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mrepps-24

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whats the best ball cleaner for reactive balls?
« on: March 04, 2004, 07:09:44 PM »
whats the best ball cleaner for reactive balls? i clean mine after every use and i need some more. what kind should i use? for an inferno and sling blade
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Gene J Kanak

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Re: whats the best ball cleaner for reactive balls?
« Reply #1 on: March 05, 2004, 10:14:51 AM »
There are a ton of good ones out there, but I've found that Clean & Dull and Hook-It work the best for general, quick cleaning. But like I said, there are several good ones out there.
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Re: whats the best ball cleaner for reactive balls?
« Reply #2 on: March 05, 2004, 10:18:14 AM »
I use dawn and water to clean my equipment.  Of course I use the Elixir on my equipment which keep the oil out of the ball and makes cleanup much easier.

If I am on the lanes and need a quick cleanup then clean and dull works great.  Also you can take it on the airlines.  Hook it gets confiscated.
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Phillip Marlowe

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Re: whats the best ball cleaner for reactive balls?
« Reply #3 on: March 05, 2004, 10:22:02 AM »
The best "spray on" cleaner is Ultimate's Black Magic Cleaner Rejuvenator.  Clean N Dull is very good and Hook It is also quite good, but they are not pure cleaners, they do a great job of cleaning but they add "tack" that lasts about 2 games.  Dawn & warm water works well too for occasional degreasing.
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Re: whats the best ball cleaner for reactive balls?
« Reply #4 on: March 05, 2004, 10:26:28 AM »
Personally, rev-it reactive ball cleaner worked much better than the Black Magic rejujinater. Rev-it seemed to break up belt marks and grease from ball returns much better than the B/Magic. Just my experience. I've been using a citrus degreaser spray and scrub wipes for quite a while now they work great.
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Re: whats the best ball cleaner for reactive balls?
« Reply #5 on: March 05, 2004, 10:26:54 AM »
NeoTac's everyday rejuvenator cleaner called Liquid Nitro is fantastic!
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Re: whats the best ball cleaner for reactive balls?
« Reply #6 on: March 05, 2004, 10:27:25 AM »
Never used the "take & bake" method to determine exactly how much oil still remains in my equipment after months of use, but after each use for any ball that I throw I've developed a mixture(thanks to someone on this site) of two parts simple green, two parts lane cleaner, one part water.  I know some of the oil might not be siphoned away but the amount of oil that is present on the rag/towel that you use lets me know that I'm taking a lot of the oil off of the surface.
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NoNeed4Revs

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Re: whats the best ball cleaner for reactive balls?
« Reply #7 on: March 05, 2004, 10:27:37 AM »
Rubbing Alcohol. Main ingredient in a lot of the cleaners anyway.
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Re: whats the best ball cleaner for reactive balls?
« Reply #8 on: March 05, 2004, 10:29:13 AM »
Uh, oh...here we go with the alcohol debate again...
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iommifan

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Re: whats the best ball cleaner for reactive balls?
« Reply #9 on: March 05, 2004, 10:29:50 AM »
Storm Reacticlean leaves my ball with that tacky new fealing. doesn't do much for black marks but does leave the surface in good shape.
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Phillip Marlowe

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Re: whats the best ball cleaner for reactive balls?
« Reply #10 on: March 05, 2004, 10:41:53 AM »
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Personally, rev-it reactive ball cleaner worked much better than the Black Magic rejujinater. Rev-it seemed to break up belt marks and grease from ball returns much better than the B/Magic. Just my experience. I've been using a citrus degreaser spray and scrub wipes for quite a while now they work great.
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Black Magic does not get rid of belt marks or heavy grease.  It does get rid of lane dirt and oil better than anything else I have tried.  I generally use (shhh) a little acetone to get rid of grease and belt marks.  I'll have to try Rev It if I can find it.
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Re: whats the best ball cleaner for reactive balls?
« Reply #11 on: March 05, 2004, 03:59:38 PM »
Belt marks and pin marks come off much easier if you have applied the Elixir.  Most of the time they just wipe off with a towel.
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Re: whats the best ball cleaner for reactive balls?
« Reply #12 on: March 05, 2004, 04:01:57 PM »
I second Liquid Nitro from Neo-Tac.
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Re: whats the best ball cleaner for reactive balls?
« Reply #13 on: March 05, 2004, 04:05:44 PM »
I third "Liquid Nitro" from Neo tac. I've tried them all and nothing compares to Liquid Nitro.

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Re: whats the best ball cleaner for reactive balls?
« Reply #14 on: March 05, 2004, 04:09:17 PM »
Tenth frame Ultra-Clean takes belt marks off. You have to apply the liquid right onto the ball (not your rag) and rub a little but they come right off. If my ball has them I usually clean it with Ultra-Clean then clean it again with Storm Re-Acticlean. The only reason I do that is because in my mind if the liquid takes belt marks off (it probably has Acetone in it) then it may be damaging to the surface of the ball in the long term. So I take whatever residual cleaner off with a more gentle cleaner.
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