Anyone clean their ball with Alcohol?

[LOUVIT]

My ball feels a bit greasy, I am going to bring some to the alley's and try it. They are in a locker so for now I will do it there. If not alcohol what's a decent product to clean them up quick?

[zacks]

I sometimes use Windex after a bath in a bucket of warm water with dish soap. I think Acetone is a no-no, but not sure about alcohol.

[JaxBowlingGuy]

If you must use alcohol try getting the 91%.

[bowl1820]

If you do a search, there's dozen of threads about ball cleaners.

Alcohol is just fine and legal to use.

The majority of cleaners you can get at the pro-shop or online will work okay. So it would just depend on what your PSO carries.

Storm Reacta Clean, Tac-up, BB.com Monster Tac, Ole Roy's Front 9, Motiv Power Gel clean, That Purple Stuff are some that work well.

A cleaner called Clean'N Dull is considered one of the best for drawing oil out of the cover, but is not really suited for general purpose cleaning at the lanes.

[Blomer]

You may want to bake your ball as well if you haven't cleaned it regularly for a while.

[Jaescrub]

If you do a search, there's dozen of threads about ball cleaners.

Alcohol is just fine and legal to use.

The majority of cleaners you can get at the pro-shop or online will work okay. So it would just depend on what your PSO carries.

Storm Reacta Clean, Tac-up, BB.com Monster Tac, Ole Roy's Front 9, Motiv Power Gel clean, That Purple Stuff are some that work well.

A cleaner called Clean'N Dull is considered one of the best for drawing oil out of the cover, but is not really suited for general purpose cleaning at the lanes.

I use the Clean N Dull by ebonite on my un polished balls and it does a great job, on my pearls I use the Ebonite Power house energize, or the Brunswick remove all both are cheap and go along way.

[bowl1820]

I use the Clean N Dull by ebonite on my un polished balls and it does a great job, on my pearls I use the Ebonite Power house energize, or the Brunswick remove all both are cheap and go along way.

Just a FYI: Clean'N Dull can be used on any ball, polished or sanded. Dull is just part of the name, it doesn't dull the ball.

[Hot_pocket]

You may want to bake your ball as well if you haven't cleaned it regularly for a while.

is this safe? I've heard of many people doing it, but can't this method potentially crack the ball?

[RobLV1]

The only ones who don't want you to use alcohol to clean your bowling balls are the bowling products companies who don't want you to know that you can buy a 99 cent product at the grocery store that works just as well as their $15 bottle of ball cleaner.

[bowl1820]

is this safe? I've heard of many people doing it, but can't this method potentially crack the ball?

Using heat to sweat oil out of a ball is safe as long as it's done properly. But If you "Bake" a ball in a home oven you can crack it.

The proper ways are using either the pro-shop revivor type devices or the small home versions or a DIY Dehydrator type.

The hot water & dawn method can work also, but is not as efficient.