Cleaning bowling ball with hot water and dish soap (Video)

[JaxBowlingGuy]

the 70 and 50 tends to smear the oil more than remove it.. you can get 91% from walgreens and CVS.. CVS has a big bottle for like 2.30

[The KingPin]

the 70 and 50 tends to smear the oil more than remove it.. you can get 91% from walgreens and CVS.. CVS has a big bottle for like 2.30

Great tip. I think this is something can can really help even with the slow economic times.

[dougb]

Do you need to reapply polish after this? And what do you do about the fingertip inserts?

[JaxBowlingGuy]

there is no need to repolish, and the finger grips can stay in the ball. I will not hurt them asd the water isnt so hot that it will melt them or anyhting.

[Coach 3G]

Thanks, I'll have to try this out...sounds pretty promising and like you guys said putting your balls in the oven really isn't the best thing for them.

[JaxBowlingGuy]

this is getting to be a popular video on youtube :-)

[branstew]

this is getting to be a popular video on youtube :-)

It deserves to be as it is good. It is how I now clean my bowls, so thanks

[ebowler]

I used the hot water method Friday, and have to say it seemed to have worked well. I taped the holes, used hot water and a detergent to help break down the oil. I would rub it down every few minutes to help it out.

I placed it in the truck on a towel for about 2 hours (98 outside) to dry it out and see if any additional oil came to the surface.It must have worked, because no more oil. I then resurfaced it to the original 4000 grit surface. It now reacts like it did fresh out of the box.

[JaxBowlingGuy]

if you resurface your own equipment with a spinner you can also use the lowest grit you have to open up the pores some then clean it with the hot water.. Just hit like each side of the ball for like 20 seconds to take the top layer off and to remove the polish and such so that way the hot water and degreaser can get deep into the pores easier.. i use this method on older balls that have like neever been cleaned.. for example i just got a original x factor this past week for free, it looked like someone had dropped it in the parking lot and it was all scratched up.. since i was going to have to do some serious resurface i dry sanded it for 30 secs on each half to take the old polish and grime off then cleaned it.. after cleaning it i resurfaced it usuing the 6 side method and now its in really good condition..

[gutterball]

Now tell me something. I have a older Columbia 300 do they need to be cleaned as well. I was thinking the cover on them was plastic i could be wrong about this. I also have a older Brunswick triple crown do i need to clean it like this as well.