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baseballfrk8998

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Soapy water cleaning method
« on: November 24, 2007, 04:49:37 AM »
I see that many people do this when tryin to get the oil out of a ball. I was just wondering exactly how hot yall got the water when doing this? Do you want it super hot or what? And what kinda soap and how much is best? Just curious because I never really extract the oil from my balls.
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Re: Soapy water cleaning method
« Reply #1 on: November 24, 2007, 12:55:39 PM »
I use normal dish cleaning liquid... nothing to aggressive
For the water I use 1:1 boiling hot and as hot as it comes from the water-tap ... I try to get around 50°C/ 122°F ... not exactly but around this value.

Gave me so far the best results. I cleaned my Tsunami this way approx. all 50 games and I had it drilled in Feb 2006 .. and it is tacky and sqeaky clean.


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Grayson

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Re: Soapy water cleaning method
« Reply #2 on: November 24, 2007, 01:01:37 PM »
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Just curious because I never really extract the oil from my balls.


Did you sand the ball down (400 grit according to Morich) first to open up the pores?  About the temperature of the tap water, I'm not really sure.  But I'm guessing mines around 160-180*F but I could be wrong.
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this is just necessary if you want to reach the real inner oil volumes and haven't cleaned the ball for a very long time... but it is not needed imho if you redo the bath around 3-4 times for 20 min each... then enough oil comes out.

Just take a look at the water... when there is no more oil on the water it is done
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NicholasE

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Re: Soapy water cleaning method
« Reply #3 on: November 24, 2007, 01:01:40 PM »
Morich has a great write up on it under his cleaning section. I don't think the sanding part that they mention is that big of a deal, i mean im never going to do that just because I don't have sanding paper for one and two a spinner to get an even sanding on the ball and three def. not paying pro shop to take it down and back up all the time. As far as how hot of water? just the hottest water you can get out of your tap. Might want to get glove (rubber kitchen gloves) cause that water is hot as h3ll.
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Re: Soapy water cleaning method
« Reply #4 on: November 24, 2007, 01:42:59 PM »
Screw pride.  Invest in the gloves.
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Re: Soapy water cleaning method
« Reply #5 on: November 24, 2007, 02:15:11 PM »
Doin 4 balls right now.Filled ice cooler up with hot tap water an Dawn dish soap let them set for 2hrs(water stays really hot in cooler for longer time).Also sanded them down with 180 abralon pad.Alot of oil at top of water.This cleaning works really well.Have done this for yrs on balls
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luv2C10falll

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Re: Soapy water cleaning method
« Reply #6 on: November 24, 2007, 02:16:11 PM »
Oh and no rubber gloves either!
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Re: Soapy water cleaning method
« Reply #7 on: November 24, 2007, 03:11:42 PM »
Many people unknowingly have their hot water heater set to very high, over 150 degrees Fahrenheit. If yours is set to this, go ahead and do the hot water bath with no gloves or not knowing how hot the hot water actually is.

We'll see you later at the burn clinic when they peel the dead skin from your body with the 3rd degree burns. After the skin grafts, if shock or infection does not kill you, we'll see you at the center in 2 or 3 years. Heck, maybe your skin will actually grow back by itself, IF YOU'RE real lucky.
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luv2C10falll

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Re: Soapy water cleaning method
« Reply #8 on: November 24, 2007, 03:19:46 PM »
Since I have been a plumbing contractor for the last 30yrs I know that a water heater can be set to as high as 210 degrees.At that heat you wont have your hand in that water very long.I pull the drain on my cooler to let the water out,Im old enough to know stupidity when I see it
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Re: Soapy water cleaning method
« Reply #9 on: November 24, 2007, 05:42:55 PM »
Going by morichs website it says to scrub the ball with a wash cloth. WELL thats why i said you need gloves. I don't just let them sit in the water cause your supposed to wash them with a cloth.
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