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Title: Cleaning towels
Post by: R-Zitro on August 10, 2009, 10:36:37 PM
After you do touch up work on your bowling balls does anyone wash/dry their towels I don't want to damage my machines. I generally go buy more at walmart or is there a more cost effective way to keep up my bowling balls.
Title: Re: Cleaning towels
Post by: leftyinsnellville on August 11, 2009, 06:43:30 AM
Yup, I wash my towels all the time.  Terrycloth, microfiber, and just plain rags.  Doesn't hurt anything as far as I know.
Title: Re: Cleaning towels
Post by: azguy on August 11, 2009, 06:46:48 AM
Same here, all at once. Just don't use softener in the washer with a microfiber. Most companies say it hurts the towel, not sure if that's true but I don't just in case.
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Title: Re: Cleaning towels
Post by: Smash49 on August 11, 2009, 12:28:57 PM
We have different color towels here for different departments.  We had to do this because one time when we did laundry towels from the back and the kitchen started a chemical fire when they were mixed together.  So the back uses red towels, the kitchen white and the pro shop yellow.  We get just about everything you can imagine that is in a bowling center on these towels.  We throw them in a washing machine in the back and wash them twice a week.  The pro shop towels get everything from ball cleaner, plug materials, acetone, polishes you name it.  Most of the towels are microfiber or shop rags.  We do have some bowling towels in the mix.

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Title: Re: Cleaning towels
Post by: J_w73 on August 11, 2009, 12:53:37 PM
just don't use fabric softener on them.. It will prevent them from soaking up ..
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Title: Re: Cleaning towels
Post by: Minnesota Don on August 11, 2009, 01:18:47 PM
Check out the car touch up/detailing microfiber towels. Found a 3 pack at Lowe's. Very large, thick and less than $6 for the pack. If you like the colors you can find them in the cleaning area at K-Mart or Hell-Mart at lower cost per towel than the average bowling alley. I use Lane Masters cleaner and the odor stays with the towel so when I bring them home I pre soak them with a touch of Oxy clean before putting them in the washer (always by themselves). No softener, softener will make a towel less absorbent.
Title: Re: Cleaning towels
Post by: trash heap on August 11, 2009, 01:34:12 PM
I have the ShamWOW!!!
Title: Re: Cleaning towels
Post by: azguy on August 11, 2009, 02:17:54 PM
Every time I see that commercial I wonder if it'd work well on a ball. More to the point, how well the oil would come out when it's time to wash it.
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Title: Re: Cleaning towels
Post by: charlest on August 11, 2009, 02:31:10 PM
quote:
Same here, all at once. Just don't use softener in the washer with a microfiber. Most companies say it hurts the towel, not sure if that's true but I don't just in case.
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Of course, you shouldn't use fabric softener on any towels, micro-fiber or terry cloth. It reduces their liquid absorbency.
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Title: Re: Cleaning towels
Post by: leftyinsnellville on August 11, 2009, 02:55:28 PM
quote:
I have the ShamWOW!!!


I hear it's the absolute best at cleaning up hooker blood!