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El Capitán

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Just put my balls up to soak...
« on: June 27, 2006, 06:01:47 PM »
Sorry if that sounds funny, but I just put my two wonderful bowling balls, my Rampage and my quickly dieing ONE into a cooler full of warm water and Dawn dish soap.

Now all I need to know is how long I keep them there.
A couple hours? Till the morn? Tomorrow after work?

Fill me in errbody.
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Re-Evolution

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Re: Just put my balls up to soak...
« Reply #1 on: June 28, 2006, 02:07:05 AM »
I always put mine in water that is as hot as I can get out of the tap and leave them for 20 minutes remove wipe off and repeat.
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dizzyfugu

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Re: Just put my balls up to soak...
« Reply #2 on: June 28, 2006, 04:01:35 AM »
Use hot tap water, check that the ball is covered by water and leave it until the water becomes cold. 20-30 mins is the time I normally take for one "tour", and if I feel this has not been enough (you will "feel" if tghe ball is still greasy when yopu take it out), I'll replace the water and start another turn in the bucket. Adding some mild detergent helps a lot to extract and break up the oil, too.

Anothe thing that can occur is phazing - the colors of a ball might seem to bleach. I never had this on Ebonite or Storm balls, but Brunswick coverstocks and porous particle covers seem to be susceptible to this. Do not be alarmed. It does not affect performance, and when you refresh the surface with polish or some sanding, this disappears, as well as after some time when the balls sucks up some new lane conditioner.
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