Bowling Ball Cleaning and Maintenance

[e-tank]

ah okay. Theyre my dads old balls from the 80's and he said he never cleaned them so they could potentially benefit from a deep cleaning?

[jbeck]

Wonder if the same steps for cleaning a reactive ball does the same for a plastic ball and do the plastic ball absorbs oil too? My son bowls a plastic ball for now, but it looks very dull now and my ball cleaner doesn't do much to it. Also is there any other product that can be used to polish a ball? My normal pro shop don't carry the polishes I see on bowlingball.com. I was wondering if a car polish would work...just curious.

[J Anderson]

Wonder if the same steps for cleaning a reactive ball does the same for a plastic ball and do the plastic ball absorbs oil too? My son bowls a plastic ball for now, but it looks very dull now and my ball cleaner doesn't do much to it. Also is there any other product that can be used to polish a ball? My normal pro shop don't carry the polishes I see on bowlingball.com. I was wondering if a car polish would work...just curious.

A plastic ball doesn't absorb oil. If your son is learning to throw a hook, dull is good. If he just throws straight, polish will help keep it going straight even if he does get some axis rotation. On a plastic ball any car polish will work. n higher end balls certain additives should be avoided, like silicone.

[kx90]

I checked on DV8's website but they don't mention any specific type of cleaner or process to use to clean their bowling balls.

So I'm trying to decide what to use on my HellRaiser Terror. I've got 12 games on it now in about 4 weeks and aside from wiping it down during and after each session I haven't cleaned it with any chemicals yet. I noticed today that it's picking up all kinds of crap so that's what I'm here now asking the question: What type, brand cleaner would be preferrable for a DV8 HR Terror?

I remember I could see all the crud showing up on my Rhino Teal through out each series, but it was solid teal and it was easy to see all the black crud. My DV8 is black and blue and it's harder to see it so I only noticed it when I ran my hand over it at the start of the second game today.

[got_a_300]

What type, brand cleaner would be preferrable for a DV8 HR Terror?

You can use all USBC approved cleaners as they all will work on the DV8 balls or
you can just buy some Brunswick cleaner and or polish to use on it since DV8 is
also made by an offshoot company of Brunswick.

Brunswick cleaners and polishes

[Cochese]

I have the DV8 Terror. I use a 3 equal part mix of Simple Green, 91% rubbing alcohol and water. Works great and its cheap.

[got_a_300]

I have the DV8 Terror. I use a 3 equal part mix of Simple Green, 91% rubbing alcohol and water. Works great and its cheap.

That is basically the same thing I use to clean all of my bowling balls
with except I just use a simple 50/50 mixture of Simple Green and some
91% rubbing alcohol.

I might just try adding some water to the next batch I mix up to try and
make the Simple Green and alcohol go farther and last a bit longer.

[kx90]

You can use all USBC approved cleaners as they all will work on the DV8 balls or
you can just buy some Brunswick cleaner and or polish to use on it since DV8 is
also made by an offshoot company of Brunswick.

Brunswick cleaners and polishes

I ordered these the other day from bowlingball.com

1 2286 Ebonite Powerhouse Energizer 5 oz

1 5796 Ebonite Powerhouse Clean n' Dull 5 oz


I think I found them on the USBC list under the manfacturer 'Track Ebonite Power House'. The Energizer is approved for anytime use and the Clean n' Dull is approved for Before/After competition use.

[panbanger]

Yesterday I layed my Misfit next to my space heater. Now when I say space heater I don't mean the typical kind that looks like the inside of a toaster, I mean the kind that looks like a radiator but it's filled with oil, not water. So anyways I layed my ball about 6 inches from it, and after about 5 minutes a whole bunch of oil was visible on the surface nearest the heater. I then sprayed it with Tac Up and wiped it off. I had to rotate the ball and repeat this process about 5-6 times to get the whole surface of the ball, but I was pretty amazed at how much oil came out of the ball from this.

I wipe my ball off between shots, but honestly I do usually wait a day or 2 to spray it down and give it a proper cleaning after I bowl. I guess it just goes to show you how quickly oil can get soaked in to a ball. I was wondering why I wasn't getting much movement out of my ball at league over the weekend, I think I know why now!

[kx90]

So I got the cleaning products that I ordered the other day. Last night I sat down and used the Clean 'N Dull, unfortunately there isn't any detailed instructions on the bottle and I can't seem to find much online.

So what I did was apply some to a rag and started wiping down the ball. Yes it cleaned it up quite a bit but there is still a little bit of crud on the ball. So I did a bit more searching. I found some old forum post that stated they wiped the gel onto the ball and let it sit for 45-60 seconds then they began wiping the ball down with a rag.

Tonight I was going to do it again but this time I'm going to spread the gel on and then leave it sit for a minute or two then wipe it off.

Am I on the right track here or no?