Post by: stanski on November 20, 2005, 03:11:43 PM
Me personally, i clean my balls once a week (too lazy to do any more than that) with a mixture of 1 part simple green, 1.5 parts acetone, 1 part alcohol and 2 parts water. This and a hot water bath every 3 months has kept my ball reaction going strong on all of my balls and caused me to retire them only because they are so nicked up that I can't stand looking at them anymore. If you are not using simple green anymore, why did you switch off of it?
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Post by: icetink on November 20, 2005, 11:42:02 PM
As far as Simple Green goes, I still use it to clean my stuff regularly. Simply 40% Simple Green, 50% water, 10% rubbing alcohol. I clean my balls on a spinner, so the added heat from friction works well in extracting some oil. I'm happy; it doesn't make shiny balls dull or dull balls shiny.
I though acetone was illegal as well ... it's under the "Not Acceptable at Any Time" header.
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Post by: shelley on November 21, 2005, 12:02:19 AM
I've been using Simple Green on mine for a while. I cut it with water, more than 50/50 SG, though, so it's not real dilute. I tried cutting it with alcohol, but it made it real runny and didn't seem to clean quite as well.
SH
Post by: shakezilla9 on November 21, 2005, 01:15:14 AM
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This sounds retarded, but I wonder if anyone has ever took a leak on a bowling ball to clean it lol... If so, how well it worked!
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if you peed on a ball would that make it illegal due to the fact that when the body breaks down fat for energy acetone goes into the urin? a dumb question added onto another dumb question but what i said is true.
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Post by: nd300 on November 21, 2005, 02:45:37 AM
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Post by: azguy on November 21, 2005, 03:36:24 AM
I think , if you look at some other comments here, you'll see some folks trying out other types of cleaners as well. Some I really wouldn't think would be good for a ball, others might not hurt them, it's more a personal preference, I guess.
As with companies, we all have our own preference in what we use and use to clean them. Acetone is one product I would never use, not legal and I personally would never use it to clean a ball, JMO.
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Post by: charlest on November 21, 2005, 06:16:43 AM
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Acetone, in any form, is illegal. Doesn't matter if you cut it with Simple Green, alcohol, or anything else. Still illegal.
SH
I'd have to say that is definitely not true, based on this:
Denatured ethyl alcohol is also on the illegal-to-use-at-an-time list, YET Storm has used it as a major ingredient in a number of their cleaners. In fact, it used to even be listed on the bottle. So if both are illegal, why weren't all Storm cleaners that used it illegal?
The idea is each cleaner has to be tested on its own. In reduced concentrations, any liquid may not have the effect that the effect that the individual liquid does by itself.
FYI THE test is to see if the liquid softens the ball when soaked in a rag and laid on a ball for 15 or 30 minutes.
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Post by: charlest on November 21, 2005, 06:18:45 AM
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Post by: scotts33 on November 21, 2005, 06:22:09 AM
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Post by: DArtagnon on November 21, 2005, 09:18:52 AM
Post by: shelley on November 21, 2005, 09:38:00 AM
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Still using Simple Green diluted with water. I find is does a fine job cleaning a ball, though after reading Charlest's comments, have been thinking of going back to a commercial cleaner. As someone else on these boards said, Your bowling balls are an investment, why go cheap on maintaining the coverstock.
I've got a bottle of Ebonite Powerhouse Energizer and I can't stand it. Leaves a greasy film on the ball. Granted, I'm using it without a spinner, but it seems like a LITTLE of that stuff on a rag leaves a LOT of greasy film. I have to clean that stuff off afterwards. So I stick with SG and water. Cheap and, for me, more effective.
SH
Post by: charlest on November 21, 2005, 10:16:02 AM
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Still using Simple Green diluted with water. I find is does a fine job cleaning a ball, though after reading Charlest's comments, have been thinking of going back to a commercial cleaner. As someone else on these boards said, Your bowling balls are an investment, why go cheap on maintaining the coverstock.
Indeed. It takes so little if you clean your stuff regularly and don't give the ball a btah every time. Been taking a 4 oz bottle with me and cleaning my 2-3 balls after each of 2 weekly league sessions for the past 2 months. Still have 2/3 of the bottle left. The bottle cost $6.50 originally.
So your quart of Simple Green plus water/alcohol/acetone should last your whole LIFETIME!
