What Does Malott do in regards to OIL ON HIS BALLS

[MICHAEL]

Here's something to ponder, if the light pressure of your hand with a towel is grinding some dirt and oil into the ball surface.

Just imagine how much more of that dirt and oil you don't wipe off, is getting ground into the track area of the ball do to the pressure of the ball's weight against the lane surface when you roll it again.

The thing to remember with Malott, he was trying to compensate for lane conditions by not wiping his ball. Not because he was worried about grinding oil and dirt into the cover.

Excerpt from The Brunswick Ball Life Study:

PROLONGING LIFE AND BRINGING BACK REACTION ON REACTIVE & PARTICLE COVERSTOCK BALLS
by John Prokopec, Product Manager and Bill Wasserberger, Director of Consumer Products R&D

Recommendations:
Since Brunswick has identified oil absorption as the primary cause of reduced ball reaction with use, it makes sense to use techniques that reduce oil absorption.
• Wipe oil from the surface of the ball between shots.
• Use a ball cleaner to remove oil from the surface of the ball
after bowling.

That was old thought,, Maybe,, This new theory is backed my nano technology and Surface analytical oil absorption equipment, that didn't exist before Brunswick made the above statement,,, maybe,,, lest that's what I was told by an anonymous source deep in the industry that would like to remain silent due to obvious reasons.

[classygranny]

My coach instilled upon me that wiping the ball after each shot is a smart thing to do. If the ball is traveling down the lane and encounters some oil on the surface of the ball, you will see a different reaction than you might if the ball is only encountering lane friction. Thus, if it encounters oil, you may make an erroneous adjustment based on a reaction caused only by oil on the ball surface.

[dnhoffman]

Ya, I can in no way believe that it has anywhere near that profound and/or immediate of an effect.

[MICHAEL]

I was going to not wipe my ball tonight at league, but you might as well put bamboo under my finger nails.... I,,, I,,,, I JUST CAN'T not wipe my ball!!! I can't lie and make up a story, its in my DNA to wipe!!! I don't care if it does more harm then good, or even if it does some good! I am a wiper! ( Plain and Simple!

I am, and always will be a Happy Wiper!

[Hampe]

I always wipe my ball.....I even do it when there are no visible oil lines on it, it's just a habit. It's pretty much part of my pre-shot routine.

One of the centers here usually has quite a bit of oil on the lanes, and if you don't wipe your ball, it's hard to pick it up off the rack after a game or so. That center also has a few ball returns that have trouble getting balls up into the return if they are too oily. If you're on one of those pairs with someone who doesn't wipe, their ball will start to get stuck in the return after a few frames (which also means your ball will start to get stuck -.-)

[sprocket]

I was just reading there there is liquid cleaning agents that are U.S.B.C. approved for use DURING competition. I did not know that. I was actually researching the best type of towels to use to remove oil and avoid driving the oil into the surface. You learn something new every day.

[MICHAEL]

I was just reading there there is liquid cleaning agents that are U.S.B.C. approved for use DURING competition. I did not know that. I was actually researching the best type of towels to use to remove oil and avoid driving the oil into the surface. You learn something new every day.

All I can say is,,, Your on heck of a Nice guy!! I think someone else didn't really mean it, but,,,, Iceman does!!

[dnhoffman]

Can someone provide a link to cleaning products approved for use during league play?

[bowl1820]

Can someone provide a link to cleaning products approved for use during league play?

USBC BALL CLEANER LIST - ACCEPTABLE/NON-ACCEPTABLE
http://usbcongress.http.internapcdn....ner_polish.pdf

[dnhoffman]

Thank you for enabling my laziness! I appreciate it.