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General Category => Coverstock Preparation => Topic started by: six pack on February 22, 2009, 07:25:20 AM

Title: cleaning a new ball before you use it.
Post by: six pack on February 22, 2009, 07:25:20 AM: what do you guys think about cleaning a new ball to let some cleaner soak in for the first time before you use it? just a thought...
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Title: Re: cleaning a new ball before you use it.
Post by: Gabriel94509 on February 22, 2009, 03:36:03 PM: not necessary.
Title: Re: cleaning a new ball before you use it.
Post by: sdbowler on February 22, 2009, 03:43:02 PM: What would you be trying to clean off of it?
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Title: Re: cleaning a new ball before you use it.
Post by: bowlerdawg on February 22, 2009, 06:24:22 PM: thats on you six pack
doesnt even cross my mind
]I don't want to mess with NIB syndrome
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Title: Re: cleaning a new ball before you use it.
Post by: tc300 on February 23, 2009, 07:13:19 AM: WTF???? are you kidding? a new ball outa the box is like a virgin!! would you make her get a STD test b4 you hit it???? LOL
Title: Re: cleaning a new ball before you use it.
Post by: lenstanles703 on February 23, 2009, 01:49:17 PM: No Need
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Title: Re: cleaning a new ball before you use it.
Post by: six pack on February 23, 2009, 05:51:56 PM: well I remember when I had my no mercy I would clean it with clean n dull after 30 games or so.after awhile I would have to touch the cover up and when I sanded the ball with abralon I could smell the clean n dull in the wet sanding sludge. my thought was the cleaner soaked into the cover and helped prvent oil absorbtion,just a silly thought I guess.
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Title: Re: cleaning a new ball before you use it.
Post by: charlest on February 23, 2009, 06:49:44 PM: quote:
well I remember when I had my no mercy I would clean it with clean n dull after 30 games or so.after awhile I would have to touch the cover up and when I sanded the ball with abralon I could smell the clean n dull in the wet sanding sludge. my thought was the cleaner soaked into the cover and helped prvent oil absorbtion,just a silly thought I guess.
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Maybe you used too much Clean and Dull and didn't spread it quick enough and/or clean it off quick enough?

FWIW this is what I do:
I use about a quarter sized dollop in a paper towel (Bounty) and quickly spread it and rub it on half the ball around and around until it's gone. Clean it off with a damp paper towel, then dry the wet half with a dry paper towel. Then I turn it over and do the other half. I don't use the spinner. I sit it in the cup and allow hand motion to turn the ball in the cup.
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Edited on 2/23/2009 8:44 PM
Title: Re: cleaning a new ball before you use it.
Post by: charlest on February 23, 2009, 06:51:14 PM: On cleaning a new ball:
I don't usually, but today I got a new one and it was slightly smudged and had some dust on it. So I did clean it with one of my every day spray cleaners, not Clean and Dull. No big deal.
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Title: Re: cleaning a new ball before you use it.
Post by: six pack on February 23, 2009, 07:14:29 PM: yeah I cleaned my new Ebo ball mainly to see the pretty pearl looking solid cover,makes sense? no,me either.
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Title: Re: cleaning a new ball before you use it.
Post by: cmchau on March 18, 2009, 01:04:05 PM: I think it's all a mental thing if u you clean the ball first...

I prefer not to, so I can see what it does then figure what can I do to make it better.
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Title: Re: cleaning a new ball before you use it.
Post by: noturcuzin on March 18, 2009, 01:17:59 PM: I don't. The first time you get a new ball is the cleanest the cover is going to be. For example, no scratches, gouges, oil soaked in, or belt marks. Although, I have seen and heard a lot of stories that the new Mexico made Brunswick's have come new with plug work on them, a grimy like material on the cover, mis-marked MB's, and cracked out pins. That is why i'm no longer throwing Brunswick, unless I throw my old USA made Inferno's.
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Title: Re: cleaning a new ball before you use it.
Post by: abrown on March 18, 2009, 01:20:55 PM: when i worked in a pro shop i got a couple balls in that the factory didn't finish prepping so i had to clean them other then that no cleaning i've changed surface on a ball before i drilled it
Title: Re: cleaning a new ball before you use it.
Post by: leftyinsnellville on March 18, 2009, 05:13:35 PM: I've known a few bowlers to adjust the surface of a bowling ball and clean it before they ever throw it. Apparently they don't like being unable to get it back to the original surface that was on the ball when they first started throwing it. (Though I must admit that factory finishes can be difficult to duplicate exactly).

I personally prefer to throw new balls OOB and leave them that way as long as possible. I just them clean after each use with normal cleaner, run 'em though the dishwasher if they've got a lot of use, and use a little "industrial" stuff to get off stubborn belt marks and grime. I really try to avoid "refreshing" the surface unless it's a sanded ball or a ball that comes OOB at grit of 1000 or less.