Lane Carter, Strike Zone Pro Shops - Salt Lake City, Utah
Allstar Lanes
Brunswick Regional Staff
The opinions expressed are solely those of the writer and not of Brunswick Corporation.
Title: Re: Alley Cat Ball Oven
Post by: kidlost2000 on March 15, 2012, 01:30:17 AM
Read the Brunswick article on using a oven. I use 360 grit sandpaper to rough the surface and put the ball in my oven using the keep warm feature at 140 and check on it every 30mins to wipe down and keep baking. It works perfect.
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Title: Re: Alley Cat Ball Oven
Post by: on March 15, 2012, 11:36:15 AM
From Brunswick's ball sheet.
"Remove oil from the ball by gently warming it with either the Revivor or Rejuvenator pro shop devices that have been designed for this purpose... Do not use a home oven to remove oil. Temperatures cannot be adequately controlled and the ball may crack."
I have a customer who finally learned after cracking 3 balls that the home oven was a gamble. Sometimes he got lucky, but there were 3 times he didn't.
kidlost2000, has there been something in print that Brunswick has put out since these?
Lane Carter, Strike Zone Pro Shops - Salt Lake City, Utah
Allstar Lanes
Brunswick Regional Staff
The opinions expressed are solely those of the writer and not of Brunswick Corporation.
Edited by notclay on 3/15/2012 at 9:36 AM
Title: Re: Alley Cat Ball Oven
Post by: dizzyfugu on March 15, 2012, 01:11:46 PM
Do not underestimate the physical powers which are at work. Just to add a detail: it is not so much about the overall temperature which makes the kitchen oven so hazardous, it is the directional heat it produces - very uneven, and this causes tension between the ball parts which promote cracking. Even it the ball does not crack immediately, the cooling process later or pointed pressure can be enough to make the ball crack or separate internally. Risky business. While I used the oven some time ago for oil extraction I totally stay away now, just using a hot water bath in the bucket, and even then I am cautious about temp shocks and careful ball storage.
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Title: Re: Alley Cat Ball Oven
Post by: kidlost2000 on March 15, 2012, 02:50:24 PM
The oven heats and cools but is a very even source for heat other wise baking would not exist. Keep the temps in the reccomend range from Brunswick and you will not have issues. Im not sure at what temp your customer heated the oven but the keep warm feature gives you a very safe desirable temprature range. Bowling balls also crack at room temp so Im guessing their oven used may have been old or the temp too high. So far my oven has cracked zero and room temp has cracked three.