Certainly did. If everything is going well … experiment and change it.
Ball Cleaner
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And don't trust 'experts'.
They don't know more about it than you...coz you're smart, dammit.
I'm not a fan of their solution. It leaves the balls too slick.This is just one of the reasons the Ballstar is superior. You never have to put anything directly on the balls, it has a little pad that evenly distributes the polish onto the balls during the first half of its cycle. A quick squirt on the pad before you start it and you're good to go. Does an amazing job in very little time.
I'm not a fine tuned played... I cannot realize the difference.
If you're a player' it's good to learn to play in all conditions.
Many a player has been beaten by the table being different.
It's a common reason home court can and is a HUGE advantage at times.
I remember in college probably 1968, when Cole Dixon came thru Carbondale SIU university to pick up a few dollars on his way to Johnston City Tournament/Janscos. I trapped em by getting em on a certain table in this bar, 9' table. Every rail was different with different speeds, and the cloth was red. I've played on MANY different tables all over, this one tho was unique. It was a bar with I think 2 tables, bar boxes were not common, yet this was the normal size. I played one time in Murphysboro IL on Purple cloth. When I first saw Cole with his youth/long blonde hair and the way he dressed/sharp. I thought it was a woman from across the room. Played em one more time, 1989.
Many a player has been beaten by the table being different.
It's a common reason home court can and is a HUGE advantage at times.
I remember in college probably 1968, when Cole Dixon came thru Carbondale SIU university to pick up a few dollars on his way to Johnston City Tournament/Janscos. I trapped em by getting em on a certain table in this bar, 9' table. Every rail was different with different speeds, and the cloth was red. I've played on MANY different tables all over, this one tho was unique. It was a bar with I think 2 tables, bar boxes were not common, yet this was the normal size. I played one time in Murphysboro IL on Purple cloth. When I first saw Cole with his youth/long blonde hair and the way he dressed/sharp. I thought it was a woman from across the room. Played em one more time, 1989.
I have a BallStar machine, but don't use their cleaner, because of reports of it leaving the balls "too slick". So, I put a small drop of Aramith polish on each ball, and let it run. The balls come out clean, and they play like......well, like they were polished with Aramith polish.
Weird, I've been using it for 6 years now and haven't had that problem. Maybe I'm just used to it.
Me... I can't shoot straight anyway...Weird, I've been using it for 6 years now and haven't had that problem. Maybe I'm just used to it.
Which Chem-Pak variety are we looking at here? Went on the website and saw a bunch of different products for different formulations of plastic.
Purple color polish for Billiard balls. Seyberts or someone has it.
I’ve used a mild soap with warm water then sprayed with a furniture polish. It’s not rocket science.
No furniture polish on my Simonis!!!
Throw can change dramatically if you don't use a cleaner made for billiard balls.
Strike one, strike two and strike three all in the same post.
A hat trick. A triple play. Brillianize or Novus 1 is as far as I'll vary. I might try the Alcohol/Aramith spray sometime if run out of what I have been using.
Don't leave us hanging... What happened?
No!
Cleaning balls: wtf happened?!
I wanted to clean a set of balls that probably hadn't been cleaned in 10 years. I didn't have any specialty pool ball polish, but I read something online that said to soak the balls in lukewarm water and add a mild detergent, like Palmolive. I happened to have some Palmolive, so I put the...
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Novas 1 is really bad for play.