and so far so good. Just wanted to get some info about what is the best/preferred maintenance schedule and with what should I be doing the cleaning with? I read someplace that newer balls dont like the heat so I guess that leaves the dishwasher/hot water bath out. Any/all suggestions welcome,

Thanks in advance!


don't know where you read that but it's not true.

What you should DEFINITELY not do is put your ball in your kitchen oven!

Get a good bowling ball specific cleaner and clean your resin/particle balls BEFORE putting them back in the bag after every league and practice session.
Give them a deep cleaning, maybe once a month,dependingon how much oil you bowl on with a strong cleaner, like Clean and Dull.

Give them an oil extraction procedure once every 60 - 100 games, depending on how oil you bowl on.

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Kid Jete

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Re: Best Ball Maintenance routine
« Reply #3 on: February 20, 2008, 11:45:35 AM »
Hot water baths work great.  You aren't going to hurt your ball using them.  I've used this method for 3 years and never had an issue.  

This is straight from the MoRich site...

http://www.morichbowling.com/Products/Cleaning.htm


The thing I do different from these steps is I let the ball soak int he hot water for 15-20 minutes to give the oil time to come out.  You can actually watch the oil ooze out of the ball.

Edited on 2/20/2008 12:49 PM
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LaneHammer20

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Re: Best Ball Maintenance routine
« Reply #4 on: February 20, 2008, 11:50:50 AM »
Well, I will disagree on the hot water bath method once a week, that would be bad for it over time, and isn't needed.

my routine which has not let me down yet is clean with Lanemasters/Legends cleaner after every session, then deep clean with Ebonite Clean & dull about every month or so, depending on how much you use the ball.

If you see a notieable amount of reaction loss, which if you do this routine I mentioned every time will take a while. Then you can do a hot water bath to get all the oil out.

I use a spinner to clean all my stuff, and to me it was the best investment I have made.

I also use ebonite powerhouse cleaner, didn't care for it at first, until i got a spinner, and it makes a big difference. Works almost as good a LM/L without the strong smell. Hope this helps, never has let me down.
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