De-Oiling!

**chrono00** · 05-15-2012, 01:39 AM

Originally Posted by martin

i've used my ball for almost 2 years (hundreds of games) and never deoiled it.. wonder how much oil there is in there.. lol..

you'd be surprised. I didn't touch my v energy for almost a year. or the towel the came with it. I did the towel first in a small bowl, and the water was pretty dark.

if just the towle soaked up that much oil from the ball...imagine how much is still in your ball....

I work in a resturant....put my VE through the industrial strength dishwasher, and then the next day day bowled my highest series (i'm sure the heat from the machine and the soap getting all the oil out helped...but I do believe part was coincidence/confidence)

**martin** · 05-15-2012, 05:23 AM

maybe i'll try out with my old unused ball (to make sure i get the procedure right.. never been deoiled also.. and it's been used maybe 50-100 games) soon, then try to surprise myself by deoiling my Anaconda.. lol..

**eugene02** · 05-17-2012, 06:21 AM

Originally Posted by martin

maybe i'll try out with my old unused ball (to make sure i get the procedure right.. never been deoiled also.. and it's been used maybe 50-100 games) soon, then try to surprise myself by deoiling my Anaconda.. lol..

do try and let us know how many times did you do before getting ALL of the oil out!
i myself am interested to know as well

**martin** · 05-18-2012, 01:02 AM

just wondering, does deoiling work only with reactive balls? tried doing it with a spare ball and no oil came out.. or maybe i did something wrong.. hmm...

**eugene02** · 05-18-2012, 01:13 AM

Originally Posted by martin

just wondering, does deoiling work only with reactive balls? tried doing it with a spare ball and no oil came out.. or maybe i did something wrong.. hmm...

from what i known, reactive balls have pores in the balls which absorbs oil to get friction on the ground to hook while polyester ball, urethane ball doesn't have pores in their ball which makes it impossible for them to absorb oil.. therefore, no oil comes out of the ball..

**martin** · 05-18-2012, 08:06 AM

maybe i'll try with reactive balls some time..

**eugene02** · 05-18-2012, 08:20 AM

Originally Posted by martin

maybe i'll try with reactive balls some time..

with warm water.. not hot! or else the coverstock may crack!

**bowl1820** · 05-18-2012, 08:54 AM

Originally Posted by martin

just wondering, does deoiling work only with reactive balls? tried doing it with a spare ball and no oil came out.. or maybe i did something wrong.. hmm...

No you can't do it on plastic spare balls.