What do you you use to wipe off your ball?

[Tony]

I've noticed recently that besides the various towels, kitchen towels, hand towels, and bowling towels, I have noticed a number of bowlers using towel substitutes, many of them are using kitchen hot pads / pot holders and even saw one guy using an oven mitt !
Are any of you seeing this trend ?

[AlexNC]

I use microfiber towels. I can't say I've seen anything else used besides a towel. I am intrigued by those who have mentioned using a chamois cloth - may give that a try at some point.

Pot holders often have a terry cloth side, so I can see that working. Oven mitt though??? Wow.

[shadd]

I have 2 Costco micro fiber towels in my bag, 1 for wiping mid game and 1 for cleaning post bowling.

The cooking accessories are new to me. However, I have a micro fiber mitt for washing my car that might do a better job the an oven mitt...either way, I'lll stick to my current setup.

[bowl1820]

No actual pot holders or oven mitts.

But there are cleaning pads that look like pot holders and oven mitts like:

Brunswick Microfiber Dot Towel
The leather pads
BB.coms Monster Microfiber Pad

Master Moos Mitt
Master Bowling Ball Skuf Mitt
Microfiber Car wash mitt

[Blomer]

Storm Shammy. Works great and like the size.

[JasonNJ]

I have a Storm Leather shammy as well and they are great. They pick up oil way better than a towel.

[epiepenburg]

Brunswick Leather Shammy pad. Does way better than any towel I've used.

[Tony]

No actual pot holders or oven mitts.

But there are cleaning pads that look like pot holders and oven mitts like:

Brunswick Microfiber Dot Towel
The leather pads
BB.coms Monster Microfiber Pad

Master Moos Mitt
Master Bowling Ball Skuf Mitt
Microfiber Car wash mitt

They were colored like the Brunswick Microfiber Dot towels are in the ad's but I thought they were pleated like old fashioned pot holders. I will look closer next time, they are probably the Brunswick ones.
I was getting ready to see if I had some extra ones in the kitchen ! Next time I bowl the guys who were using them I am going to bring a regular flowered pot holder and throw it on the little table where all that stuff is and not say anything ....

[Tony]

I have 2 Costco micro fiber towels in my bag, 1 for wiping mid game and 1 for cleaning post bowling.

The cooking accessories are new to me. However, I have a micro fiber mitt for washing my car that might do a better job the an oven mitt...either way, I'lll stick to my current setup.

Come on, get out the car wash mitt, it doesn't get used that much so you might as well re-purpose it !

[shadd]

Come on, get out the car wash mitt, it doesn't get used that much so you might as well re-purpose it !

The mitt is for a "nice" car haha...I'll pass on the lane grime transfer lol.

For those that use a mitt, do they keep it on their off-hand while bowling so they don't have to keep taking it on and off? I hope so...that would be very entertaining to see.

[ep1977]

Storm Shammy. Works great and like the size.

I use this as well and love it!

[Tony]

The mitt is for a "nice" car haha...I'll pass on the lane grime transfer lol.

For those that use a mitt, do they keep it on their off-hand while bowling so they don't have to keep taking it on and off? I hope so...that would be very entertaining to see.

I didn't see that exactly, but I did bowl against a guy last week that sort of had a mitt, he had a big bandage, I think from carpal tunnel surgery he had last week. He couldn't pick up the ball or hold any weight in it, he had a 120 game the first game and then he got used to it and shot a 25x and a 279 ! He's thinking about keeping it bandaged up the rest of the season ! ha

[fokai73]

I use Genesis Bowling Pure Pad for every frame. and after every two frames, I use a micro fiber with an approved bowling ball cleaner to clean the ball.

Oven mitts, uhm... Must be a broke bowler

[AlexNC]

Somewhat impulsively, I decided to jump on the train and grab one of the Storm shammys. Hope its worth the extra $

[SAbowler]

I had a Storm shammy, and it worked OK, but I left it at the bowling alley. 20 bucks down the drain!

Now I use these from bowlingball.com http://www.bowlingball.com/products/accessories/bowlingball.com/9287/monster-microfiber-pad-bowling-applicator.html

They work very well, especially if you use something like That Purple Stuff.

