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lilpossum1

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Best cleaners
« on: May 24, 2019, 02:05:37 PM »
What cleaners are y’all using? I’ve been using the motiv gel stuff for about the last year, and and thoroughly unimpressed. It seems to want to get a ball clean for the most part, and I clean after almost every time I throw the ball, plus use a leather shammy before each shot, but I set my stuff out in the sun last night and oil just poured out or even my low game equipment. Even my blue vibe, which had maybe 20-30 games on it. I don’t feel like it pulls oil out of the cover stock the way it should, but just takes grime off the surface. Plus it leaves the ball feeling slimy.
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Re: Best cleaners
« Reply #1 on: May 24, 2019, 02:49:45 PM »
I have used the Vise Cleaner exclusively for more than a year. It works great.
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Re: Best cleaners
« Reply #2 on: May 24, 2019, 03:11:01 PM »
Clean and dull is the very best deep cleaner imo but not an every session cleaner (more like every 10 games or so).  Only commercial anytime cleaner I have used is Monster Tac and it works well.
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Re: Best cleaners
« Reply #3 on: May 24, 2019, 06:26:57 PM »
I'm a cleaner junkie. I have too many different products sitting on the shelf. There are still may I haven't tried, but here is what I've found based on personal experience:
 
The ones I've found to be a cut above the rest are NeoTac Hook-It and Genesis Maxx. Both have nasty chemicals that I wouldn't expose myself to without gloves, but they remove crap and minimize lane shine buildup at a different level.
 
I'd put C&D a level below but still an upper tier cleaner. 
 
A slight notch down further are the Vise and Valentino cleaners. Both do a very good job and don't seem chemically hazardous.   


I also like the liquid abrasives to compliment the pure cleaners. I'm a big fan of Motiv Power Gel Scuff and Storm Reacta Skuff. Both do an excellent job of cleaning and putting back a little bit of surface on covers. The Storm scuff is a little more abrasive than Motiv. The one I use depends on what I'm trying to accomplish.
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Re: Best cleaners
« Reply #4 on: May 24, 2019, 08:30:36 PM »

There are going to be lots of answers to this one, but personally I like Ultimate Black Magic and Vise.  Both are strong enough, but not too strong.
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Re: Best cleaners
« Reply #5 on: May 24, 2019, 10:14:21 PM »
cheapest, effective for most normal cleanings...91% isopropyl alcohol.
And safe for use.
Use clean n dull as well for the tougher dirt.
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Re: Best cleaners
« Reply #6 on: May 25, 2019, 08:29:35 AM »
^^^^^^^
And your balls will be sterile. ;)
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Re: Best cleaners
« Reply #7 on: May 25, 2019, 09:44:10 AM »
Been using a 50/50 solution of Simply Green and 91% Isopropyl Alcohol for years.
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Re: Best cleaners
« Reply #8 on: May 25, 2019, 09:53:33 AM »
Quote from: morpheus on May 25, 2019, 09:44:10 AM
Been using a 50/50 solution of Simply Green and 91% Isopropyl Alcohol for years.

I am a big fan of both and use 91% IPA lane side and then second step SG diluted with water at home on my spinner afterwards as well (for reactives).  Together imo they are as good as any commercial cleaner (have yet to pull more than few drops out of ball) and we are talking 10 to 20x cheaper or more and free to apply liberally.  That said tend to tell new people to go with the pro shop stuff mostly for CYA and YMMV.  Big on using C&D after baking and during resurfaces.
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Re: Best cleaners
« Reply #9 on: May 25, 2019, 10:54:38 AM »
Have Tac-Up but honestly if IPA, Windex, Simple Green, Orange Clean are approved "anytime" (going to be obsolete soon) and Scrubbing Bubbles is approved before & after, might as well try them.
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Re: Best cleaners
« Reply #10 on: May 25, 2019, 03:12:46 PM »
Tac Up and Knock Out are water based cleaners that I use at the lanes after bowling. For deeper cleans, Clean N' Dull is my choice to use at home.
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Re: Best cleaners
« Reply #11 on: May 25, 2019, 05:19:22 PM »
I like the Motiv Power Gel Clean and Power Gel Scuff. Very nice cost/quantity ratio and the stuff works. Clean for polished surfaces, scuff for sanded surfaces.
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Re: Best cleaners
« Reply #12 on: May 26, 2019, 10:00:04 PM »
Thank you all for the input! I ended up picking up the genesis cleaner. I bought the nuball rejuvenator and oil is pouring out of all my equipment, even the very low game stuff, after using the motiv power gel cleaner after almost every use, so I have a hard time thinking it does more than remove grime and very outside surface oil
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Re: Best cleaners
« Reply #13 on: May 27, 2019, 08:01:18 AM »
I think you have your hopes set too high.  Cleaners are only supposed to keep the surface clean.  No cleaner is going to stop or slow oil absorption.  The ball is designed to absorb oil.  De-oiling is just another piece of maintenance that has to be done from time to time.  High end equipment, dull surfaces, and heavily oiled lanes all lead to more oil being absorbed faster, but all reactive balls absorb oil, and a "better" cleaner isn't going to make a difference.
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Re: Best cleaners
« Reply #14 on: May 27, 2019, 11:46:35 AM »
That purple stuff. #stafferbias but the main reason I use it is the absorption/evaporation time, because I can actually grab the ball right after cleaning car waiting for it to dry. It’s also the strongest cleaner I’ve used.
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