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Steven

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Neo-Tac Ball Restorer -- Great New Product
« on: March 10, 2004, 08:54:53 PM »
Neo-Tac recently introduced a terrific new ball cleaning product called 'Khameleon Particle Sand High Tech Ball Restorer'. For all those who have complained that Hook-It cleans but leaves a sticky residue, and/or that Renew-It cleans but also polishes, there are no more excuses.

'Khameleon Particle Sand High Tech Ball Restorer' is a pure cleaner that does nothing but industrial strength cleaning. It doesn't polish, it doesn't attempt to increase tac, it just flat out cleans.

At first I was concerned that the product is a form of liquid sandpaper -- meaning that the cover would be altered with product use. So as an experiment, I refreshed the cover of my X-Factor Deuce on the spinner using an 800 grit grey scotch-brite pad. This leaves very fine sanding lines on the cover. I then threw a few games on fresh oil to actually have something to clean. Then using a paper towel by hand, I cleaned the ball with Neo-Tac Restorer. It felt like using a very mild version of Neo-Tac Liquid Sandpaper. There was no question the Restorer was doing a complete clean -- I could feel it as I rubbed the compound into cover, and the paper towel was definitely picking up a lot of junk. And I was pleased that the 800 grit sanding lines were still intact after I was done, meaning that Restorer did not alter the cover.

As a final test, I cleaned the ball on my spinner (high speed setting) using Liquid Nitro. I made sure I was generating intense heat to pick up anything that might have been left behind by Restorer. To my delight, the towel was clean.

The bottom line is that Restorer seems to be a winner. And it should appeal to cheap bowlers who don't want to buy a spinner to use cleaning products. Just Restorer and a paper towel are all that's necessary.

No go forth; there isn't an excuse not to use neo-tac products anymore.
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Re: Neo-Tac Ball Restorer -- Great New Product
« Reply #16 on: April 21, 2004, 01:11:07 PM »
King: Thanks for the tip. I'll give your suggestion a try. As an aside, from your experience, is it preferable to use liquid sandpapers instead of the equivalent scothbrite on the spinner? I would imagine using white scothbrite would be roughly equivalent in final texture.

Second, I've been a big fan of the NeoTac products, because they appear to do a great job. However, have you used others (Black Magic, Track Magic) that you find superior for whatever reason?
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Re: Neo-Tac Ball Restorer -- Great New Product
« Reply #17 on: April 21, 2004, 02:15:23 PM »
King: Thanks for responding. You've given me some other ideas.
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Re: Neo-Tac Ball Restorer -- Great New Product
« Reply #18 on: April 21, 2004, 02:57:50 PM »
king of the mill--
     Thanks for all the info.  I have a few comments and questions.

 
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i find the surface "plays" more equivilent to tracks clean n smooth (1500 grit known surface) then ebo's quick sand (1200) or matte finish (800).


I thought that the Ebonite Matte Finish was their replacement for Quicksand, but since I have plenty of Quicksand, I haven't tried it.  According to what you said, however, Matte Finish is 800 grit.  If that's the case, how would you compare the surface you get from that to gray Scotch-Brite or Storm Step One?

 
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earliest read to latest.... starting with renew-it, then storms extra shine, original black magic, brunswicks factory finish, black magic clean n polsih, ebo's extender (followed by their factory finsh)....  


When you say original Black Magic, is that the stuff that comes with the black label?  I have heard that that stuff does not change a surface texture, but just shines it.  That doesn't exactly make sense to me.  It seems to change the surface texture to me.  There was also a post running for awhile that suggested that Black Magic was detrimental to Storm balls.  That also seems dubious to me.  What say you about all of that?

Also in the above quote, you mention Black Magic Clean 'N' Polish.  I believe you must have meant Track Magic Clean 'N' Polish.  I use Clean 'N' Polish on my Sling Blade, and I get the highest shine I've ever seen from that stuff.  I noticed that applying Black Magic (black label) over Clean 'N' Polish actually dulls the ball a bit.

Also in the quote above, the way I read it, it says that you get an even later lane read from Ebonite's extender, followed by their Factory Finish, than you get from Clean 'N' Polish?  Wow.  I haven't tried these last two Ebonite products.  I may have to get some.

Sorry about all the questions.  I'm just insatiable for this sort of information.  My basement already looks like a chemistry lab.

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Re: Neo-Tac Ball Restorer -- Great New Product
« Reply #19 on: April 21, 2004, 10:20:12 PM »
Thanks for the info, kotm.

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