OK, get your minds out of the gutter--no this isn't in the wrong forum!
I've lived across from a golf course for several years now, and have a habit of collecting wayward balls from lawns and farm fields nearby. I can't stand golf myself, but am to the point where I've got so many of these things, I've got to start giving them away to friends and family.
Now many of these, especially if I got them from the farm field, are quite grungy looking. So how does a washer guy clean these up before giving them away?? You guessed it!!
Started out with slow agitation, then had the idea to throw in 3 bath sized car towels/rags. I think they were the key to cleaning out all of the hundreds of dimples on the balls. I decided to try fast agitation, just to see how violent it might be, and it really wasn't too bad, so I never went back. Normal agitation actually seemed a little quieter, too. I alternated some soak time in between about 20 minutes total wash agitation.
Anyway, this is the finished product, after I removed the towels. They cleaned up great, and about the only spots I found on any of them were permanent scuff marks.
Ironically, I got this idea from my aunt... When I was a kid, she had a large garden, and she would wash her potatoes in her washer. I was snooping in their basement one time and opened her washer to find clean potatoes. Of course I had to ask her about it!
I've lived across from a golf course for several years now, and have a habit of collecting wayward balls from lawns and farm fields nearby. I can't stand golf myself, but am to the point where I've got so many of these things, I've got to start giving them away to friends and family.
Now many of these, especially if I got them from the farm field, are quite grungy looking. So how does a washer guy clean these up before giving them away?? You guessed it!!
Started out with slow agitation, then had the idea to throw in 3 bath sized car towels/rags. I think they were the key to cleaning out all of the hundreds of dimples on the balls. I decided to try fast agitation, just to see how violent it might be, and it really wasn't too bad, so I never went back. Normal agitation actually seemed a little quieter, too. I alternated some soak time in between about 20 minutes total wash agitation.
Anyway, this is the finished product, after I removed the towels. They cleaned up great, and about the only spots I found on any of them were permanent scuff marks.
Ironically, I got this idea from my aunt... When I was a kid, she had a large garden, and she would wash her potatoes in her washer. I was snooping in their basement one time and opened her washer to find clean potatoes. Of course I had to ask her about it!
