How to clean off dirty golf balls?

Question

Every once in a while I find some nice golf balls (while playing golf) encrusted with dirt, and mud, and other stuff I can't easily get off. Is there any secret formula I can use to clean it off, preferably overnight?

Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

Soap, water, and a brush of some sort (Toothbrush)

Answer 2

scrub them with vinegar and a tooth brush

Answer 3

i have found plenty of nice golf balls in the woods and i soaked them in bleach for about 10-15 minutes and then took a brush to them. they came out looking brand new.  

Answer 4

Put them in a bucket of water with some dish washing detergent and vinegar do it overnight then brush it off.

Answer 5

hmmmmm cocacola can do wonders.. or acid such as amonea or possibly dano..

Answer 6

Borne Ov Brutality

I have had that same question, that is a good one.

What you can do is let them soak over night.

You can use soap and water to soak or

ammonia and water

and then if there are just some little scuff marks you can get rid of them by:

just putting a little lighter fluid on a rag and wiping the scuff mark with this.  Should take the little scuff mark and make it vanish.

You could even use the lighter fluid to clean the entire ball if you wanted to.

Another secret is to use WD40, this stuff is amazing.  Spray on a rag and wipe the ball, then just have some clean soap and water to get the greasy residue off the ball from the WD40, unbelievable...

Hope that helps you out.

Make sure that you are careful using the lighter fluid with any type of flame or sparks, don't want anyone getting hurt.

Later Borne Ov Brutality

Steve

Answer 7

Put them in a bucket of water with  some dish washing detergent. Let them soak overnight. Stir the bucket for a few minutes.Pick out the ball and rub it with a damp towel. This should clean about 90 percent of the balls. Re soak the others and follow the same process. Those which do not clean up the second time need a harsher treatment.

Answer 8

I would just use soap and water. Soak them if you have to. Or maybe try putting some through the dishwasher (don't put them in with dishes because if they fly around inside they will break everything).

If you can't get them clean by soaking them in warm soapy water and wiping them with a towel, then they are probably no good anyway. If a ball has been sitting in the mud for so long that soap and water won't get it mostly clean, then its probably been weathered to the point where its not worth using.

Answer 9

Well, the place that I have golfed at before has these stand things that you stick your golf ball into (it has brushes and soapy stuff inside) and lift it up and down and it scrubs it.

If your course doesnt have that, Id imagine the manual version would help.

Get a brush (a durable one but dont spend tons of $, just like a cheap potatoe scrubber or nail scrubber). Dip the golf ball in a soapy solution (if its really bad, an acidic ingredient might help) then scrub it.

But, Im realizing this might be extensive while youre playing golf.

so I suggest a wet towel and a dry towel, and maybe after every other hole you could wipe it down and dry it, to prevent it from getting horrible, and then at the end you could actually scrub it.