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Title: Homemade cleaners
Post by: channel surfer on November 24, 2003, 05:45:57 AM
Alrighty, post your homemade cleaners here. I wanna hear from those of you who make your own cleaners from other types of cleaners...
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Edited on 11/24/2003 9:42 PM
Title: Re: Homemade cleaners
Post by: channel surfer on November 24, 2003, 08:55:48 PM
lol
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Title: Re: Homemade cleaners
Post by: BadShot on November 24, 2003, 08:59:46 PM
went to wal mart and bought a big jug of castrol super clean degreaser.  i've been mixing it with about 50& alcohol.  been using this concoction for about 5 weeks.

works pretty good on lane oil and ball return marks.  leaves the ball with a mild tacky feeling.

i figured what the hell . . . if my ball doesn't dissolve, i saved a ton of money!!!
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Title: Re: Homemade cleaners
Post by: DON DRAPER on November 24, 2003, 11:11:55 PM
badshot, that sounds like a good cleaner to me. i use a 50-50 mixture of simple green and alcohol. it works great and is cheap. oh, don't be surprised if you are knocked for your use of alcohol by a certain person who visits this site. his name starts with an "s" and ends with a "n".
Title: Re: Homemade cleaners
Post by: TTforshort on November 24, 2003, 11:32:55 PM
I use a mixture of about 50% Simple Green, 30% water and about 20% Hook It.
It seem to stay homogenous and does an excellent job cleaning the ball at a
fraction of the cost of bowling ball specific cleaners.

TT
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Title: Re: Homemade cleaners
Post by: channel surfer on November 25, 2003, 05:34:51 AM
I was told to use 3/4 alcohol, and 1/4 Mr. Clean.

Havent tried it yet, but i want to.
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Title: Re: Homemade cleaners
Post by: charlest on November 25, 2003, 06:47:06 AM
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badshot, that sounds like a good cleaner to me. i use a 50-50 mixture of simple green and alcohol. it works great and is cheap. oh, don't be surprised if you are knocked for your use of alcohol by a certain person who visits this site. his name starts with an "s" and ends with a "n".


Now, Greg, don't we have enough ongoing spats around here lately?

FWIW, I often mix denatured alcohol from the hardware store with several other ingredients. It seems DA is used by Storm in most of their cleaners, in combination with other ingredients also. Even though DA by itself is disapproved, when used in combo with other ingredients, it has and is approved.

Denatured alcohol is based on ethanol (ethyl alcohol), whereas household alcohol is based on propanol (isopropyl alcohol) - different beasties.

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Title: Re: Homemade cleaners
Post by: BadShot on November 25, 2003, 09:01:09 AM
leftside, why do you day that alcohol alone does nothing to a ball?  i sometimes use just alcohol on polished balls, and it seems to remove the lane oil pretty well.  just curious.  thx.
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Title: Re: Homemade cleaners
Post by: jensm on November 25, 2003, 09:54:23 AM
I use a diluted household cleaner. It doesn't evaporate so it takes a bit longer to clean every ball. But I'm happy with the effect. Saves me some money too. Regular cleaners (small bottles) from the bowling companies cost something like $10 here in Sweden.

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Title: Re: Homemade cleaners
Post by: SUKIE on November 25, 2003, 10:45:54 AM
Cleaned at least 10 balls last nite. Used 5 different cleaners.  Simple Green straight up still works the by far the best. Used 3 different brands of the $12.00 a 8 oz bottle stuff & the Simple Green wipe down afterwards still took oil & dirt off the ball.  " DOC's " & Simple Green.  Tough combo to beat
Title: Re: Homemade cleaners
Post by: Steven on November 25, 2003, 11:09:32 AM
quote:
oh, don't be surprised if you are knocked for your use of alcohol by a certain person who visits this site. his name starts with an "s" and ends with a "n".  


Greg: LOL! The inability to formulate complete words is an affliction that affect many Americans. But don't despair; there is hope -- intense therapies exist. Call Brunswick technical support and I'm sure they'll provide you with an answer.

With respect to badshot, I'm not going to knock him. In his initial post, he seems sincerely interested in finding the right answer to the ball cleaning question. I'm not going to go after anyone who shows natural curiosity and demonstrates the least amount of willingness to take valid input. The reality is that isopropyl alcohol adds zero value when cleaning a bowling ball. ZERO.

