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Title: ball cleaners
Post by: iammrhead1977 on March 04, 2013, 06:04:35 PM
Just got back in bowling after 10 years. I have marauder and nigjtmare and love them. I see they sell ball cleaners. Which do you suggest and how often do you use them.
Title: Re: ball cleaners
Post by: JPbowling151 on March 04, 2013, 06:43:36 PM
Ideally you should clean your ball after every session. There are a lot of good ball cleaners on the market but I personally like using Powerhouse Power Wash after every session and Powerwash Clean & Dull every 30 games or so as a deep cleaner. Storm's Reacta Clean, Neo-Tac Hook it, Ultimate Black Magic Rejuvenator and if you can still find it Lane Masters High Performance Ball Cleaner is great too.
Title: Re: ball cleaners
Post by: iammrhead1977 on March 04, 2013, 07:03:37 PM
Thanks jp. Game has changed alot since i was 1 of 3 in my house averaging 200. Now everybody is averaging 200 seems like.
Title: Re: ball cleaners
Post by: charlest on March 04, 2013, 09:29:26 PM
For use during bowling, I prefer Valentino's Remedy RX:
http://www.valentinobowling.com/shoppingcart/categories/Remedy-RX/ (http://www.valentinobowling.com/shoppingcart/categories/Remedy-RX/)

For use after bowling or every 15 - 30 games use Powerhouse's Clean and Dull or Brunswick's/Neo-Tac's Hook-It.
Title: Re: ball cleaners
Post by: Brickguy221 on March 04, 2013, 11:08:50 PM
For use during bowling, I prefer Valentino's Remedy RX:
http://www.valentinobowling.com/shoppingcart/categories/Remedy-RX/ (http://www.valentinobowling.com/shoppingcart/categories/Remedy-RX/)

For use after bowling or every 15 - 30 games use Powerhouse's Clean and Dull or Brunswick's/Neo-Tac's Hook-It.

+1 ....
Title: Re: ball cleaners
Post by: tommyboy74 on March 04, 2013, 11:20:26 PM
For use during bowling, I prefer Valentino's Remedy RX:
http://www.valentinobowling.com/shoppingcart/categories/Remedy-RX/ (http://www.valentinobowling.com/shoppingcart/categories/Remedy-RX/)

For use after bowling or every 15 - 30 games use Powerhouse's Clean and Dull or Brunswick's/Neo-Tac's Hook-It.

+1.  Valentino's makes some of the best cleaners on the market today.  Remedy RX is my go-to cleaner after league nights.  Plus it is approved to use during league/tournament play.
Title: Re: ball cleaners
Post by: ValentinoBowling on March 05, 2013, 03:09:54 AM
Thanks for the shout out guys! We have the 34oz Kit and the 8oz. bottle on sale this week.

http://www.valentinobowling.com/shoppingcart/categories/Remedy-RX/ 
Title: Re: ball cleaners
Post by: kidlost2000 on March 05, 2013, 03:58:36 AM
Currently on my phone and having problems searching. Which Val  product is used for getting oil off the ball? For use after bowling a game or league to help slow the oil absorbtion process.
Title: Re: ball cleaners
Post by: charlest on March 05, 2013, 08:55:23 AM
Currently on my phone and having problems searching. Which Val  product is used for getting oil off the ball? For use after bowling a game or league to help slow the oil absorbtion process.

Remedy is their daily Cleaner.

Resurrection is an abrasive compound used to clean the surface with a medium abrasive, like a milder Rough Buff. By hand it leaves an 800 grit CAMI or approximately P1600 grit FEPA finish. On a spinner, it will polish that P1600 grit finish to a shine. It's a moderate "deep" cleaner, if you think of Clean and Dull to Hook-It as a "deep" cleaner, with hand pressure breaking down the abrasives. (C&D and Hook-It are pure non-abrasive cleaners; Resurrection is also a surface refresher.)
See their web site explanation: http://valentinobowling.com/resurrection.html (http://valentinobowling.com/resurrection.html)
Title: Re: ball cleaners
Post by: Long Gone Daddy on March 05, 2013, 04:33:21 PM
You CAN buy one of those ready made cleaners if you don't mind throwing money away.  It's kind of like paying for already mixed anti-freeze, you're paying for water.
All cleaners are a detergent, a surfactant, and a carrier for the two.  I have found that a 33% Simple Green Concentrate, 33% Isopropyl Alcohol (98%), and 33% tap water to be most effiecient and the equal of most pre-mixed cleaners.  Give it a try.
Title: Re: ball cleaners
Post by: kidlost2000 on March 05, 2013, 05:10:41 PM
Cool I will try both the remedy and the homemade. I rarely through anything with surface, especially todays hook monsters but after drilling a Burning Siege and Paranormal I want to keep them as fresh as possible before having them baked.
Title: Re: ball cleaners
Post by: ValentinoBowling on March 06, 2013, 12:00:15 AM
Our main website is not the most user friendly on mobile phones. Just picked up a Nexus 4, and realized we need to optimize it for phones.

For mobile just head to the shopping cart
http://www.valentinobowling.com/shoppingcart/categories/Remedy-RX/

-Kevin
Title: Re: ball cleaners
Post by: kidlost2000 on March 06, 2013, 12:28:16 AM
Very cool. Thanks.  It helps for when at work.
Title: Re: ball cleaners
Post by: lefty2511 on March 07, 2013, 09:48:15 PM
Personally, I still clean my by hand with warm water n dawn detergent.
And if I get lazy, just wipe with name windex cleans surface good