[Timmyb]

I use the same towel I got with my burgundy Hammer about a bazillion years ago. Wash it once a year.

[fordman1]

Toilet paper?

[got_a_300]

Now I use these from bowlingball.com http://www.bowlingball.com/products/accessories/bowlingball.com/9287/monster-microfiber-pad-bowling-applicator.html

They work very well, especially if you use something like That Purple Stuff.

Those are what I use to clean my bowling balls with also, and they do work very well
for cleaning between frames and after I get done for the night.

[AlexNC]

I got my Storm shammy yesterday and used it last night. It works great and was well worth the extra $

[bowl1820]

Well I'm in too, Just received my leather shammy.

I got the blue bowlingball.com one, which looks the same as the blue Storm shammy and a bit cheaper too! (Also got the BB.com Monster Microfiber pads which look suspiciously like the That Purple Stuff pad only smaller.)

http://www.bowlingball.com/products/accessories/bowlingball.com/12408/leather-shammy-pad-blue-new-item.html

Can't wait to try it, I'm going to have to interrupt my current cleaner test (Alcohol vs Simple Green/Alcohol mix sneakpeek: SG/AL not as good as you think), to test it out.

[scottymoney]

I use the Buddies Blue Shammy, just like the Storm/Master ones but cheaper. Got my brother one for his birthday and he has used it 2 nights now and can tell the difference between that and a microfiber towel.

[AlexNC]

Well I'm in too, Just received my leather shammy.

I got the blue bowlingball.com one, which looks the same as the blue Storm shammy and a bit cheaper too! (Also got the BB.com Monster Microfiber pads which look suspiciously like the That Purple Stuff pad only smaller.)

http://www.bowlingball.com/products/accessories/bowlingball.com/12408/leather-shammy-pad-blue-new-item.html

Can't wait to try it, I'm going to have to interrupt my current cleaner test (Alcohol vs Simple Green/Alcohol mix sneakpeek: SG/AL not as good as you think), to test it out.

That should be interesting. 50/50 Iso Alcohol and Simple Green is my go to right now. I did read somewhere that doing simple green and alcohol separately is actually more effective.

[NewToBowling]

I use the Buddies Blue Shammy, just like the Storm/Master ones but cheaper. Got my brother one for his birthday and he has used it 2 nights now and can tell the difference between that and a microfiber towel.

$9.95 on their site but $12 shipping kills it though

[NewToBowling]

Just ordered the Storm Shammy

[bowl1820]

$9.95 on their site but $12 shipping kills it though

Bowlingball.coms blue shammy (7 3/4" x 8 5/8") is $17.99 no shipping $$. (They also have a Pyramid branded one same price),

Storms Shammy (6.5" W x 7.75" L)is $19.99

[scottymoney]

$9.95 on their site but $12 shipping kills it though

I don't order unless I am spending over $50 for the free shipping. That would just be stupid. I will never pay shipping for this stuff, as I just purchase cleaner, tape, soles and other things. 3 to 4 orders from buddies a year, and at times I am ordering for multiple people. My last order was basically $40 in tape for me and my brother plus a shammy.

[JerseyJim]

I use an Autozone microfiber towel which I don't think that I paid more than $5 for. I have a few of them that I rotate thru. I use one for wiping the ball off between shots, and the other to apply ball cleaner.

[Jaescrub]

I used a handful of different microfiber and one of the leather storm pads really save the money and use the microfiber it works almost the same just faster. The pad hangs up on the ball when your trying to do a fast roll over in your hand.

[bowl1820]

The pad hangs up on the ball when your trying to do a fast roll over in your hand.

"fast roll over in your hand" you mean holding the towel in one hand and spinning the ball on it?

That's the bowler's version of a gunfighter twirling the gun on his finger. It's all for show, That's not cleaning the ball.

The tackiness of the leather is what makes it effective, That's why you wipe the ball with it.

Even with a microfiber towel, you should wipe the oil off and not depend on spinning the ball in the palm of your hand to do the oil removal properly.

[Jaescrub]

O I was under the impression that a hand full of spins in my track like that would get the oil off ha ha ha.

[rocketman1964]

I use the Storm Shammy.