drawing oil out of a bowling ball cheaply

[Amyers]

I hear from a few people,how they left their ball in their car and it was all greasy and oily. Seems like it would work. A friend nought an oven so he did mine for free. My center charges about $20 for a ball or two for $30.

This is not a good method can damage the balls.

[Blomer]

This is not a good method can damage the balls.

I wasn't suggesting To leaving it in the car, since that happened in the car I was saying leaving it outside and rotating would work. I have a locker at my center with my equipment, though I do have a few more than what the locker can hold. Thinking of getting another locker. It's only $16 for a yr rental.

[Amyers]

Okay I get it but unless it's a really hot day I'm not sure you would get much out of it. Temperatures in a trunk can reach 160 degrees easily I'm not sure how much temp it takes to start getting oil out but I know most manufacture tell you to keep the at 140 or below.

[Blomer]

In any case, I wouldn't do it outside. Like I said, i had a friend do mine in an oven he purchased online.

[jnv32185]

All I know is I tried giving my old bowling ball one of those hot water baths to extract the oil and all I noticed was that it ended up hazy and never went back to its color. It did not affect the performance of the ball but it sure made it ugly. That was my first and last experience extracting oil.

[Aslan]

I am in the process of getting some photos up that show a homemade ball dehydrator I made recently. I used a food dehydrator ($35 used online) and a 5-gallon pail.

Unfortunately, I ran into a slight problem with the plastic trays of the dehydrator and almost damaged my ball…so I had to make a $10-$13 adjustment but it should be working fine again. Next time I de-oil, gonna take some photos, and post them.

[Amyers]

All I know is I tried giving my old bowling ball one of those hot water baths to extract the oil and all I noticed was that it ended up hazy and never went back to its color. It did not affect the performance of the ball but it sure made it ugly. That was my first and last experience extracting oil.

Did you resurface the ball after cleaning? You should take the finish down to 500 then water bath then resurface the ball to whatever surface you normally use. I've used the dishwasher method and the water bath method with mine and never had a problem

[jnv32185]

Did you resurface the ball after cleaning? You should take the finish down to 500 then water bath then resurface the ball to whatever surface you normally use. I've used the dishwasher method and the water bath method with mine and never had a problem

No I didn't realize I had to do that. So that probably is why I had a problem with it.

It is an old ball that I no longer use because I went down in weight do to a wrist injury so I probably will not bother to do that step but its good to know in case I attempt it on my new ball in the future.

[Aslan]

Check this out if you haven't already:

http://www.bowlingboards.com/threads...727#post115727

[dnhoffman]

Aslan's innovative idea to build a ball oven from a food dehydrator eh? how innovative!


http://www.bowlingboards.com/threads...ling-Ball-Oven