Author Topic: Cleaning/Removing oil from a Black Diamond and Tracmaster (Read 2789 times)

AStrikingChink · « **on:** June 07, 2009, 04:46:26 PM »

Any suggestions on cleaning and removing oil from a Brunswick Black Diamond or a Brunswick Tracmaster, since both of them are rubber bowling balls, and they were not intially intended to be used with the viscious oils of todays modern lane dressings. Never had any problem maintaning any reactive, urethane or plastic equipment, but now it's finally time to give these rubber beauties an oil removal session, not sure the traditional resurfacing/oil removal methods have the same effect on rubber.

Matt (the former chink of collegebowling)

Aloarjr810 · « **Reply #1 on:** June 08, 2009, 12:54:20 AM »

Being rubber balls they should have absorbed little to no oil. They are like polyester (plastic) balls and are not as porous as the reactive balls. Just resurface it.
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AStrikingChink · « **Reply #2 on:** June 08, 2009, 01:23:36 AM »

Aloarjr810,

Any chance you might have suggestions on what the final grit of the bowling ball should be before it is put in a Lustre King Machine to get that original factory finished wax gloss on it??? I had another rubber AMF 3-dot classic that was resurfaced and then polished back up with some Ebonite Extender Polish, but it seemed to just leave a greasy, filmy residue on the surface of the bowling ball and could never get it anywhere close to new. BTW, these balls are are both spare and strike balls in my league and tournament arsenal of bowling equipment. I'm certain modern bowling ball polishes are no substitue for the wax coating that is used in the Lustre King Machine.

Matt (the former chink of collegebowling)

blacknois · « **Reply #3 on:** June 08, 2009, 01:34:34 AM »

you could always try something like rain-x, or if you have access to a spinner, get some parafin wax or wax that you might use on skiis and rub it all over the ball, then work it into the ball with a towel

Aloarjr810 · « **Reply #4 on:** June 08, 2009, 07:54:49 AM »

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Aloarjr810,

Any chance you might have suggestions on what the final grit of the bowling ball should be before it is put in a Lustre King Machine to get that original factory finished wax gloss on it??? I had another rubber AMF 3-dot classic that was resurfaced and then polished back up with some Ebonite Extender Polish, but it seemed to just leave a greasy, filmy residue on the surface of the bowling ball and could never get it anywhere close to new. BTW, these balls are are both spare and strike balls in my league and tournament arsenal of bowling equipment. I'm certain modern bowling ball polishes are no substitue for the wax coating that is used in the Lustre King Machine.

Matt (the former chink of collegebowling)

While I don't know how the surface was originally on the rubber balls. The finer you can go with the grit before using any polish the better. So go as fine as you can, then try the lustre king (now the the LK isn't really a wax, it's more a buffing compound.)

Extender polish has a slip agent in it, so that's probably the greasy feel you saw.

JohnP · « **Reply #5 on:** June 08, 2009, 10:58:02 AM »

Try a good car wax, that's what a lot of folks used back in the rubber ball days. -- JohnP

Author Topic: Cleaning/Removing oil from a Black Diamond and Tracmaster (Read 2789 times)

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