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bruns300

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Bathing a ball
« on: February 08, 2007, 10:59:11 AM »
Just wondering if I were going to bathe my bowling ball would I do anything with the grips or thumb hole????
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Greg T

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Re: Bathing a ball
« Reply #1 on: February 08, 2007, 08:29:23 PM »

 This depends on your degree of perversion. LOL

 Seriously, I would tape over them with duct tape or something similar. Some folks use silly putty, others use nothing. Personally, I would not want water soaking into the filler. The filler is very porous material so I cover my holes.





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warpathdnb

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Re: Bathing a ball
« Reply #2 on: February 09, 2007, 09:34:54 AM »
Stuff the holes.  Nothin like some good ol fashion hole stuffin to keep yer balls happy.

But seriously...this is true.  Like Greg said...filler is porous.  I usually stuff with paper towel and tape over.  Then set the ball on a ball cup or roll of tape in the water with the fingers down.  That should take care of everything just fine.
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Re: Bathing a ball
« Reply #3 on: February 13, 2007, 10:46:41 PM »
You don't have to do anything with the holes.  Water in the holes WILL NOT ruin the ball.
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FastTracker33

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Re: Bathing a ball
« Reply #4 on: February 13, 2007, 10:48:52 PM »
i just bathed a dead Hammer Hawg Zilla for an hour. No holes were covered, it had 3 finger holes, and a weight hole.. if anything the ball is actually back to life. I don't think water does anything to the holes inside the ball.
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Re: Bathing a ball
« Reply #5 on: February 16, 2007, 06:33:20 AM »
Well, if you are worried about liquid in the holes, and you don't want to mess with cleaning off adhesive from tape covering the holes, I suggest cork/rubber stoppers.
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Big Jake

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Re: Bathing a ball
« Reply #6 on: February 16, 2007, 07:13:56 AM »
I always just drop the ball in the bucket without any tape over the holes. It doesn't bother a thing, just make sure the ball dries completely before using.

At least that is what I have been told and I have never seen anything bad come from a total immersion of course I am sure there will be others here to say the contrary!!

As a matter of fact I just did my "No Mercy" last night.
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Gazoo

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Re: Bathing a ball
« Reply #7 on: February 16, 2007, 07:41:56 AM »
No harm no foul. Just place finger hole facing down when drying for faster excess draining and evaporation. Will not effect the insert adhesive.
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Grayson

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Re: Bathing a ball
« Reply #8 on: February 16, 2007, 12:44:02 PM »
nothing experienced yet... onyl the tapes were falling out of the thumbhole.
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