Cleanning the balls?

Question

whats the best way to clean pool balls if you don,t have a auto cleaner

Answer 1

here is my repost johnny, hope u make 1, and let me know what ur coustmers think, best $25 ull ever spend, it will polish them alot faster and alot better than by hand. i can also send some pics to people who want to see the 1 i built. [e-mail], label ur headder ball cleaner, so i dont think its spam, and ill give u the measurments of my cuts.  i always wanted to have a cueball cleaner, but no way way i was going 2 pay $600 for 1. so i made my own, and you can to for about $25. very easy to make, and polishes the balls in a couple minutes, to where my friend came over who is an avid player, and they were so slick he kept dropping them lol because he wasnt used to slick clean balls.(don't take that the wrong way lol)  but i took a couple 1/8 th " boards that were laying around, and cut the top off a 5 gallon bucket, put the cut edge down to the board, and liquid nailed it. im not sure of exact cut, of the bucket top, but i can check, if anyone wants to know, but i figured after the cut out top bucket ring was liquid nailed to the board, and the carpet piece liquid nailed to the floor of it, where the balls sit up above the ring about 1/4th" and i also cut out strips of rug, to line the inside of the bucket lid, and liquid nailed them on. then i took my other board and made it a circle, where when sit on top of the bucket lid, it would overhang, all around the lid at least an inch or 1 1/2", all the way around, then you liquid nail carpet to the round board(which i had reound toilet seat cover sitting atound that i used lol). ok now were to the $20 cost of the device. i got as a xmas present a car poloisher, which sat in my closet unopened for 3 years. i took the clothlike towel thingy that comes off easially to replace. so take that off, and there is about a 6 ot 8" kinda soft kinda hard 1" thick foam disk, make sure you center that to you cutout round thin board, draw a circle, around it on the board, and clean the pad, and the board, then liquid nail it together, and let it dry, and the next day you have a ball polisher:) 1st go around, just spread liquid car wax, aounds the carpet, and on the carpeted sidewalls, and some on the lid carpet. from then on i just squrit about 1/2 cup around the bottom carpet, and toss the balls in, an flip the switch, and they polish away. all u got 2do is hold the polisher center, of the bucket lid, no pressure, and let it do its thing, for a couple minutes. you can see the balls spinning around from the side, as there sticking up about 1/4th" take the balls out, i usually set them in a ball tray for about 5 to 10 min, to let them dry, and wipe them off with paper towles. and you will barelly be able to hold on to them, and you can actually turn bar table mudballs into very clean slick, balls, and you can draw the cueball much easier, with less amount of force, esp on bar tables. when putting in the sidewall carpet, make sure you dont overlap the bucket lid, with the carpet, leave about 1/4" inch down, so the machine will run smoothly, and the balls wont be touching there anyway. good luck, any questions just ask. feel free to build 1, but i do have a patent on it! so donot market it. reason im sharing, is that i would love to see bar owners, build 1, and i bet their coustmers will be very very happy with the results, and will play more. also all the home tables. be careful cutting the lid of the bucket off, and draw a line around it 1st, so u get a decentlly even cut, make sure you glue the cut edge to the board. send me pics of yours if u build 1, would love to see them, and let me know how much of a difference it makes:)  bone

Answer 2

I am not sure about 409, sometimes it dulls shiny surfaces, I would just go, a little dish soap, and then dry them and buff them a bit, with a cloth for shining surfaces, that's all I would do!

Answer 3

dishwasher

Answer 4

When i owned a bar with 2 pool tables I used regular ball polishing wax from my pool supply house.

Answer 5

believe it or not whiting toothpaste with baking soda does a good job at getting tough chalk marks.  just make sure the the  toothbrush you use is old or belongs to someone  to don't like.

Answer 6

Wait for Bone to tell you how to make one for $25  I was hoping he could repost it I missed it the other day

If not 409 and a bar towel