Any way to clean yellowed pool balls?

[menace]

I picked up a pool table this last weekend and i noticed that the 8 ball set included is very yellowed (not cracked scratched or dented in anyway) their only drawback is that the white areas now are yellow-ey.  Anyone know of any tips tricks to return them to their whiteness or do i just toss them in favour of new ones?

[ChadTower]

Chuck 'em, it's probably nictone stains.

[Stingray]

Bonus points for having the uh, you know, to ask this question on this board.

-S

[ChadTower]

Seriously, it was so Barry Bonds to the Bay easy, I just gave him real advice.

[Goz]

Seriously, it was so Barry Bonds to the Bay easy, I just gave him real advice.

You can take them to pretty much any pool hall and they will polish your balls for a small fee $10 - $15 typically.

[ChadTower]

If it's stained into the ball itself, though, as nicotine will do, they will just be shinier yellow.

It's like pinball, just got a cool toy, replace a few parts with new ones.

[Stingray]

You can take them to pretty much any pool hall and they will polish your balls for a small fee...

...it was so Barry Bonds to the Bay easy...

-S

[SirPoonga]

You can take them to pretty much any pool hall and they will polish your balls for a small fee $10 - $15 typically.

Or for twice that get some decent new ones.

[Goz]

For $30 you can buy new balls

[Goz]

They are your balls do with them as you please. Polish them or don't.  Just please no pics 

[menace]

i purposely left pics out--such a loaded topic and you guys are too handy with photoshop for my tastes i will just get new ones.  I figured i would ask cause someone may have found that crest toothpaste and a cotton ball might do the trick--never know with you guys....

[RayB]

You can take them to pretty much any pool hall and they will polish your balls for a small fee $10 - $15 typically.

   What can I get for $50?

[ChadTower]

Well, for $15, Murray does it.

For $50, you may get a woman.

[Harry Potter]

For $0.05 you get Drew

[Goz]

For $0.05 you get Drew

If you wait long enough Tommy will pay you to let him do it. 

[Harry Potter]

For $0.05 you get Drew

If you wait long enough Tommy will pay you to let him do it. 

Drew has more experience handling balls. Tommy just wants to put them in his mouth. 

[AC.]

I saw this topic title and thought "Oh no" - ball cleaning - its gonna be a GREAT discussion.

[Ken Layton]

Wildcat Products makes an excellent pool ball cleaner. It's # PBC-15. You can use it by hand or machine.

Happ Controls stocks it as their part number 26-1263-00.

I've used this cleaner/polish myself on old nicotine stained pool balls and it works great! I do it by hand (lots of elbow grease) and use a terry cloth towel to apply it. Your balls will come out like new (pool balls that is).

Of course if you don't have this cleaner, Novus #2 plastic polish works almost as well.

Some pool halls do indeed own a ball polisher machine so it might be worth it to phone around to see if one near you has one and what they would charge you.

When I worked for Capitol Amusement we had pool leagues and tournaments. We only used the best-of-the best pool balls, Belgian first quality (around $100 a set), so it was worth it to clean & polish a set. Sure you can go out and buy a cheap set of balls, but most players can definitely tell the difference in play.

[DrewKaree]

Seriously, it was so Barry Bonds to the Bay easy, I just gave him real advice.

You can take them to pretty much any pool hall and they will polish your balls for a small fee $10 - $15 typically.

Yeah, but they always make me sit in that funny chair and I simply WILL NOT continue to let them take pictures so they can demonstrate the "Before" and "After" effect.  I mean, I KNOW what the heck they USED to look like, that's why I BROUGHT em to ya!

bos8, if you ask nice, I might let ya handle 'em.  It's a shame you don't have any to handle yourself, though.    Mebbe next time you're near your buddie's "back porch" you can give him a Sunday Surprise!



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