Pat,
I just got my quart from Buddies. The liquid is now tinted blue and has nowhere near the intense alcoholic smell the original one had, but it does have lots of warnings, like "use gloves", "do not contact the skin", "do not put into aluminum containers". I have not tried it yet.
The bottle has "LMB Int'L" labels on it, plus their 888 toll-free number. It also has the warning, "Not for use during sanctioned competition.".
Would you say the new "formula" works just as well as the old? Also, do you or should you use gloves while using this product or it doesn't matter and you can apply it like any other ball cleaner/polish by hand and a towel? Thanks
Near as I can tell, YES!!
Since I spray it on the ball or the rag, the rag protects my hands from it. I'd rather not get it on my hands, but that's true for EVERY cleaner: bowling or household or garden or car or industrial or hobby.
When I use Clean and Dull and Hook-It at home, I use nitrile gloves that I get from Costco (or BJs or Home Depot). I also use them when doing woodwork finishing and when
spraying or handling garden chemicals. Some of these are less toxic than others, but when I don't know how bad they are, there are far too many chemicals that are really bad. We're exposed to so many chemicals in our everyday life.
