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General Category => Miscellaneous => Topic started by: Monster Pike on March 20, 2013, 04:27:33 PM
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Reading Charlest's posts & not wanting to Hi-jack, ;) got me thinking of all the ways some of you have tried getting the oil out your bowling balls. ???
I saw some used their oven, dish washer (which I've done), ball baths (also have done, not a fan of), trunk of the car in the hot sun :-\... & Food dehydrators... ???
That last one got me wondering... Has anyone tried their "smoker"? Not a charcoal smoker ::), but an electric one... Bradley or Master Built...? Mine could probably fit 2 at a time. It's digital, has a timer, so I could just set it & forget it.
This could be fun... Any other ideas?
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Ha, ha ha! Fun...but dangerous! Your smoker????? Good luck with that one!
My buddy once set his best bowling ball at the time, on the hearth of his fireplace which actually was not lit.......just had smoldering embers in it. Walked away from it to go get something to eat out of the kitchen. 15 minutes later, he said he smelled chemicals in the air. Came back to find his ball literally in flames, with the oil just gushing out of it!!! I wish I could have been there to take a picture! ;D
And it was his favorite ball too! ;D
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I tried the kitty litter method. Didn't seem to work.
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I tried the kitty litter method. Didn't seem to work.
Yeah, I could see that if the oil was actually sitting on the surface of the ball... but the oil already absorbed by the cover?
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Ha, ha ha! Fun...but dangerous! Your smoker????? Good luck with that one!
My buddy once set his best bowling ball at the time, on the hearth of his fireplace which actually was not lit.......just had smoldering embers in it. Walked away from it to go get something to eat out of the kitchen. 15 minutes later, he said he smelled chemicals in the air. Came back to find his ball literally in flames, with the oil just gushing out of it!!! I wish I could have been there to take a picture! ;D
And it was his favorite ball too! ;D
Did he break out into some Jerry Lee Lewis, 'Great balls of Fire'?
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Tried using a turkey deep fryer, you know the ones with the propane tank. substituted oil with water, had a hanger custom made to hold the ball. set the temp. and let it go. worked pretty well, the oil came out and went into the water. kinda works like a steam bath.
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A smoker? You could go into competition with Storm on scenting bowling balls. New hickory smoked ball or Mesquite. Even better, you could have some manly scented bowling balls instead of the fruity ones - Steak, BarBQue Ribs, etc. :)
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I used to use the hot water method, but results were always "up in the air". I never knew for sure what came out, if anything.
Since then, I started using a material to absorb the lane oil. I put a sanded ball into the material for 24 - 48 hours. I used 2 substances to absorb and draw the oil out of the ball. Once was specific to bowling called Columbia CPR.
http://www.bowlersdream.com/columbiacpr.html (http://www.bowlersdream.com/columbiacpr.html)
The other is a commercial product called Abzorbit.
http://www.shopbowhead.com/content/abzorbit-10-lb-bag (http://www.shopbowhead.com/content/abzorbit-10-lb-bag)
I've done balls with both and the performance of the balls processed was undoubted.
Both these substances do work, but they're messy, potentially very dangerous (health-wise) and time consuming. The NuBall process is so much easier and much less time and effort.
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Quite some time ago, I collected the liquid that came out of a Raging Inferno upon heating in my rejuvenator. Although it felt oily, it was definitly not lane oil. Here is the very old post...
http://www.ballreviews.com/miscellaneous/what-to-use-when-giving-the-ball-bath-t152793.0.html;msg642002;topicseen#msg642002
Scott
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A smoker? You could go into competition with Storm on scenting bowling balls. New hickory smoked ball or Mesquite. Even better, you could have some manly scented bowling balls instead of the fruity ones - Steak, BarBQue Ribs, etc. :)
I'm sure glad Global didn't do that when they came out with The Nuts. :P
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A smoker? You could go into competition with Storm on scenting bowling balls. New hickory smoked ball or Mesquite. Even better, you could have some manly scented bowling balls instead of the fruity ones - Steak, BarBQue Ribs, etc. :)
I'm sure glad Global didn't do that when they came out with The Nuts. :P
Thanks a lot,I just spit Coke all over my screen!
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My best results have been with the hot water methoed and with using my home oven. Using the preheat feature at 130 I just leave it for a few hours then see how it has done. Never had any issues.
It isn't needed often so it isn't expensive to use. I don't like using my gas oven for that too often since that would start to add up.
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Reading Charlest's posts & not wanting to Hi-jack, ;)
Thank you!
That last one got me wondering... Has anyone tried their "smoker"? Not a charcoal smoker ::), but an electric one... Bradley or Master Built...? Mine could probably fit 2 at a time. It's digital, has a timer, so I could just set it & forget it.
This could be fun... Any other ideas?
Can you imagine, if instead of smelling like Jasmine or Vanilla beans, like Storm balls do, balls smelled like BBQ ribs and smoked Pork Butts??
Can't you just see people drooling over their balls as they stand on the approach??? :-[ :-[ :-[ ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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The kitty litter might work, but you would need some heat from the sun or some other source to get the ball warm enough to sweat. Never tried it myself. Might this summer.
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I heard of putting your ball(s) in a black trash bag and leaving it in the sun for 20-30 minutes. I guess that would keep an even heat going through, but I think it might get a little too hot to do that here in Texas haha
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A smoker? You could go into competition with Storm on scenting bowling balls. New hickory smoked ball or Mesquite. Even better, you could have some manly scented bowling balls instead of the fruity ones - Steak, BarBQue Ribs, etc. :)
Food sales would go up for sure...
Nah, I meant without putting the wood chips in... Just using the heat feature. Not gonna do it, just wondered if anyone tried it or will try it now that I brought it up...??
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This brings a question to mind. Why has Storm not release a ball that smells like Bacon??
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I bought a smoker from a store that was going out of business a few years ago for around $100 bucks and I use it strictly for baking my bowling balls. I set the temp at 125 and it works like a charm. The only problem is my friends always joke with me and ask if I can smoke their balls.
I have also used a rubermand container and a hair dryer. That worked as well but I had to rotate the ball more often.
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This brings a question to mind. Why has Storm not release a ball that smells like Bacon??
They'd get too many balls returned because of bite marks at the bridge & in the track...
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This brings a question to mind. Why has Storm not release a ball that smells like Bacon??
They'd get too many balls returned because of bite marks at the bridge & in the track...
Literally just spit water on my monitor.
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lol
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Tried using a turkey deep fryer, you know the ones with the propane tank. substituted oil with water, had a hanger custom made to hold the ball. set the temp. and let it go. worked pretty well, the oil came out and went into the water. kinda works like a steam bath.
That's pretty cool. And the water stayed at the controlled temperature the whole time? It didn't flutuate higher, lower etc..? I don't have a deep fryer... yet.
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What's next? Rigging up a Kitchen-Aid mixer to "resurface" a ball a la Storm Surface Factory?
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What's next? Rigging up a Kitchen-Aid mixer to "resurface" a ball a la Storm Surface Factory?
YES!! Great idea...
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Heard about the trash bag. My ex caught me and said if I can carry a ball in the bag, I can take the trash out. Lesson learned. No way in hell she's gonna catch me using the oven or dishwasher.