ask your pool hall to borrow oneA little hesitant to try it on my new aramith set, I'm going to try and pick up some old yellowed beaters next time a cheap set pops up on craigslist unless someone wants to donate an old set to science. regardless I'll update with the results!
Potential re-write to get more interest: “anyone want me to clean their balls in the name of science? My place or yours.” BwahahahahaA little hesitant to try it on my new aramith set, I'm going to try and pick up some old yellowed beaters next time a cheap set pops up on craigslist unless someone wants to donate an old set to science. regardless I'll update with the results!
A little hesitant to try it on my new aramith set, I'm going to try and pick up some old yellowed beaters next time a cheap set pops up on craigslist unless someone wants to donate an old set to science. regardless I'll update with the results!
I think it's a terrible idea. Immersing billiard balls has ruined sets; search this forum for examples. Second, they will damage each other where they touch while in there. Finally, it's completely unnecessary, there are better ways to clean them.
Potential re-write to get more interest: “anyone want me to clean their balls in the name of science? My place or yours.” Bwahahahaha
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I think it's a terrible idea. Immersing billiard balls has ruined sets; search this forum for examples. Second, they will damage each other where they touch while in there. Finally, it's completely unnecessary, there are better ways to clean them.
I searched. Didn’t find anything saying don’t immerse balls. In fact, found a few resources saying to soak them 5 minutes or more. Can you point to something that says don’t do it? It’s virtually a non-porous object so water should do nothing.
Also, what damage could contacting balls have. That is literally their function. All they do is contact each other - every rack. Every shot.
Finally, I don’t think the OP was suggesting this is the best way. Just that he thought of it and wondered.
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I suspect it will be fine. Likely not so dirty that ultrasonic cleaning will do more than wiping. And won’t be able to apply any finish/polish to the ball.
Try it out and report back. I’m sure others would be I interested in this.
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I can't find it now, but I saw a thread online (might have been reddit) where a guy soaked a set of balls while he went for a jog, and when he returned, they were ruined. .
What did he soak them in? It must have been caustic to ruin them! I’ve run two used sets through the dishwasher and it didn’t do any harm. It didn’t shine them the way I had hoped, so I still had to do a lot of hand polishing, actually machine polishing, to shine them up.
You got me at ‘no finish or polish’....I like that.
...what is the cost of one of them things?
use warm water and dish soap with your hand. using your hand will keep the polish on the ball. nuff said.