Aramith Ball Restorer -- WOW!

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bdorman

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I've been playing at a bar since our community center is undergoing renovations. The bar has eight Valley tables and the balls were last cleaned before the turn of the century :D Dirty, scuffed and generally miserable to look at or play.

On the advice of AZers I ordered Aramith Ball Restorer (instead of using fine, liquid rubbing compound...which was my first thought). I took my homemade bucket/autopolisher ball cleaning machine and the Ball Restorer to the bar.

Wow! This stuff works!

I had to let the cleaning machine run 4-6 minutes (compared to one minute just to clean regular balls with Macquires), but it was worth the wait. Clean, shiney and you could see the depth of the color (many were quality Aramith balls...just old and never cared for).

Sorry I didn't take any Before & After pictures, but the difference was huge.

Edited to ad this picture of Centenials that looked like cheap, low-cost balls:



(I also bought some Aramith Ball Cleaner but didn't follow up the Restorer with Cleaner because the ProShop-guy and I ended up restoring/cleaning/brand-matching seven sets of balls. I wonder if the Cleaner would have added anything?)
 
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I second that, some time ago I discovered Aramith's Restorer handles very bad spots on balls much better than Cleaner. Since then my routine to treat extremely dirty sets is a) Restorer b) Cleaner c) any polisher (last one is optional but I prefer pool balls buffed after that Cleaner thing)
 
jalapus logan said:
Does it have an abrasive? If so, wouldn't ant to use it often.
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I know this isn't a scientific test (and science seems to be real big around here :D) but I rubbed some Restorer and Cleaner between my thumb and finger and couldn't feel much of a difference. If the Restorer has an abrasive in it (probably so), it's certainly not a coarse abrasive like you feel in rubbing compound or silver/brass cleaner.

I actually made a separate set of polisher pads for my homemade polishing machine -- one set for the Restorer and one set for the Polisher --but now I kind of doubt that I needed to. But I am known for overkill.

In any case, these are bar balls from the last century and if they've lived this long, nothing will kill them.
 
Busboy said:
I need too try this stuff hear a lot of good things
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You won't be sorry. These balls were almost beyond hope. I honestly expected it would turn out to be a wasted-money-experiment.

Now all we have to do is a deep cleaning job on the cloth. I brought a brush (no, the bar doesn't have a brush) just to broom out all the crap under the rails. I stopped brushing after a couple of minutes because I figured "I quit smoking four years ago...and now I'm going to die of chalk dust!"

I suspect the balls won't stay too clean under those conditions but the ProShop guy has convinced the owner to buy new Simonis 860 and he'll install it at no charge. Until then, I think I'll take my portable vaccum and try to get up the worst of it.
 
According to the manufacturer, Aramith Ball Cleaner recommended for daily/routine use, while Aramith Ball Restorer is to be used sparingly, or when needed. Such as in this case where the balls were probably neglected and never cleaned.

For the tables, you may want to get/recommend to the bar a roll of spots, as the head/foot spots usually see alot of wear.
 
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