Using your own balls

[snookerfan91]

What are the pros and cons of doing this?

[cueman]

The pros outweigh the cons. Playing with your own set you can look after them, polish them when needed, they are all the same weight and size etc, just makes the game more pleasureable.

The only real downside is having to carry them around, they aren't light or easy to transport around and you might look like a bit of a **** with your own set of balls but I am anyway so I don't care!!!

[Harv]

Whats the best way of cleaning the balls? especially to get chalk marks of the white...

I use my own balls

[Watford]

Whats the best way of cleaning the balls? especially to get chalk marks of the white...

I use my own balls

Ball cleaner

You really can buy ball cleaner though.
It's probably Fairy liquid like

[Harv]

righto, im off to clean my balls...

[jaguarf1]

Whats the best way of cleaning the balls? especially to get chalk marks of the white...

I use my own balls

The first two sentences. It's a question, right?

And the last is the answer?

[inevermissblue]

Own balls!

I use my own set of Aramith Tournament Championship as they are the best. Aramith Premier are a complete waste of time as they are far too light!

In terms of polishing, Basically i don't bother anymore as its a waste of time also. I was once advised to polish the set with Mr Sheen except the cueball which was cleaned with Aramith Ball Cleaner. Well the Pro's don't play with polished sets. They are brand new sets fresh out of the box which are not polished! So whats the point? Correct me if i'm wrong but when you polish your balls, its not long before they become tacky and greasy again. Well this is because the polish will always leave a very thin film on the balls, and when handled we just redistribute it all over the ball making it sticky to the touch.

The ONLY solution to this is to De-grease your entire sets in warm water and cleaning them using wait for it...Cif lemon. Bizarrly it smells remarkably like Aramith ball cleaner too! Then simply rinse them and dry them with a clean towel(NOT A DUSTER). You will find that they stay cleaner for longer and will never become sticky. I usually find that they are good for weeks until i feel the need to clean them again and this is probably more to do with my OCD than anything else!!!:snooker: :snooker: :snooker:

[snookerfan91]

Whats the best way of cleaning the balls? especially to get chalk marks of the white...

I use my own balls

Warm water and soap - its only chalk marks

[knox]

Aramith Tournament Championship as they are the best. Aramith Premier are a complete waste of time as they are far too light

Really? i just assumed they were all the same weight being from 1 company.. and that it was more the life of the balls (last longer) that made the difference, not the actual specs! i always hate playing with standard club balls, cause they feel 'air-ey' lol or too light, as u put it. while the tournament aramith one feels a lot better.. in general, its more the cue ball i need to feel solid..

[snookerfan91]

I use my own set of Aramith Tournament Championship as they are the best. Aramith Premier are a complete waste of time as they are far too light!

In terms of polishing, Basically i don't bother anymore as its a waste of time also. I was once advised to polish the set with Mr Sheen except the cueball which was cleaned with Aramith Ball Cleaner. Well the Pro's don't play with polished sets. They are brand new sets fresh out of the box which are not polished! So whats the point? Correct me if i'm wrong but when you polish your balls, its not long before they become tacky and greasy again. Well this is because the polish will always leave a very thin film on the balls, and when handled we just redistribute it all over the ball making it sticky to the touch.

The ONLY solution to this is to De-grease your entire sets in warm water and cleaning them using wait for it...Cif lemon. Bizarrly it smells remarkably like Aramith ball cleaner too! Then simply rinse them and dry them with a clean towel(NOT A DUSTER). You will find that they stay cleaner for longer and will never become sticky. I usually find that they are good for weeks until i feel the need to clean them again and this is probably more to do with my OCD than anything else!!!:snooker: :snooker: :snooker:

So that is what kind of balls I want if I want to use my own?

[lfostersbrother]

using your own snooker balls

if using your own balls would make you a better snooker player then everyone would have stumbled across this at some point. i mean i use my own balls that i've had for ten years. no real reason for buying them they were just cheap at the time, but i do think that the balls you use at the snooker halls are slightly unballanced and therefore could cost you more misses than you anticipate, and also i feel you get a lot less kicks from the aramiths than the usual balls. so all in all they don't make that much of a difference probably more phycological, just like the game is - phycological, don't you just love to hate it!!

[stephen povey]

Just a little fairy liquid in a bowl rinse in warm water dry with a clean tea towel.. thats what i used to do in a club in Bedford i ran.

[Freddie Ng]

Is it possible to get the cue ball shine/clean like the first time been use ??