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Post by: stanski on November 21, 2005, 08:38:44 PM
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Still using Simple Green diluted with water. I find is does a fine job cleaning a ball, though after reading Charlest's comments, have been thinking of going back to a commercial cleaner. As someone else on these boards said, Your bowling balls are an investment, why go cheap on maintaining the coverstock.
Indeed. It takes so little if you clean your stuff regularly and don't give the ball a btah every time. Been taking a 4 oz bottle with me and cleaning my 2-3 balls after each of 2 weekly league sessions for the past 2 months. Still have 2/3 of the bottle left. The bottle cost $6.50 originally.
So your quart of Simple Green plus water/alcohol/acetone should last your whole LIFETIME!
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Charlest, the simple green bottle that i bought from sam's club has lasted me well over 3 years (along with 3 bottles of acetone and alcohol at a cost of $10).
I honestly do not care that acetone is illegal, nearly every pro shop in the country has a bottle of it around to clean off superglue. I know people who went to nationals and said every ball rep had a bottle behind the counter. Its an outdated rule and a rule that I honestly don't care to follow.
I know simple green by itself does leave a film, but when mixed with alcohol it evaporates so fast that it does not have time to leave any film. This still works just as good if not better than any cleaner on the market at a fraction of the cost.
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Post by: Sawuser on November 21, 2005, 09:59:23 PM
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I don't use Simple Green because I know it leaves a film on the ball or an surface on which it is used. I don't want that film on my bowling balls.
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Charlest, I don't use simple green, but I use orange clean degreaser. Any soap will probably leave a slight film, but I always wipe mine down a second time with windex which removes any film that may be on the ball. This has been working great for me.
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Post by: 230-n-up-or-bust on November 22, 2005, 10:47:44 AM
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Post by: scotts33 on November 22, 2005, 11:00:57 AM
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I've incorporated lane cleaner with Simple Green and water. Two parts SG, two parts H20, one part lane cleaner. No residue and squeaky clean.
230 sounds like a pretty toxic over there east of me.
Did you bowl Rock River Lanes tourney yet? If, so how was it?
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Post by: 230-n-up-or-bust on November 22, 2005, 11:17:20 AM
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I've incorporated lane cleaner with Simple Green and water. Two parts SG, two parts H20, one part lane cleaner. No residue and squeaky clean.
230 sounds like a pretty toxic over there east of me.
Did you bowl Rock River Lanes tourney yet? If, so how was it?
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We're heading over to Lake Mills for a squad of scratch doubles on this Friday, Oconomowoc for the Brunswick World on 12/4 and trying to fit Rock River in on the Friday after that. It's gonna be tough this time of year to fit much else in on the weekends. If RR is anything like last year, it should be a carry fest. I left 20% of my head at home that night and still shot 680 with five splits. With a better percentage of cranium retention and a lot less alcohol, I expect to fare quite better!
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Post by: kingpin268 on November 22, 2005, 03:00:55 PM
If I trade for a new ball or notice a big drop in performance, I soak the ball in hot water with Simple Green or Dawn, scrub it with the backside of the sponge while soaking, take it out and dry it off post haste. Then I take a generous amount of Neo-Tac's Hook-It and really scrub the ball on a rag. And the ball, had it not had any nicks or scratches, would look brand in new.
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Post by: stanski on November 22, 2005, 10:59:58 PM
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a rule that I honestly don't care to follow.
Well that is your right, however; are you one of the people that complain about the integrity of the sport? That comment is possibly the single most disgusting comment I have seen on this site. Pray that you never have to get on the lanes with me, because I will push it as far as to forcing you to use a house ball.
You are a CHEAT! You are using something in this game that not only do you know is illegal, but you are deliberately breaking the rule. Static weights dont matter either, but I would never let any of my balls that I drill walk out of the shop with excess side weight. People like you are part of the reason that bowling is going down hill. Have a go at me if you want. I tell it how it is.
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You have that right to state your opinion. However, I will respectfully disagree and point you to the fact that by my estimates, at least 20% of the lanes today in my area (and others) do not adhere to the 3 unit minimum rule. I do not bowl leagues at these establishment, but literally hundreds of league bowlers do. I can almost guarantee that in your area, there is an illegal shot at a house somewhere. Go ahead and call me on the acetone, and just like a sandbagger would say, prove it.
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Post by: Sawuser on November 24, 2005, 01:23:38 PM
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You have that right to state your opinion. However, I will respectfully disagree and point you to the fact that by my estimates, at least 20% of the lanes today in my area (and others) do not adhere to the 3 unit minimum rule.
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