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General Category => Coverstock Preparation => Topic started by: MrNickRo on February 21, 2013, 04:55:07 PM

Title: Rubbing Alcohol
Post by: MrNickRo on February 21, 2013, 04:55:07 PM

I'm not sure where I heard this, but is Rubbing alcohol bad to use when cleaning your ball?  If so, why so?

I'm currently out of cleaner and just want to see if it will work in the meantime.

Title: Re: Rubbing Alcohol
Post by: charlest on February 21, 2013, 07:33:06 PM

No, it is not bad; neither is it effective.
Use some denatured alcohol if you really, really cannot get a good bowling specific cleaner.

Simple Green or 409 can be used but be ware that you have to then clean it off with that rubbing alcohol or water, as it leaves a film behind..

Title: Re: Rubbing Alcohol
Post by: jodyk24 on February 21, 2013, 07:44:48 PM

Rubbing alcohol is approved by USBC as a cleaner. As far as being bad, I don't think anybody has proved that it is bad to clean a bowling ball with it. I use alcohol just to remove some grime off after a bowling set and Ultimate Black Magic Rejuvenator cleaner to help remove the oil. For deep cleaning Clean and Dull is good along with many others.
jodyk24

Title: Re: Rubbing Alcohol
Post by: The Messiah on February 22, 2013, 01:59:47 AM

I've been using a mix of rubbing alcohol, simple green, and water for over 10 years and have never had an issue.

Title: Re: Rubbing Alcohol
Post by: MrNickRo on February 22, 2013, 09:16:08 AM

Appreciate all the input!

Title: Re: Rubbing Alcohol
Post by: charlest on February 22, 2013, 10:56:16 AM

Quote from: The Messiah on February 22, 2013, 01:59:47 AM

I've been using a mix of rubbing alcohol, simple green, and water for over 10 years and have never had an issue.

But many peope use SG by itself. So it needs to be cleaned after use.
FYI SG already has water in it; so all you really need to add is the alcohol.

Title: Re: Rubbing Alcohol
Post by: icon on May 16, 2013, 09:32:08 PM

I have been using rubbing alcohol to clean my bowling balls this season with my bowling ball spinner. I have  had great results, i have almost 20 700+ series this season since i clean my equipment prior to my league. It also gets a lot of dirt off from the flithy rags i have after im done.

Title: Re: Rubbing Alcohol
Post by: lifted rillo on May 17, 2013, 08:42:07 AM

Alcohol is great for getting stuff off the surface, but you need a good degreaser or compound like clean n dull to get really deep.

Title: Re: Rubbing Alcohol
Post by: charlest on May 17, 2013, 11:50:07 AM

Rubbing alcohol is fine for dirt and not much else, but then you might as well use water. It's not called the universal solvent for nothing.

Isopropyl alcohol cannot, does not and will not remove lane oil from the ball. The rag you use will remove some oil and smear the rest into the ball. You need a true degreaser to remove oil or a real ball cleaner, like Clean and Dull or Hook-It.

Title: Re: Rubbing Alcohol
Post by: billdozer on May 17, 2013, 05:02:21 PM

Call me crazy but I have the best results with rubbing alcohol.....I know its not the best, but I feel it gets the ball surface the tackiest.  I will probably do some side by side testing...like only clean one ball with a certain cleaner and see if it works any better. 

Title: Re: Rubbing Alcohol
Post by: Dave81644 on May 17, 2013, 05:48:31 PM

clean n dull on the desired ab pad (on spinner) = a very clean and fresh surface
I'm talking using a 4000 pad on a lane shine type surface ball, not 1 or 2/k pad over a polished surface.