What Kind Of Bowling Towel Do You Use?

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What Kind Of Bowling Towel Do You Use to wipe your bowling ball?

[zdawg]

Good question, I bought one online with my favorite NFL team logo/colors and it SUCKS. I determined today when practicing that it only spreads the oil evenly over the surface so that the entire ball is coated in a nice thin film - I'm thinking of buying something thicker and maybe cottonlike, I noticed several people in my league use thicker towels, mine is like less that an 1/8" thick and seems as though it would be better suited as a dishrag.

[circlecity]

I read somewhere that the Microfiber towels do a better job of getting the oil off the ball. That is what I'm using now but it's hard to tell.

[zdawg]

Oh and I'm not sure what the material is, but it doesn't absorb oil whatsoever. I do use a microfiber sponge at the end of the night when I clean my ball off with Monster Tac

[zdawg]

I read somewhere that the Microfiber towels do a better job of getting the oil off the ball. That is what I'm using now but it's hard to tell.

One thing I can say is the microfiber sponge I use at the end of the night is white and usually turns black after 1-2 uses, not sure if that's the material or the Monster Tac cleaner, probably a combination of both but at least I have visual proof that oil is being absorbed.

[swingset]

I noticed the P-League girls used a microfiber pad instead of towels...and my wife had one she bought for cleaning furniture so I borrowed it and I use it now. Works better than a towel, kind of cradles the ball and you can just spin it and viola. Stays put on the return better than a towel that falls off or wadded up.

Actually, I have a few of these as they're cheap and readily available at Walmart for $3 or $4.

Looks like this...

[Pauley]

I use auto detailing microfiber towels. Found packs of 10 on sale at Wal-Mart for $5 and bought the last 4 packs they had. Now I have plenty of towels to satisfy my OCD. I only use a towel for one night then wash them all when I run low, always fresh!

[MICHAEL]

Every night after bowling I take the balls, I used to the work table where my spinner is located... I purchased a large package of (hand size cotton towels form Costco) I wash them without using any fabric softener, (which is very important)!

I then put my ball in the spinner with ONE of the cotton towels held firmly against the ball, turn on the spinner with my foot pedal, and spray the simple green/and alcohol up and down the ball at the same time I move the cotton towel up and down the ball. I then change the surface of the towel, but putting a different surface of the cotton hand towel facing the ball as I do the other 3 sides.

I do the 4 side cleaning of the ball. You should see the amount of oil that the cotton hand size towels remove from the balls!

And yes, a HUGE DIFFERANCE between Solid balls, (matte), and the pearl balls! I find it hard to believe that the micro towels could remove more then the cotton, when used in this manner! REMEMBER NOT to use fabric softener!!

Maybe that's why when I have used my home made bowling ball dehydrator, I don't get any oil out at all!
I personally think the microfiber towels are Highly Over rated, no matter what anyone says!! Cotton when washed and dried, is VERY absorbant...

I even did and experiement, coating an old bowling ball with olive oil! I then weighed the ball after wiping it with the micro fiber towel....

Then I wiped it with simply green/alcohol , and weighed it again, and found it to be significantly lighter, after using the cotton hand towel.

I will stick with Cotton!! Costco and Sam's sell a bundle of them for a pretty fair price!

YOU CAN'T beat a spinner for cleaning your balls after bowling!

Fiber towels seem to push the oil around, where as the cotton absorbs the oil!

[Mike White]

Every night after bowling I take the balls, I used to the work table where my spinner is located... I purchased a large package of (hand size cotton towels form Costco) I wash them without using any fabric softener, (which is very important)!

I then put my ball in the spinner with ONE of the cotton towels held firmly against the ball, turn on the spinner with my foot pedal, and spray the simple green/and alcohol up and down the ball at the same time I move the cotton towel up and down the ball. I then change the surface of the towel, but putting a different surface of the cotton hand towel facing the ball as I do the other 3 sides.

I do the 4 side cleaning of the ball. You should see the amount of oil that the cotton hand size towels remove from the balls!

And yes, a HUGE DIFFERANCE between Solid balls, (matte), and the pearl balls! I find it hard to believe that the micro towels could remove more then the cotton, when used in this manner! REMEMBER NOT to use fabric softener!!

Maybe that's why when I have used my home made bowling ball dehydrator, I don't get any oil out at all!
I personally think the microfiber towels are Highly Over rated, no matter what anyone says!! Cotton when washed and dried, is VERY absorbant...

I even did and experiement, coating an old bowling ball with olive oil! I then weighed the ball after wiping it with the micro fiber towel....

Then I wiped it with simply green/alcohol , and weighed it again, and found it to be significantly lighter, after using the cotton hand towel.

I will stick with Cotton!! Costco and Sam's sell a bundle of them for a pretty fair price!

YOU CAN'T beat a spinner for cleaning your balls after bowling!

Fiber towels seem to push the oil around, where as the cotton absorbs the oil!

I use these in the shop, as well as while bowling.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...?ie=UTF8&psc=1

[Hampe]

I use the same kind as Mike W. There are different kinds of microfiber towels....but those are the kind that I find work the best. I bought one from the pro shop once, because I forgot mine at home after washing, and it was all smooth and weird. I was like "are you sure this is a microfiber towel?", and the shop owner said it was. I since saw "microfiber" towels at the store that were smooth like that, but the kind of grainy ones that Mike posted are my favorite.