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| I found some bowling balls through CL: one for pennies, a green one for a painted frog, and one blue one to sit as is. I lightly washed them with dishwashing liquid, then wiped them down with rubbing alcohol, but . . . How can I make the blue one (that I want to sit out as is) more shiny? Its clean enough, but not as shiny as I hoped it would be. ~ freshair |
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| Would car wax work on bowling balls? |
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| Maybe a polishing compound? |
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- Posted by indigosunshine none (My Page) on Sun, Jan 6, 13 at 11:39
| Paste wax might work. I love bowling balls in the yard! |
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- Posted by jeannespines 4 (My Page) on Sun, Jan 6, 13 at 14:44
| Car wax was my 1st thought, too...but have never tried it! They will sparkle in your gardens! Jeanne s. |
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- Posted by freshair2townsquare 8a, D/FW (My Page) on Sun, Jan 6, 13 at 15:57
| So I tried a no-name (read: cheapest on the shelf) auto buffing/polishing compound, and it certainly seemed to help . . . a lot. I may do another couple of rounds, though, to see how shiny I can get it. I'm trying not to spend too much on this b/c they're turning into Stone Soup projects. My frog isn't so bad b/c I already had the craft paints/brushes on had. But I spent $5 on pennies and waaaay too much on glue for the penny ball. Then there's the spray polyurethane I purchased to coat the penny ball & the froggy ball. And all that is on top of the cost of the bowls themselves. I'll post an after photo when I'm done. |
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