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Juggernaut

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Hot Water Bath question
« on: March 22, 2008, 06:57:06 AM »
After hearing all the coverstock death rumors, and having seen it myself a few times, I decided to go ahead and give my gamebreaker the treatment as it was seeming to slow down in it's reaction.

The ball is at, or around, the 50 games mark, so I anticipated drawing some oil out of it.

Put the hot water in the sink, added the dishwashing liquid, left the ball in for over 15 mins, BUT NOTHING CAME OUT!

The water was still just as clear and there was no oily residue on the ball whatsoever. The temp of the water is around 100-120 degrees ( I live in an apartment complex and that is what they have it set on), is this hot enough?

I mean, if the ball has 50 games on it, and I know the cover soaks up oil really fast, shouldn't I have gotten SOMETHING out of it?


P.S. I used it in league the next night and it is just like it was before the bath. Still hits good, just doesn't finish as strongly as it once did, or so it seems.


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Re: Hot Water Bath question
« Reply #16 on: April 21, 2008, 08:53:29 PM »
I am having issues with my total nv dieing. it is polished, can I soak it in hot water and still get the oil out or do I need to get it sanded down first then soak it?

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Re: Hot Water Bath question
« Reply #17 on: April 22, 2008, 08:26:12 AM »
I have found that if you sand the cover down to a lower grit, around 500 or so, and then do the hot water bath you will get better results.
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Re: Hot Water Bath question
« Reply #18 on: April 22, 2008, 08:48:45 AM »
quote:
Mark Martin's recipe for "baked" Bowling Ball

This past Saturday I took the ball to Bud Mulholland of Bud's Pro Shop to have it resurfaced. The ball had various gouges and nicks that had happened over its lifetime and Bud would take care of these.

On Monday I picked up the ball from Bud and told him of my dilemma of the ball not hooking any longer. He then described a procedure I could do myself to remedy the situation. He stated that the reactive resin ball "eats" the oil off of the lane and the lane oil soaks into the ball. After many trips down the oily lane the ball quits reacting. He took my ball in the back of his shop and put it under a heat lamp and in less than 10 seconds the oil began oozing out.

Bud suggested that I "bake" the ball. He described this process as being quite simple using a standard household oven and a cookie sheet. Balancing the ball on its thumbhole on the cookie sheet and putting it in an oven at 150 degrees for 10-12 minutes at a time would bleed all of the oil out of the ball. After each cycle remove the ball from the oven and wipe it off and repeat the process until no more oil emerged from the ball.

I had heard of this before and it seemed very easy and foolproof. Even I, as the master chef, could accomplish this feat and in return have a new bowling ball.

Later that afternoon at the GDBA'S office I decided to "bake" the ball, since Monday night was my bowling night and it would be nice to have my Red Alert back the way it used to be.

I proceeded to turn the oven on and place the ball into it as the recipe called for. Approximately five minutes later when I went to check on it, I got the surprise of my life. Upon opening the oven door my Red Alert had become a flaming Red Alert and came rolling out of the oven onto the floor in the kitchen still in flames.

After the fire was out I surveyed the damage; the ball was definitely history. Approximately one third of the ball was now a different texture and color. So much for having a rejuvenated ball for my league session.

When I told Bud of the incident he could hardly believe it. The ball is now in Bud's possession and on display at his pro shop at 3105 W. Huron in Waterford, next to Lakewood Lanes.

The moral of the story is "bake" don't "broil" and then only by a qualified professional.

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thats why I use water... not too hot that I cannot put my hand in it... if my hand can take it .. the ball will for sure.

sorry 'bout your loss though.
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