Toothpaste to clean poolballs

How do you apply it?

Do you use a electric toothbrush, micro fiber, etc?

What portions do you use?

Sounds like you discovered a real cheap method but maybe a wax or sealant of some kind should also be used.

Thanks for the tip

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Claening pool balls

Johnny "V" said:
Works better than expected. Colgate with peroxide and baking soda ... Awesome!
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Is there anything wrong with using a polishing cream or is that too easy ?
Compared to tooth paste, polishing creams work faster.........................................
Never seen pool balls with bad breath...
 
mortuarymike-nv said:
Is there anything wrong with using a polishing cream or is that too easy ?
Compared to tooth paste, polishing creams work faster.........................................
Never seen pool balls with bad breath...
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I clean mine with windex. Then buff them with a carnuba wax to shine them up, then go back over with windex to remove the slickness, while still keeping the shine. Uve heard about toothpaste, kinda anxious to try it.
 
Plus, you could put Cheese Burger Grease on the balls, or on the pocket facings to facilitate the balls slipping in easier.

Now, remember, I can't take credit for this tip. It was from a member by the name of Pocket Point.
 
Tooth paste

PocketPooler said:
I clean mine with windex. Then buff them with a carnuba wax to shine them up, then go back over with windex to remove the slickness, while still keeping the shine. Uve heard about toothpaste, kinda anxious to try it.
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I heard about tooth paste being used as a lapping polishing compound in boiler school over 40 years ago.
(Great Lakes ) early seventies

It was also said in a emergency you can use tooth paste as a polishing cream or rubbing compound, other then that the real rubbing pastes or rubbing compounds or polishing creams work much better,
But when you are out at sea and you have to get a valve fixed then hell yes use what ever it takes to keep that naval vessel moving .

As a master mechanic in the mining equipment field and or heavy equipment and being a certified factory trained Cummins engine mechanic it is nothing new to lap certain valves in with a lapping compounds.

My point is I have shelf filled with different grits of polishing creams .
And I use them almost everyday.
And no, tooth paste is the hard way .

I put my balls in a ball polishing machine, put a table spoon of swirl remover cream and flip the switch on.....
And that is how I polish my balls ..:eek:

You guys are going to have a tough time saying I don't know what I am doing when it come to rubbing out a finish .



Even the leather piece has a hand rubbed out finish on it.............................
 
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Fine, non-abrasive (as seen on the label - it actually is somewhat abrasive) is a secret when polishing up scratched headlights.
So, why not!
 
To apply I just used a paper towel and I used about half of what you would for your teeth. No water except when rinsing. The peroxide took most of the yellow out which was a bonus. I did put a coat of nu finish car wax on them after that. The toothpaste takes out the fine scratches and the leather stains (which I could never figure out how that happens.) And yes they are minty fresh... Sorry I don't have a ball machine. Tried to make one a couple of times and it worked for a short time. :)
 
PocketPooler said:
I clean mine with windex. Then buff them with a carnuba wax to shine them up, then go back over with windex to remove the slickness, while still keeping the shine. Uve heard about toothpaste, kinda anxious to try it.
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something like Meguiar's carnauba car wax is what you use?
 
Not sure about using wax.
Read a story somewhere where a famous pro went to a demo and he couldn't make a shot.
He asked the manager about the balls and he said they cleaned and waxed the balls for him to have shinny balls.
They gave him unwaxed balls, and he started a long run!

I would do some research before waxing the balls.
 
PocketPooler said:
I clean mine with windex. Then buff them with a carnuba wax to shine them up, then go back over with windex to remove the slickness, while still keeping the shine. Uve heard about toothpaste, kinda anxious to try it.
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same thing here. glass cleaner then carnauba. but i wash them with dishwashing liquid first.
 
M.G. said:
Fine, non-abrasive (as seen on the label - it actually is somewhat abrasive) is a secret when polishing up scratched headlights.
So, why not!
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You can also use the toothpaste for restoring headlight buckets when they become " cloudy " back to near new clear. Tip, the whitening toothpastes have better abrasives.
 
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