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themachine300

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Artificial Sunlight
« on: December 08, 2005, 02:59:24 AM »
Has anyone ever tried useing a UV lamp that you can
get from any local pet store of wal-mart to bleed oil
out of a bowling ball.  Now that winter is coming
sunlight is hard to come by.

Would it work, or crack the surface?
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Re: Artificial Sunlight
« Reply #1 on: December 09, 2005, 04:42:07 AM »
I'd be afraid you'd get to much heat in one smaller spot, and backing it off enough, not sure you'd get enough heat, but if you are going to try it, either use an older ball or test it keeping the temp after 10 min, 20 min 30 min and see what it is.

Personally, I would not suggest it, to many unknowns. I think you'd be better off getting a package of CPR if you don't have the sunlight. JMO
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Re: Artificial Sunlight
« Reply #2 on: December 13, 2005, 06:08:49 AM »
I would not use a UV lamp on a ball, and also not direct bright sunlight. It wears out the resin's chemical structure and will make the surface brittle - over time (ever recognized unpainted plastic bumbers on cars and how ugly they can look on older ones, with bleached areas and sometimes even cracks? That's the long-term effect of UV light! Works the same on your skin, too...). I'd rather suggest using the bucket method for at-home oil extraction.
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Re: Artificial Sunlight
« Reply #3 on: December 16, 2005, 02:04:31 PM »
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bucket method  


???????  Never heard of it..how?
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Re: Artificial Sunlight
« Reply #4 on: December 20, 2005, 08:01:09 AM »
Bucket Method: (as I use it anyway)

Basically you get a 5 gallon bucket, or a wash tub, or whatever is handy to hold enough water to completely submerse your ball.

Duct tape over all the holes so you don't get any water absorbed into the balls core.  Now you place the ball in the bucket, tub, what have you and fill with as hot of tap water as you can find.  Let it sit for 5 minutes or so and then gently clean the surface of the ball while it's in the water with a towel or one of those buff-a-ball thingy's for a few minutes.

After you're done (take off the tape) and use some sort of cleaner to make sure and get any tape residue off the ball.  Then you are all done


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Re: Artificial Sunlight
« Reply #5 on: December 20, 2005, 09:38:09 AM »
UV light rays are usually damaging to plastic (resin) products. A heat lamp, if not too close may work but I wouldn't try it.

I also recommend the warm water bath method.

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Re: Artificial Sunlight
« Reply #6 on: March 27, 2006, 09:44:39 AM »
I was out working in the garage this weekend and had the space heater (1500w)running.  I decided since I was out there I might as well put a ball next to the heater and see what would happen (it wasn't super cold out there, somewhere between 45-50 degrees).  I put a thermometer in front of the heater first to see how hot it got....at 8-10 inches away it was reading between 100-110 degrees.  

I put my ball in front of the heater for about 10 minutes and came back to find a small amount of "oil" on the side closest to the heater.  I rotated the ball and checked again after a while (wasn't really paying attention, 15-30 minutes I suppose).  Came back and found nothing.  Rotated again and checked to find a small amount of oil.  Most of the oil was in the track area, and the other side of the ball had basically nothing.....which is what I would expect.  This wasn't a ball I use very often and I wasn't really expecting a lot of oil.

Just thought I'd throw that out there as another alternative.  I'm sure it would be much better if I could get some sort of reflective "shield" to put on the back side of the ball and try to heat the ball evenly.  I'm sure the "bucket" method works very well and is probably faster, but it also sounds a little on the messy side.
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Re: Artificial Sunlight
« Reply #7 on: March 29, 2006, 04:01:15 PM »
A U.V. (Ultraviolet/blacklight) light wont work.
It wont produce the heat needed.

It would have to be a heat lamp (A electric heater
consisting of a high-power incandescent lamp that
emits infrared radiation).

The U.V. light can show the oil tracks on the ball.
I tried it once after bowling and the track area of
the ball had some light glowing lines right where the
oil lines on the ball were.



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