Snooker Balls. polishing.

[Watford]

Right I've got the team match set at home.
Can anyone give me a good reason not to use Cif before I give it a go?

[Mike P]

This should get the balls clean and not set you back too much in cost. Notice that there are 2 buckets. When the balls are nearing the end of their cycle, you can hold a cloth on top of the balls to help buff them.

I apologise for the size of the pictures. If some one can tell me how to make them smaller(for the next time), I would appreciate it.

Mike

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@inevermissblue

do you use the "normal" cif bathroom cleaner or cif power cream?

[inevermissblue]

@inevermissblue

do you use the "normal" cif bathroom cleaner or cif power cream?

It is the Cif bathroom cleaner. The cream not the spray. Just 3 or 4 drops onto an already rinsed cloth should do the whole set. Then rinse then thouroughly and buff with a microfibre cloth(i think you can buy them almost anywhere now). Remember, no polish! just buff them dry!

[inevermissblue]

This should get the balls clean and not set you back too much in cost. Notice that there are 2 buckets. When the balls are nearing the end of their cycle, you can hold a cloth on top of the balls to help buff them.

I apologise for the size of the pictures. If some one can tell me how to make them smaller(for the next time), I would appreciate it.

Mike

As great as this looks Mike, i'd be very reluctant to use it because the balls would be colliding with eachother at high speed causing lots of friction. Bad! If they were individually buffed that would be great!

[inevermissblue]

New discovery!

Hi there again. Since recommending using just the Cif cleaner to de-grease the balls and just buff dry. I have been experimenting with the aramith ball cleaner on my entire TC set. The difference is vast, but when you consider that i purchased the aramith ball cleaner to clean/polish the ball sets i thought it was necessary to do just that. However, these bottles of aramith cost around £10 per bottle and only hold 125ml.

I have been trying to get the correct info regarding the process that World Snooker perform in terms of the cleaning and preparation their Match balls receive prior to matches, because surely they dont just use brand new sets all the time??? Even if this is the case, Somebody needs to inform the rest of us what exactly is the correct thing to do in order to try and recreate those playing conditions.

So what ive been doing is looking on ebay for a cheaper substitute, and i have found it! The Car enthusiasts among us will be aware of a polish called "Autoglym". Well i tried it and it does exactly the same thing that Aramith does. It cost me just £6.50 + free p+p for a 500ml bottle. One drop per ball and just buffed to perfection. I used my TC set for the first time with this Autoglym the other day and i had zero kicks!!! I'm not saying that i had lots before but you have to agree, this is very promising!!!

[cazmac1]

I put mine in the dishwasher and take them out as soon as the wash has finished, I then dry them of with a clean dry cloth. I like doing this in the winter as the balls retain the heat from the dishwasher and feel good to the touch on a cold night in the club.

[Slasher]

The best I have used is a 50/50 mix of 99.9% isopropyl alcohol and distilled water in a spray bottle and a clean cotton cloth.
They come out clean, shiny, grease free and I get very few kicks.

[davipp]

I have cleaned my set of snooker balls in 1/2 a bucket of warm water with 1/2 a cup of white vinegar followed by a quick polish with Aramith ball cleaner, does a brilliant job and haven't noticed any kicks.
I know another person who has used Mr Sheen and I have noticed the kicks and boy does it make the balls slippery especially when trying to respot the balls, even without gloves.

[Quackers]

When I was doing this on a regular basis (for a team I was playing in) I just put the balls in warm water for about 15 minutes (no soap at all!). Then inspected each ball and if necessary rubbed off any marks and then dried them with a towel, then buffed them with a soft cloth. They always came out shiny and clean. It used to make my hands ache though :-)
Having said that though, I suspect that if the balls had not been cleaned for months and months maybe another cleaning method may be required.

[Inverted-spin]

Cleaning balls

If you take all of the grease off the balls you will get kicks!

Try http://englishbilliards.org/kicks

[bricktip]

old thread... any new thoughts?

I'm thinking of making something that will polish the balls quickly and effectively, without doing any damage. Cleaning them one by one is a real chore.

[Jellibeen69]

here is my ball polisher for aramith balls, its for sale. any questions welcome http://www.thesnookerforum.co.uk/boa...lisher-cleaner

[jrc750]

here is my ball polisher for aramith balls, its for sale. any questions welcome http://www.thesnookerforum.co.uk/boa...lisher-cleaner

Lol after at least 7 posts we got the message, do you have a ball polishing machine for sale ???

[ADR147]

Lol after at least 7 posts we got the message, do you have a ball polishing machine for sale ???

lol jrc for moderator!