I imagine we are gonna be using the elimitation strategy to get figure this out.
I say snap a pic of the polisher too, if possible.
So heres an update for you. First of all, one of my teammates was at a match last weekend at a local legion. Noticed there equipment was in great shape considering it's a pretty crappy bar. Clean table and a super shiny set of balls. Come to find out they have a polisher, but we'll come back to that.
Did a bunch of reading on cleaning methods people are using. So my buddy soaked the cyclop in warm water with a little Dawn dish soap for an hour or so. Got them out and scrubbed them with a micrfiber and got almost all the spots off but still looked crappy. Then he decided to put them in the dishwasher, with low heat and no detergent (he saw that online too), they came out clean as can be but now super dull. This was 3 hours before a match. So he scrambled and decided to call the old man at the legion. Ran over there and gave the guy 5 bucks to run them through their machine. So right before the man starts the machine, he tells my friend to not share his secret solution. A drop of water, that's it. No polish, no cleaner, nothing but a drop of water. He shows up last night to our match with the balls and they're like brand new again. Completely mind blown. The balls at the pool hall are always prestine but they can never get out cyclop to shine. And it all gets resolved with a little scrubbing follows by a drop of water in a ball polisher