one of the houses i frequent, returns balls from pit with thick black belt marks which are pain to remove. With my current cleaner, which is good, but not strong enough to really get it done. I have to really put some muscle into it. Only when I get home and use CnD or LMB, do I get it spotless.

we can see these marks on a LT-48 or any black ball. Really horrible when these thick marks are on your ball track.....

I have to inspect my ball as it returns and spend my time in the back table rubbing the crap out of my ball. I burn more calories cleaning my equipment than I do bowling.

Quote from: charlest on December 29, 2016, 04:44:34 PM

Quote from: xrayjay on December 29, 2016, 04:34:07 PM

These belt marks are a pain. My rave I didn't clean right after play and the ball sat in my bag for a few days till I got to it. I was in a rush that day of practice - leaving out of town.

Anyway, I had to use my spinner to help remove the belt marks. I used the Remedy Rx then CnD. It was a task. Because of this experience, I make sure to clean as much as I can and remove the belt marks. (happens when I bowl on the low end of the house.) And since my Micro towel is soaked, I place it over the ball just so those belt marks don't harden, like what Milo stated too.

Side notes:

It's a pain to remove these belt marks, but I like this house. I plan on bowling here next season. It's better than that AMF/bowlmorons I bowl at now.... plus at this other house, it's .25 cents a game for practice. Also, if a team is added to a league, I was told the house gives additional prize money of up to $500.

If I see belt marks on my ball, I clean it NOW. I can't bowl when my ball is going to grab when it hits the lane.

That's what I do, but its very tasking (with current cleaner) do this every frame or other frame.... I just need a good legal cleaner I can use when I'm at the settee

LMB is legal for use during bowling. It is the strongest cleaner allowable for use during bowling, of which I am aware. Acetone, Hook-It or Clean n Dull will probably also remove a belt mark but they are not allowable for use on a ball that you will use next frame.

Off hand, I don't know of anything else that you can do, besides bring 2 balls of the same type, with the same drilling and the same surface. But if the first got dirty, the 2nd is sure to succumb to the same fate.