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machine35

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bringing a ball back to life
« on: November 21, 2011, 12:11:23 PM »
i have not used my black widow bite for over a mth. the last couple of weeks i have started to use it again. what can i do to bring it back to form after a short hiatus?


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tommyboy74

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Re: bringing a ball back to life
« Reply #1 on: November 21, 2011, 08:49:28 PM »

I would use a good deep cleaner such as Powerhouse Clean n' Dull which will definitely get rid of some of the dirt and oil.  Probably wouldn't hurt to redo the surface either on a spinner or by hand. 



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Re: bringing a ball back to life
« Reply #2 on: November 21, 2011, 11:31:39 PM »
Run some tap water as hot as it comes out into a 5 gallon bucket and mix in some Dawn dish soap. Let the ball sit for around 10 minutes. Dump it out and refreshen. Depending on how many games are on a ball I will do this 2-3 times.

 

Then take it to the spinner and sand 4 sides at 360. Four sides at 500. Then go directly to the factory finish grit. Which I think was 2000 on the Bite.

 

 


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Steven

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Re: bringing a ball back to life
« Reply #3 on: November 22, 2011, 08:26:27 AM »
+1 to complete. Excellent method for restoring a ball.
 



completebowler wrote on 11/22/2011 0:31 AM:
Run some tap water as hot as it comes out into a 5 gallon bucket and mix in some Dawn dish soap. Let the ball sit for around 10 minutes. Dump it out and refreshen. Depending on how many games are on a ball I will do this 2-3 times.


 


Then take it to the spinner and sand 4 sides at 360. Four sides at 500. Then go directly to the factory finish grit. Which I think was 2000 on the Bite.


 


 



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Re: bringing a ball back to life
« Reply #4 on: November 22, 2011, 08:33:22 AM »
Corrected!!
 
completebowler wrote on 11/22/2011 0:31 AM:
Run some tap water as hot as it comes out into a 5 gallon bucket (Make sure you can put your hand in it without burning yourself, as some people keep their water heaters above the 140 degree mark that is around the safe maximum temperature for bowling balls.) and mix in some Dawn dish soap. Let the ball sit for around 10 minutes. Dump it out and refreshen. Depending on how many games are on a ball I will do this 2-3 times.

 

Then take it to the spinner and sand 4 sides at 360. Four sides at 500. Then go directly to the factory finish grit. Which I think was 2000 on the Bite.

 

 


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ImBackInTheGame

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Re: bringing a ball back to life
« Reply #5 on: November 22, 2011, 11:51:17 AM »
If you do have a spinner, sand it to 360 first then give it a hot water bath.  Need to open up those pores.
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Re: bringing a ball back to life
« Reply #6 on: November 22, 2011, 12:10:12 PM »
I've read this quite a few times, but just have not found it to be necessary. I will sand down to 360 if I intend to do a resurface afterwards, but not just to do an oil extraction. It seems to me that the oil got into the ball just fine with out the pores being open, so it should be able to get back out. But I could be wrong! 
 
I use a portable dishwasher and get great results.
 
ImBackInTheGame wrote on 11/22/2011 12:51 PM:If you do have a spinner, sand it to 360 first then give it a hot water bath.  Need to open up those pores.
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Re: bringing a ball back to life
« Reply #7 on: November 22, 2011, 12:57:22 PM »
Yes, it still works fine it just takes longer to get all of the oil out if you don't sand it first.  I've done it both ways.
 
milorafferty wrote on 11/22/2011 1:10 PM:
I've read this quite a few times, but just have not found it to be necessary. I will sand down to 360 if I intend to do a resurface afterwards, but not just to do an oil extraction. It seems to me that the oil got into the ball just fine with out the pores being open, so it should be able to get back out. But I could be wrong! 
 
I use a portable dishwasher and get great results.
 
ImBackInTheGame wrote on 11/22/2011 12:51 PM:If you do have a spinner, sand it to 360 first then give it a hot water bath.  Need to open up those pores.


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