Was at a tournament this week and went in to the Pro Shop, got to talking to the guy there and I mentioned to him that I had a ball spinner at my house. He told me that if I want to take polish off my ball to go to lowes and get some acetone, he said it will take anything off of the balls surface including polish and glue. Does anyone have any experience with this and know if this is safe or not. Thanks

here is a good example of what the usbc isn't doing correctly. instead of trying to really fix the sport of bowling they're wasting their time on things like leagal amounts of finger weight and what chemicals you can clean your bowling balls with. chemicals like acetone helped soften the polyester balls of the 1970's and gave them an advantage. their is no advantage is using acetone to soften the coverstock of a modern urethane or reactive resin ball. in fact you're likely to ruin the ball by soaking it in acetone. however, pro shops use acetone for removing dribbles of super glue, etc. i find it very hard to listen to the usbc when they say i can't use acetone to remove stubborn stains that ordinary ball cleaners will not remove. a modern bowling ball is often times a $200 investment----you should be able to use a chemical that will definitely do the job.