When Home Bowling Ball Work/Modifications go WRONG!!

[vdubtx]

Well, this is all new to me. Are there any threads/forums about cooking a bowling ball? Never heard of doing that. I guess I just figured that's something the pro shop would take care of.

LINK

This is a home made version of the Innovator ball oven. It is as Aslan said, a food dehydrator that has been altered.

[bowl1820]

Wow, you are good. You can balance one ball on the other?

That's ball cup, i've had to edit that a couples times. for some reason it wouldn't update the post with the edit.

actually balancing one ball on the other isn't hard. You just turn the ball so the thumb hole rests on the ball below.

[bowl1820]

Well, this is all new to me. Are there any threads/forums about cooking a bowling ball? Never heard of doing that. I guess I just figured that's something the pro shop would take care of.

There's several threads about it, use the search function and you can find them.

Also google it there many articles about it.

pro-shops have machines like the "Revivor" for doing it and there are a couple personal units available also


example:
The rice cooker

check out the information on the website:
http://www.scbp.biz


450W unit with enclosed fan moves heated air inside chamber
Custom cup/ball-stand allows heated air to circulate under the ball, and catches oil runoff
Adjustable thermostat - heats ball uniformly and safely
Simple to operate (instructions included)

[Amyers]

I have always been told you need to resurface the ball after cooking is this not correct?

[bowl1820]

I have always been told you need to resurface the ball after cooking is this not correct?

You should sand the ball first, that opens the pores up (where the dirt and grime , old polishes have got trap in them. This lets the oil more freely come out. You should do it with all the de-oiling methods.

After de-oiling then you finsh with the resurfacing.

[rv driver]

Wow, you are good. You can balance one ball on the other?

Love the clip!

[rv driver]

LINK

This is a home made version of the Innovator ball oven. It is as Aslan said, a food dehydrator that has been altered.

Thanks!

[rv driver]

There's several threads about it, use the search function and you can find them.

Also google it there many articles about it.

pro-shops have machines like the "Revivor" for doing it and there are a couple personal units available also


example:
The rice cooker

check out the information on the website:
http://www.scbp.biz


450W unit with enclosed fan moves heated air inside chamber
Custom cup/ball-stand allows heated air to circulate under the ball, and catches oil runoff
Adjustable thermostat - heats ball uniformly and safely
Simple to operate (instructions included)

I'm clueless. We didn't do this with rubber. Why do we cook our balls? (That sounded NASTY!)

[Amyers]

The newer resin balls have small pores in them that allow the balls to get more traction on the lane. These pours eventually suck up oil and dirt and become clogged. Eventually this can get bad enough to effect the balls reaction ie hook less. The heating process causes the pores in the ball to expand and release the oil and dirt. Thus restoring the reaction of the bowling ball.

Some companies and some particular balls are thought to be worse than others. I could be wrong but from what I have seen solids and balls with low surface numbers like 500 or 1000 finishes seem to suffer more from this. That part is just my opinion.

It is just part of regular maintenance of your ball like periodic resurfacing. I've seen other with lower numbers but I resurface my balls about every 30 games. I have over 100 games on my euphoria and haven't baked it or seen the need to but I also religiously clean my balls immediately after use. Which I think helps the euphoria is also polished I'm watching this with the asylum yo see if it will be effected by it.

[bowl1820]

I'm clueless. We didn't do this with rubber. Why do we cook our balls? (That sounded NASTY!)

Amyers pretty well covered it.

Though all balls even polyester (plastic) absorb oil not just resin balls, just at differing rates. You could see it in the first clear plastic balls like the clear wolf. They would discolor over time that was because of the oil getting into it.

You really started noticing it in the urethane balls, people would bring balls in they left in their car all day and when they pulled them out of their bag, the balls would be sweating oil like a pig.

Solids and rougher surface textures tend to pick up oil more on the surface, so absorb more.

that's why cleaning after bowling is so important, it can really reduce how much oil they absorb. I clean mine all the time and when I try sweating my stuff very little if any comes out and I've have ball's with 100's of games on them and still react well.