Nothing can ruin a ruined game. Seriously I cannot tell the difference.
Ball Cleaner
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Is there anything wrong with Aramith Ball Cleaner? That's all I ever used.
Chem-pak Ball Cleaner
Put the shine back on your pool balls. Chem-Pak Ball Cleaner is specially formulated to clean, polish, and protect in one easy application. It's easy to use by hand or machine. 8 oz. bottle. This item cannot be shipped via air services.
The balls will not throw consistently. I found that balls that threw 1 inch initially later threw 4 or 5 inches after a couple hours of play when using Novus 1. Maybe that's why your game sucks? It's like playing with gaffed balls.
My game sucks only because I do not practice/play enough and age is biting. I’d like to blame Novus. I’ll roll with the people that use Alcohol/Aramith with their cleaners.
As for the Ballstar …, like Sheldon said. It’s a great system w/the Green solution.
Exactly the same as my experience with this except I do take the time to give each ball a quick rub down with a microfiber towel to remove any left over polish that might be there.
What difference would there be if you omitted the ipa?
Then it would be worse.
My experience only, with Aramiths cleaner and a similar working style cleaner to Diamonds one. Straight Aramith cleaner, and diluted apx 12% with 91% alcohol.
With straight cleaner, great performance as could be expected. Did notice though that balls had a somewhat sticky feel right out of the cleaner that went away after wiping the with a microfiber cloth after taking out of the cleaner.
I will say I hated the Aramith cleaner bottle as the spout would clog up, then spurt out when trying to dispense a drop or two on your finger to dsb on the balls.
Aramith diluted 12% or there abouts. Decided to try this after reading results of various concoctions on here, and not being totally happy with the results I was getting with their standard cleaner. I didn't want to spray on so I just did a mild dilution. Transfered the solution to a bottle that works for my needs. Results were great. Great cleaning, and no more need to wipe balls off after. When they come out of the cleaner they are perfect, and can be imidately played with.
In both cases, how I applied the finish was to put a drop on my finger tip and dab that on about three balls. I do that three times, so three drops total.
For my needs, this works perfect with my cleaning routine that is to clean the balls about every 6 to 8 hrs of play.
With straight cleaner, great performance as could be expected. Did notice though that balls had a somewhat sticky feel right out of the cleaner that went away after wiping the with a microfiber cloth after taking out of the cleaner.
I will say I hated the Aramith cleaner bottle as the spout would clog up, then spurt out when trying to dispense a drop or two on your finger to dsb on the balls.
Aramith diluted 12% or there abouts. Decided to try this after reading results of various concoctions on here, and not being totally happy with the results I was getting with their standard cleaner. I didn't want to spray on so I just did a mild dilution. Transfered the solution to a bottle that works for my needs. Results were great. Great cleaning, and no more need to wipe balls off after. When they come out of the cleaner they are perfect, and can be imidately played with.
In both cases, how I applied the finish was to put a drop on my finger tip and dab that on about three balls. I do that three times, so three drops total.
For my needs, this works perfect with my cleaning routine that is to clean the balls about every 6 to 8 hrs of play.
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The balls would still be clean but using straight Aramith Ball Cleaner (or any similar cleaner like Tiger Products Ball Cleaner) gums up the machine, turns the pads and carpet yellow and transfers yellow marks to the cloth (on the table). Since incorporating the ABC/IPA mixture, the balls are not slick after cleaning which most likely means there's no product left on the balls after a cycle. Thus, no yellowing on the table and the cleaning surfaces on the polisher are not getting gummed up.
I do as well but that step was tough to do with only two hands...LOL. For me, this is strictly out of habit as I do not think there is any leftover product on the balls after a cycle given the small amount of ball cleaning product in the mixture and the evaporative properties of the alcohol.
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Looks like Mark Gregory did your Rails, nice.....
He did not. Steve Leistikow did them.
What about the Aramith Ball Restorer? Same ratio? Carom balls also?
Not sure why you'd want to dilute the restorer as you'd want the full formula working to restore the balls in question. I would only use the restore by hand then follow it up with a run in the machine with the prescribed ABP/IPA solution. Yes, the ABP/IPA mixture is suitable for all phenolic billiard balls.
Wax or silicon don't mix real well with pool balls. My son was playing in a pro even against a champion player from the Philippines. My son took a bathroom break. While gone the player took out a cloth from his bag and "cleaned" the cue ball. He was losing at the time. Then my son comes back and during his run he tries a draw shot and miscues and the cue ball flies and the player gets ball in hand. The player changes his style of play and is running out just using center ball. My son miscues another time or two and the match is over. We are not sure what the guy put on the cue ball, but it was a really low life move he put on my son that day.
Thanks.
Not going to name him, but "Greasing the cue ball" as I have heard it called does happen at times. I do need to make a correction. My son just told me it was a player from Hawaii not the Philippines. He has passed away now so so need to worry about him doing it to anyone again.
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