What Kind Of Bowling Towel Do You Use?

[circlecity]

I've learned to keep the microfiber towel, that I use during play, damp with a few spritzes of ball cleaner. I use it before each throw. Through out the night, hit the towel again a time or two with cleaner. Helps keep the rubber marks and dirt from building up as well as cleaning off the oil instead of moving it around the ball. It makes cleaning the ball at the end of the night alot easier too.

The cleaner would have to be usbc approved in a sanctioned league correct? Or is that just for usbc tournaments?

[Mike White]

The cleaner would have to be usbc approved in a sanctioned league correct? Or is that just for usbc tournaments?

That applies to league bowling as well.

Many of the cleaners have the words "USBC approved for anytime" so it is useable before each shot.

The bowl.com has a list of products that have been approved… most are anytime, but some are before/after the bowling session only.

Approved_cleaner_polish.pdf

[Ptnomore]

The cleaner would have to be usbc approved in a sanctioned league correct? Or is that just for usbc tournaments?

Yea, but the list is pretty broad, especially with all of the "commercial cleaners" that are approved for "anytime" use. To raise an eyebrow, you pretty much have to be caught with a Scothbrite pad in your towel.

I have to use cleaner throughout the night. The lanes I bowl at are just nasty. I don't think the backdrops have been cleaned in years. The ball ALWAYS comes back with greasy, rubbery smudges all over it. A few times, I was caught without the cleaner, and the buildup looked like tar on the ball.. I begged a team mate to let me use his cleaner. no kidding, the blue towel was almost black when I was done. It was ridiculous on that night.

If the house you bowl at is older, and/or you typically notice smudges, or your hands turning black throughout the night, it will drastically affect your ability to get a consistant reaction if the ball is not kept clean.

[dnhoffman]

I use a giant golf towel....