Leftside appropriately understands this, and badshot has asked him for further clarification. I'll leave it between them.
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Edited on 11/25/2003 12:06 PM
Title: Re: Homemade cleaners
Post by: channel surfer on November 25, 2003, 12:20:50 PM
So just use 100% Simple Green then??
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Title: Re: Homemade cleaners
Post by: channel surfer on November 25, 2003, 09:23:19 PM
Hm.. What about this:

http://www.kmart.com/product/index.jsp?productId=503721
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Title: Re: Homemade cleaners
Post by: MI 2 AZ on November 25, 2003, 10:40:43 PM
CS, whatever you decide to use, make sure it is on the ABC approved list.


http://www.bowl.com/bowl/BowlDotCom/common/static.html?page=bowl_speccert_ballcleaner
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Title: Re: Homemade cleaners
Post by: sdbowler on November 26, 2003, 07:44:06 AM
I use a mixture of Simple Green, rubbing alcohol, and water. Works really good. Simple Green gets the oil out and leaves a tacky feel and the rubbing alcohol just helps it dry a little faster and cleaner. It is pretty cheap to mix up as well.
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Title: Re: Homemade cleaners
Post by: Doc Hollywood on November 26, 2003, 09:07:13 AM
Greg T - If you use the Elixir, belt and pin marks come off much easier.  Often times just rubbing with your finger.
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Title: Re: Homemade cleaners
Post by: channel surfer on November 26, 2003, 11:29:36 AM
I have used 409, didnt seem to do much for me.. And what was really weird.. I used it on my Icon 2, then after i applied it, the ball had no reaction.
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Title: Re: Homemade cleaners
Post by: Steven on November 26, 2003, 12:14:54 PM
Leftside: Nice try, but the alcohol crowd will continue to disinfect away and have the most germ free equipment on the planet. They're accomplishing little more than smearing grease and grime around, but it feels good, so why not? Maybe the stuff also makes a great dip for munching chips during those holiday football games.

When I read stuff like this:

 
quote:
And what was really weird.. I used it (i.e. 409) on my Icon 2, then after i applied it, the ball had no reaction.


I scratch my head and come to the realization that kornholio is not so bad. At least he's amusing.
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Title: Re: Homemade cleaners
Post by: charlest on November 26, 2003, 01:40:16 PM
Leftside,

Please say Isopropanol, isopropyl alcohl or household alcohol instead of "alcohol".

While it may not dissolve grease and oil, I have heard that isopropanol helps remove the dissolved grease/oil when used in combination with degreasers. NO, I am not taking Steven's side; if isopropanol is not worthless, at least, unlike a lot of other crap people use, it is harmless.

I have found another alcohol, denatured ethyl alcohol, to dissolve or clean away a lot of things on my ball, when used in combo with othe rcleaners, including disintegrating belt marks which can be very hard to remove.
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Edited on 11/26/2003 7:31 PM
Title: Re: Homemade cleaners
Post by: channel surfer on November 26, 2003, 03:14:13 PM
Well, one of my freinds gave me the degreaser 409 to try. SO i did after i got done bowling with it. A few days later i go bowling again, and the ball went almost straight. The lanes werent even that oily. It did that for about 20/30 games before i noticed that it seemed to start hooking again. Its weird.
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Title: Re: Homemade cleaners
Post by: duggre on November 26, 2003, 04:55:20 PM
HEY DOC, Are you following this these guys are giving you
your next cleaner! As for me I use the gizzard of a turkey
combinded with scrubbing bubbles and dose of pepper.
Go Dolphins! Happy Thanksgiving All!
Title: Re: Homemade cleaners
Post by: Doc Hollywood on November 27, 2003, 09:41:43 AM
Guys - There are so many good cleaners on the market that it would be tough to produce and keep economical.  

I will be adding something new to my website for all the aches and pains and sore muscles though. And you can usually only get it from doctors.


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Title: Re: Homemade cleaners
Post by: Elimeno Pee on March 30, 2014, 01:21:36 PM
409, Simple Green, those sound safe for equipment now - a - days.
Title: Re: Homemade cleaners
Post by: Mongo on March 30, 2014, 01:40:45 PM
I've used non-acetone fingernail polish for years.  Stuff pulls dirt/oil out like velcro. 
Title: Re: Homemade cleaners
Post by: charlest on March 30, 2014, 02:08:54 PM
409, Simple Green, those sound safe for equipment now - a - days.

Elimeno,
 
You do know this thread is 10+ years old, don't you?
Title: Re: Homemade cleaners
Post by: Elimeno Pee on March 30, 2014, 08:00:55 PM
i do.  i was googling, and that came up.   thought it was amusing