clean billiard balls

all i know is the balls are playing right the way i want to make the shots that i can see, this week ive been making 70 percent of the shots that i see in my head,and most misses are pretty close for me

the aramith ball cleaner, and hand cleaning is working great for me right now, tables heated, covered and cleaned every 4 or so hrs of play
 
Bob Jewett said:
It makes the ball slide as if on brand-new cloth. Some people like that. It is sometimes used for fancy shots such as masses.
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I played on verhoevens yesterday, cloth really showing how much it gets used

One guy before said he might have noticed a wiggle as the balls rested on the dot
Well I didn't see a wiggle, it was more of a shuffle, sometimes an 1/8 of an inch, was really strange
As the ball rested, probably from indents in the cloth?


Back to the balls though, the table played like it was brand new, very slick and with that cloth condition I can only guess that, they clean or polish the balls with something that has some silicone Or wax,
Makes for nice playing on that very worn cloth, I guess they do this because it's not like they can change the cloth every couple of months
 
Again with this garbage it's infuriating
Right out of the ball polisher, using only aramith cleaner

Before it was with kamui medium clear
Now moori soft
 

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beneath_the_sur said:
Again with this garbage it's infuriating
Right out of the ball polisher, using only aramith cleaner

Before it was with kamui medium clear
Now moori soft
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FWIW, I hand clean the balls using the aramith cleaner and a microfiber cloth, and then I put them through a cycle in the polisher with no cleaner at all to buff and polish them. I would have done my best to get those mark out before the balls ever went into the polisher. Can you get those marks off with ball cleaner, a microfiber cloth and elbow grease? Surely they aren't permanent?
 
KissedOut said:
FWIW, I hand clean the balls using the aramith cleaner and a microfiber cloth, and then I put them through a cycle in the polisher with no cleaner at all to buff and polish them. I would have done my best to get those mark out before the balls ever went into the polisher. Can you get those marks off with ball cleaner, a microfiber cloth and elbow grease? Surely they aren't permanent?
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The ball comes out spotless
Happens immediately the hard spots
They come out I just can't keep myself from putting them on, different tips, different chalk
They always happen
 
ChopStick said:
I have had kamui black tips mark up a ball that way. I have since stopped using them.

This is the ball cleaner I use. Professor Qball showed it to me. I like it better than the Aramith cleaner. It does a great job hand cleaning.

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beneath_the_sur said:
THATs the exact one they had at the hall, thanks for posting this ill be looking for it
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what is the name of the cleaner please?
the picture does not come thru for me
 
Bob Jewett said:
Ball cleaners need to be a little abrasive to smooth off off scuff marks and miscues.
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I must have mis understood somewhere I read to not use cleaners with abrasives for the grinding them down factor

I'm still clueless

I should just try it already, the balls at the Pool hall never mark up like mine do
 
beneath_the_sur said:
I must have mis understood somewhere I read to not use cleaners with abrasives for the grinding them down factor

I'm still clueless

I should just try it already, the balls at the Pool hall never mark up like mine do
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Take a look at some of the more popular Plastic Cleaners
3M Finesse-It
Novus Mild Scratch
Meguiars Plastic Cleaner
Devcon
View attachment Aramith.pdf

They all have a mild abrasive.

You have a choice of living with the scratch marks or using proper abrasives to burnish them out and remove the dark spots from mis-cues.

Remember that chalk dust on your table is abrasive too, and over time will reduce the size of the balls.

The abrasives in these products listed are chosen to have minimal material removal. They break down easily so in a sense when used you start off with say 1000 grit and finish up with 5000 grit as the particles become smaller and smaller. Like hitting a piece of chalk with a sledge hammer.
 
I just noticed something that is definitely a factor


The tips surface, I don't scuff it regularly,
It had a smooth glossy surface texture

So after vacuuming, placing out freshly cleaned balls, tip surface scuffed

No smudges

:)
 
Another development, that I can't comprehend, got an old shaft of mine back, Hercules medium tip

Does not mark the ball one bit, even freshly cleaned ones,
Maybe it's just time to change out that mori soft I have
 
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