How important is it to wipe off you ball between shots?  I never wipe it off on league nights but in tournaments should I be Wiping it off?

With my kinetic emerald, I had to have it deoiled probably 3 times in 6 months. Two leagues per week, and it wasn't the only ball I threw, just the one I threw the most. I wiped off the ball before I threw every shot with a leather shammy, and cleaned it after almost every set. Based on that, and from what I have read in the last two posts, I would have to agree that wiping off the ball doesn't do that much good, except as being part of a pre shot routine and to help keep from getting lane oil on your hands

Quote from: lilpossum1 on April 04, 2018, 11:12:56 PM

With my kinetic emerald, I had to have it deoiled probably 3 times in 6 months. Two leagues per week, and it wasn't the only ball I threw, just the one I threw the most. I wiped off the ball before I threw every shot with a leather shammy, and cleaned it after almost every set. Based on that, and from what I have read in the last two posts, I would have to agree that wiping off the ball doesn't do that much good, except as being part of a pre shot routine and to help keep from getting lane oil on your hands

The ball is going to absorb oil, there is nothing you can do about that. Wiping the ball off just helps absorb less oil.

Look at it in its simplest form. You see the ball, you see the oil track on the ball. If you don't wipe it off, Where is it going to go? The only place it can, into the ball.

I get that it has to help a little, but the results seems negligible

I use a shammy before every shot just as part of my pre-shot routine, whether or not I see visible oil lines. I'm sure that it helps and it certainly can't hurt; however, when bowling league much of the absorption occurs as the ball sits on the return until it's your turn to bowl again. When the frame is over does anybody wipe their ball as it exits the ball return? No, we wait until the next frame, which could mean a couple of minutes for that oil on the surface to get absorbed into the ball. So in that sense I could see why balls get oil logged even if they're always wiped pre-shot.

Maybe it just has to do with the fact we bowl on a heavier oil shot with plenty of backend due to the wooden lanes. Plus the cover on that ball may be highly absorbant