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TheBowlingKid25

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Would this be ok?
« on: December 27, 2003, 01:05:16 AM »
Right now I have my ball in a nice hot bath, lol. I heard from a bunch of people that giving a ball a nice hot bath will draw soaked up oil out of it. I dont know how much it will help, but I thought I would give it a try. If this works, would it be bad to give my ball a bath like maybe once every 1 or 2 weeks? I dont want to hurt it, just thought this might give it that little extra help it needs in the back end.
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10pin2002

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Re: Would this be ok?
« Reply #1 on: December 27, 2003, 04:08:37 PM »
I've heard of this in an oven, but not a water bath.  Be careful!  Not only will oil come out, but if left too long the resin will begin to bleed out of the ball as well!
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Porkchop

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Re: Would this be ok?
« Reply #2 on: December 27, 2003, 05:40:11 PM »
Don't make the same mistake that I did.  Make sure that the holes are all up.  Live and learn I guess.
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TheBowlingKid25

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Re: Would this be ok?
« Reply #3 on: December 27, 2003, 05:42:06 PM »
Yea, I learned that to I had to pull my finger grips out and re-glue them

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no1bucsfan

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Re: Would this be ok?
« Reply #4 on: December 27, 2003, 05:42:32 PM »
The oven method is what brings out the resin. I have personally never heard of hot water bringing the resin out of the ball. There is no need to do it every couple of weeks. Every 40-50 games should be plenty, depending on how oily the lanes you bowl on are.
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mumzie

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Re: Would this be ok?
« Reply #5 on: December 27, 2003, 05:43:06 PM »
Using water is actually recommended by some of the manufacturers.
Some of the posters here do this with a few drops of Dawn detergent in the water as well.
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TheBowlingKid25

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Re: Would this be ok?
« Reply #6 on: December 27, 2003, 06:06:11 PM »
I took it out at about 5, would it be ok to bowl with it at like 8? I dried all the holes out, and have to re-glue an insert, so I dried it completely. And if I find more wet spots, would it be ok to use maybe like a hair dryer on them?
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