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rjs061400

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best way to clean your balls
« on: August 23, 2004, 02:13:17 PM »
I know..soap and water ha ha ha

Anyways I have a Big hit Pearl and a dull Monster smash, just
wanted to know how you "pros" clean your balls and how often, thanks
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a_ak57

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Re: best way to clean your balls
« Reply #1 on: August 23, 2004, 10:14:52 PM »
Darn, you took my cheesy joke line!

I use household cleaner called Simple Green....and you're supposed to clean after each set bowling....

People will say rubbing alcohol, but I've found it merely rubs around the oil, not actually removing it...
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rjs061400

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Re: best way to clean your balls
« Reply #2 on: August 23, 2004, 10:18:10 PM »
do you use just a towel or a pad? a buddy of mines uses
the thin green pads on his balls
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a_ak57

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Re: best way to clean your balls
« Reply #3 on: August 23, 2004, 10:21:10 PM »
I'm guessing you mean scotchbrite pads....those don't clean, but keep the cover nice and dull.  You might do that for the smashr, but not the hit.

You can find simple green somewhere like a grocery store, and just spray it on a towel or something (it's in a bottle like windex or something) and rub the ball down.
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rjs061400

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Re: best way to clean your balls
« Reply #4 on: August 23, 2004, 10:25:14 PM »
thanks for your help....and I'll get a scotchbrite pad tomorrow
for the smash. Its kinda funny cause he uses the pad for all his ball? oh well

Oh just saw some simple green in the basement..I can clean them tonight
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a_ak57

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Re: best way to clean your balls
« Reply #5 on: August 23, 2004, 10:26:46 PM »
Just to make sure that's what he has...do the pads look kind of "rough"?
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rjs061400

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Re: best way to clean your balls
« Reply #6 on: August 23, 2004, 10:29:47 PM »
yeah the thin ones that you use in the kitchen...they are
soft unlike brillo pads
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a_ak57

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Re: best way to clean your balls
« Reply #7 on: August 23, 2004, 10:38:06 PM »
Just wanna make sure.....like this?  IF so, I'd get one for the smashr.

Just making sure.
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rjs061400

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Re: best way to clean your balls
« Reply #8 on: August 23, 2004, 11:01:45 PM »
yeah thats the pad...is that what i need for the smash
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a_ak57

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Re: best way to clean your balls
« Reply #9 on: August 23, 2004, 11:05:53 PM »
Yeah, just use that on the ball 3-4 weeks to keep it dull, and clean it with the simple green after each set.  That's the way to have optimal life for a bowling ball.
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Re: best way to clean your balls
« Reply #10 on: August 24, 2004, 01:16:15 AM »
simple green and storm extra clean i think it is , last time i ever buy that storm stuff its like 8 bucks a bottle and i don't see hardly any difference between the 2


im sure everyone knows this already, but another good thing to do is to cut a hole into a box and put a blow dryer in the hole and bake the ball tell all the oil is done bleeding or put it in the trunk when its hot out, i do it like once a month

Edited on 8/24/2004 1:30 AM
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Re: best way to clean your balls
« Reply #11 on: August 24, 2004, 04:01:13 AM »
Isn't hot temperatures bad for you balls ?

Doesn't it crack them....
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Re: best way to clean your balls
« Reply #12 on: August 24, 2004, 04:35:07 AM »
Dont subjec them to any heat just dont be cheap and buy some good cleaner aske the guy in the pro shop get it resurfaced regularly its really simple but people don't take very good care of there balls like baking and letting them sit in the cars all day in the summer and wonder why there expensive ball doesn't work anymore or gets cracked....
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Jeffrevs

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Re: best way to clean your balls
« Reply #13 on: August 24, 2004, 07:36:35 AM »
Do NOT use rubbing alcohol!!! DO NOT LISTEN TO SOMEONE WHO SAYS THIS!

A household cleaner like Orange Clean or Simple Green (degreasing cleaner) is fine.....some great everyday cleaners.....Storm's cleaners,....NeoTacs "Liquid Nitro",...Ebonites Energizer Cleaner,....Tracks Clean and Dull, etc, etc....

Micro Fiber towels are great for wiping the ball off between shots (if that's your routine)

Do your everyday cleaning after EVERY set,...INCLUDING practice.....

Deep clean with eihter warm water and dish soap, or a heavier duty cleaner such as NeoTacs Hookit or Renew it (has a polish in it as well) and others....every 2-3 weeks or so depending on how many games you bowl per week....dull up the Smash/R when needed w/ your scotch brite...
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Doc Hollywood

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Re: best way to clean your balls
« Reply #14 on: August 24, 2004, 10:08:24 AM »
My Elixir keeps the oil out of the ball and makes cleaning much easier.  

Prolongs the life of the ball as well.

For more info click on the link below or send me a message with questions.
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