Post by: toomanytenpins on April 04, 2007, 03:16:14 PM
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my style, the art of bowling without bowling
Post by: strikestriketapped on April 04, 2007, 11:18:47 PM
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Hammer, Brunswick, and Storm.
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Post by: Hogsharley on April 04, 2007, 11:18:47 PM
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3 holes of fun!!
Post by: DukeHarding on April 04, 2007, 11:27:35 PM
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i was under the unfortunate impression that using the oven to extract oil from bowling balls was a good idea.Dont try it!!!. I had 2 crack this weekend and I believe that is what caused my battle to crack also. My no mercy split on the way to bowling sunday and today i noticed that my overtime has split over the total circumference of the ball.I just tossed it in the garbage. My no mercy and battle i am going to keep using till they split.I only had the oven on 150 maybe i let the balls get to warm ,but i wont again recommend the oven.hot water bath is as hot as they will ever get again.Quick way to spend 600 bucks,and a costly lesson to learn. boy have i had some rotten luck this year.
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my style, the art of bowling without bowling
150 is way hot for bowling balls...
I used to set my oven to the lowest setting which was about 110.
I would leave the interior light on, and watch for oil to surface. I would then take the ball out of the oven, wipe it down with rubbing alcohol.
I would repeat it until the oil quit surfacing....Problem?
The oil that surfaces is really plasticizer coming out of the ball.
How do I know that? . . . I baked a couple of undrilled balls to see what would happen...oil came out? couldn't be oil since the ball never touched a lane surface.
I would only bake a ball that you have tried the hot water bath, and would try the oven as a last ditch effort....on a ball that is dead.
I've personally baked 50-75 balls and have never had one crack. You can't leave the ball unattended...
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Post by: strikestriketapped on April 04, 2007, 11:47:10 PM
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Should of taken them to the Pro Shop and paid the $20 a ball for the rejuvenator! Throw them in the Hot water, great idea! Make sure you have new tape ready and your grips won't feel quite right again either, so better plan on springing $12 - $15 for new grips, you saved maybe $5?
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PBA Member since 2003
Hack since the age of 6 and proud of it!
The grips would be perfectly fine. I have used tape to cover the holes and I have also not used any tape and the grips feel the exact same to me. Also, you're assuming that he even uses grips, which hasn't been revealed.
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Hammer, Brunswick, and Storm.
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www.brunswickbowling.com
www.stormbowling.com
Edited on 4/4/2007 11:46 PM
Post by: mrbowlingnut on April 04, 2007, 11:49:25 PM
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JDT A MORON AND CERTAINLY NOT A GENTLEMAN
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Post by: DON DRAPER on April 05, 2007, 06:01:38 AM
Post by: monstercrank on April 05, 2007, 06:13:12 AM
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Post by: jkiser01 on April 05, 2007, 06:24:03 AM
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I think the great slump of 2006-2007 is finally coming to an end!!
Edited on 4/5/2007 6:23 AM
Post by: azus on April 05, 2007, 07:09:12 AM
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I like my coffee black, just like my metal.
What would Chuck Norris do?
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Cute Bunny! copy bunny into sig to help him achieve world domination
Post by: newguy on April 05, 2007, 08:45:05 AM
Edited on 4/5/2007 10:58 AM
Post by: majik13 on April 05, 2007, 08:53:00 AM
Post by: Martin710 on April 05, 2007, 09:04:14 AM
Post by: Coleman on April 05, 2007, 10:47:21 AM
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When Chuck Norris sends in his taxes, he sends blank forms and includes only a picture of himself, crouched and ready to attack. Chuck Norris has not had to pay taxes ever.
Post by: MI 2 AZ on April 06, 2007, 12:48:37 AM
http://www.gdba.com/OldNews.htm
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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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Post by: RealBowler on April 06, 2007, 08:36:09 AM
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Post by: Strider on April 06, 2007, 09:39:19 AM
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Post by: Martin710 on April 06, 2007, 10:07:21 AM