Clean Gleem Polisher Review from an owner...
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I'm very glad I got mine when I did! I suppose high end cleaners are a very small, almost microscopic market. No one seems to manufacture, stock, or maintain consistent distribution of ANY of them! Perhaps all of the CG units sold out because they were all that were readily available. I hope the sellout means enough are out in the market now to get a lot more experience and reviews. I am very pleased with my purchase.Gee, wonder why
Might be because production is limited to 2 a week, whats your thoughts?Gee, wonder why
boogieman
It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that ping.
Well a side hustle gets less time than a full time venture by definition. One dude or a small shop cannot meet the demand that a large enterprise (with economy of volume) can. A custom cue maker might make a cue as good as a high end production company, but while a custom maker might make one, the production shop turned out 20.Might be because production is limited to 2 a week, whats your thoughts?
CaptainBly
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Let me add in my plug for the Cleen Gleem Polisher. I have had one a little over a year. Have used the ballstar in the past at work. Made my own bucket polisher before buying this one.
Simply put, it works, its quite and customer service is great!
My fist machine developed a sticky residue that would be left on the balls. I called the service line, the issue was the glue that was used on the small velcro. It heated up and migrated to the cloth then to the balls. They sent me a new polisher that arrived in a week with a label to send the old one back. I have been using the "new" one about 9 months now with no issues. I highly recommend it.
We just bought 15 sets of used Aramith pro balls for our local pool hall. They needed polished before our first tournament with them. The halls ball star polisher is out of commission at the time. So I took all the sets home and polished them up. The machine worked awesome.
Simply put, it works, its quite and customer service is great!
My fist machine developed a sticky residue that would be left on the balls. I called the service line, the issue was the glue that was used on the small velcro. It heated up and migrated to the cloth then to the balls. They sent me a new polisher that arrived in a week with a label to send the old one back. I have been using the "new" one about 9 months now with no issues. I highly recommend it.
We just bought 15 sets of used Aramith pro balls for our local pool hall. They needed polished before our first tournament with them. The halls ball star polisher is out of commission at the time. So I took all the sets home and polished them up. The machine worked awesome.
Well... after what I hoped was a very positive review for the CG machine and even my cool suggestions for how to decorate it with awesome stickers, they sold out within 2 days and the website has said "Out of Stock" ever since! 
I must be a really good salesman LOL... either way, I hope all is ok with these very nice folks and they are able to get their polishers back on the market soon. www.cleangleem.com to see if they are back in stock. If you buy one, please add to the review!
I must be a really good salesman LOL... either way, I hope all is ok with these very nice folks and they are able to get their polishers back on the market soon. www.cleangleem.com to see if they are back in stock. If you buy one, please add to the review!
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Clean Gleem Update:
Still really enjoying the CG 16 Machine. My current frustration is finding a suitable spray bottle for the recommended cleaning mixture! I mix about a Tablespoon of Aramith Cleaner to 1 cup of Isopropyl Alcohol 91% in a small spray bottle from the big box store. After a few uses, the trigger starts to stick and I have to disassemble the bottle and clean it with hot water. The mechanism is gumming up with the Aramith cleaner in the mixture when it dries in the sprayer.
Also, even at this very diluted amount, there is beginning to be a white film of cleaner starting to build up on the cleaning strips. I find that after a couple of months of using the machine about twice a week, it is actually cleaning BETTER!!! I will keep this thread updated, because when the cleaning strips begin to get more film of cleaner on them, I am going to stop using the recommended mixture and use JUST alcohol and let the cleaning mix on the pads do the work and see if it changes the performance for better or worse.
Still really enjoying the CG 16 Machine. My current frustration is finding a suitable spray bottle for the recommended cleaning mixture! I mix about a Tablespoon of Aramith Cleaner to 1 cup of Isopropyl Alcohol 91% in a small spray bottle from the big box store. After a few uses, the trigger starts to stick and I have to disassemble the bottle and clean it with hot water. The mechanism is gumming up with the Aramith cleaner in the mixture when it dries in the sprayer.
Also, even at this very diluted amount, there is beginning to be a white film of cleaner starting to build up on the cleaning strips. I find that after a couple of months of using the machine about twice a week, it is actually cleaning BETTER!!! I will keep this thread updated, because when the cleaning strips begin to get more film of cleaner on them, I am going to stop using the recommended mixture and use JUST alcohol and let the cleaning mix on the pads do the work and see if it changes the performance for better or worse.
Very curious about this.
Really nice looking... headed over to Amazon!
Thank you Boogie. This bottle came today and it is amazing! I didn't know that type of quality was still avaiable! The plastic $1.00 walmart spray bottle that kept sticking and leaking on my hand is on the way to the landfill. I appreciate you sharing your find.
Ordered mine on Friday and it came today. First impressions may not be relevant in the long term but the balls spin in one consistent direction only. To be clear, if I align a striped ball with the direction of rotation, it stays that way, spinning along the same axis, the "sides" of the balls never make it to the rollers.
I had some concerns about this before ordering as you can clearly see this in the youtube video as well. The Diamond cleaner does rotate the balls thoroughly.
We'll see how it performs over time, I've only used it on two sets of balls so far
I had some concerns about this before ordering as you can clearly see this in the youtube video as well. The Diamond cleaner does rotate the balls thoroughly.
We'll see how it performs over time, I've only used it on two sets of balls so far
I had the same concern, but after almost 2 years, I can tell you it does a great job. Especially with the spray mixture mentioned in the instructions, although I use double the amount of Aramith at 2 Tbsp per cup alcohol. While the balls tend to run on an axis they also clearly move and vibrate against the cleaning strips. I also know one room owner who has been using a 16 ball machine even longer commercially and he still is very pleased with the cleaning in a commercial setting. Hope you enjoy it as you get more use over time.
The Bludworth does also but if you watch, you can see the stripes getting wider and narrower, letting you know that the balls do rotate enough to
get all surfaces to rub the pads.
get all surfaces to rub the pads.
Three days in, not happy with mine. It polilshes the balls on a single axis, consistently. If I put ball into the polisher with marks on the sides, the marks are still there after 5 minutes in the cleaner. If I stop the machine, rotate the balls 90 degrees, and restart, the marks are gone.
How handy are you? You can make your own.
I think it's time for @rexus31 to go full production on the GC Clean Machine.