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Alto101

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Question about Hot Water Method
« on: February 21, 2004, 05:29:08 PM »
I posted this question under a different topic and it wasn't getting many responses so hopefully it will now.

I just soaked my Inferno in hot, not boiling, water for 15 minutes. Instead of dawn I used a bit of Simple Green (the lemon scented stuff since the store was out of the original). I then wiped the ball and repeated the process once more. I have not had the chance to see how the ball reacts on the lanes but the color of the ball is different then it was prior to the soaking. The color looks faded. I am not sure if this color change is normal or not since this is my first time soaking the ball in hot water.

Has anyone else experienced this? I am not concerned about the color of the ball as long as it regains the reaction that it used to have. The past week or so I have really noticed a decline in reaction and I am hoping this helps bring it back.

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no2bucsfan

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Re: Question about Hot Water Method
« Reply #1 on: February 22, 2004, 08:35:46 AM »
nope i soak my bowling balls in hot water and they stay the same colour so i dont kno why it changed. ive never heard of that before.
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GendouIkari

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Re: Question about Hot Water Method
« Reply #2 on: February 22, 2004, 12:20:48 PM »
I have two balls I soak once a month, a Complete Chaos! and a Vortex II Pearl, the chaos keeps it color after soaking it, but the vortex gets faded, so after soaking it I always go to proshop and I polish it so she's bright again, I think that coverstock composition causes this difference, I think the ball before soaking shines because of the oil, but the coverstock is fading of everyday use, so, when you get the oil out, you get to see how the coverstock really is, so I always polish my pearl after soaking... I like my V2 Mirror like sounds gay but it works for dry medium-dry patterns... (I soak my balls once a month)
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just joe

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Re: Question about Hot Water Method
« Reply #3 on: February 22, 2004, 10:46:05 PM »
I have also soaked my Inferno. After a few hours I noticed a white color had glazed on the surface, it could be scratched off with my finger nail. Took it to the pro shop, cleaned it on the spinner, polished it, looks like new, reacts fine.
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Brickguy221

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Re: Question about Hot Water Method
« Reply #4 on: February 22, 2004, 11:39:55 PM »
I wear a sock on my hand under my wrist device as My hand sweats a lot and it is always wet after bowling. A few years ago I had a purple Quantum. I laid this sock on it and and the next day it had a big white spot on the ball and I was sick about it. I didn't do anything to the ball and when I went back to bowl a few days later, the white spot was gone, so when your Inferno dries for a couple days or so, the white may disappear.
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Re: Question about Hot Water Method
« Reply #5 on: February 23, 2004, 05:21:43 AM »
Pls becareful guys with what you apply to the surface of bowling balls.  Not being a chemist, my best guess is that your getting a bad chemical reaction to that ball using simple green, seen it before.  That's why manufacturers recommend certain products only for cleaning, if you don't have any problems with reaction, then fine, but do you really want to save 8 or 10 bucks on a recommended cleaner to destroy a $200 ball?

Discoloration, I've seen a lot of ball discoloration in regards to cold temps.  (Left in the trunk)  It doesn't have to be freezing temp either, just chilled I guess, but what it looks like is a white-ish film or swirls on the ball(that wasn't there before) and you can't clean it off.  Here's the trick, have your shop guy throw it on the spinner(no cleaner needed, just heat) and press on it with a towel as if he's polishing and after a while, the white discoloration goes away.  Not sure if that's oil seeping thru to the top and maybe changing the color but I know heat takes it away.
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thfonz98

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Re: Question about Hot Water Method
« Reply #6 on: February 23, 2004, 11:42:20 AM »
mine only do it(xfactor, v2 pearl) coming out of the hot but not scalding water +dawn bath.....only do it once every two three months though...

(i didnt say when they did their color changin acts in my earlier post)

you can scratch it off though or just wait.

Edited on 2/23/2004 12:37 PM
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mrepps-24

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Re: Question about Hot Water Method
« Reply #7 on: February 23, 2004, 01:52:42 PM »
what i did was soak it for about 20 mins and then wiped it down real good. after that most of the outside grime had come off. once you do that get a good ball cleaner and clean your ball and it will be like brand new. from this point as soon as you finish bowling or when you get home clean your balls with ball cleaner and it will stay like brand new. it wont give oil time to get into your ball. also i wipe after everyshot. i can play my ball however i want and get whatever reaction i want. most people wait too long to clean their ball and loose reaction
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