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trash heap

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What's the Best Ball Cleaner that's Approved During Competition?
« on: February 01, 2012, 01:23:55 AM »
Looking for a good ball cleaner that is approved during competition. All cleaners I have are not allowed.

 

 
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Re: What's the Best Ball Cleaner that's Approved During Competition?
« Reply #16 on: February 02, 2012, 07:48:17 AM »
Most of them don't. Some do affect the physical texture of the coverstock surface;they contain abrasives but are considered cleaners.
 
However a new one, Powerhouse Adrenaline Wipes, might. I am unsure of that now, but the descriptions and intended uses for them imply that the chemical in them does affect the chemical makeup to some degree.
 
trash heap wrote on 2/2/2012 8:40 AM:
On to another question: I thought all approved cleaners (during and the before/after only) didn't affect the chemical makeup of the cover?
 



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Re: What's the Best Ball Cleaner that's Approved During Competition?
« Reply #17 on: February 02, 2012, 08:20:41 AM »
In all honesty...no...in 14 years of traveling and bowling pretty regularly I have never had a ball come back with something that I couldn't get off with some rubbing alcohol and some elbow grease.  The center where my shop is has a problem with the pit cushions leaving a small residue on the ball, but in time you come to realize that it's not affecting the ball roll.

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Re: What's the Best Ball Cleaner that's Approved During Competition?
« Reply #18 on: February 02, 2012, 08:36:14 AM »
+1 Russell, I use rubbing alcohol any time I'm at the lanes. I do a good cleaning at home with diluted simple green to get a deeper clean.
 


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Re: What's the Best Ball Cleaner that's Approved During Competition?
« Reply #19 on: February 02, 2012, 09:03:25 AM »
I bowl in a league with a much older crowd and it's a league rule that you can't clean or alter the ball in any way during league.

 

We had to get an approval in order to use micro-fiber towels. I'm not even kidding.
 



charlest wrote on 2/1/2012 11:54 AM:
Other than the USBC Nationals I have never heard of any league or tournament that forbids cleaning your ball with a USBC approved cleaner during bowling.

 

Do you mean to say that the by-laws of all your leagues explicitly forbid cleaning your ball with a cleaner during bowling?

 



cory867 wrote on 2/1/2012 11:04 AM:
Keep in mind that just because it is approved for use during competition does not mean that you can use it during.  All of the leagues and tournaments that I bowl in DO NOT allow the use of any cleaners, approved or not, to be used once the event has started.  You will need to check with your league/tournament rules. 



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charlest

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Re: What's the Best Ball Cleaner that's Approved During Competition?
« Reply #20 on: February 02, 2012, 09:11:00 AM »
My condolences, Mr. Perfect, like, honestly.
Seems like some of those older guys wouldn't trust their own mother.


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Re: What's the Best Ball Cleaner that's Approved During Competition?
« Reply #21 on: February 02, 2012, 09:14:16 AM »
Perfect, you must be bowling league with the people from my local home owners association. 
 
MrPerfect wrote on 2/2/2012 10:03 AM:
I bowl in a league with a much older crowd and it's a league rule that you can't clean or alter the ball in any way during league.

 

We had to get an approval in order to use micro-fiber towels. I'm not even kidding.
 
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Re: What's the Best Ball Cleaner that's Approved During Competition?
« Reply #22 on: February 02, 2012, 12:16:51 PM »
The league has been around longer than I have on this Earth (30 years), but it is made up of a lot of the old guard in our association mixed with all of the tournament bowlers, and a lot of people that just want to bowl around the best in the area hoping to learn something and get better.


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