Aramith Phenolic Billiard Ball Care

Great product. Works like magic. DO NOT USE THIS ON CHEAP POLY-RESIN BALLS. IT'S FOR NICE PHENOLIC RESIN BALLS ONLY (Aramith and Brunswick Centennial). I took a set of old Brunswick Centennial balls that hadn't been properly polished for decades, to a glassy shine. Beautiful! I'm very happy with the results on my phenolic resin balls. The cleaner seems to be a gentle polishing abrasive and the restorer seems to be a more aggressive abrasive. I found that these products do not work well on cheap poly-resin balls. After polishng the cheapo 1, 2 and 3 balls, I found that my hands were stained bright orange. It's not washing off. I think I'll be stained for days. The cheap (softer resin) balls couldn't stand up to this polishing agent. The cheap balls didn't polish up to a nice shine either. I'd say, if you have cheapo balls, save your money to buy better balls instead of buying this stuff. But if you have nice phenolic resin balls, definitely get the cleaner. It's great. You won't need the restorer unless your pool balls are in rough shape and even then, it will only speed up your progress, you can probably accomplish the same shine with the cleaner alone, by putting more work into it. The restorer is convenient to have, if you need it though. Some other tips I learned for people who own the automatic electric ball polishing machines: 1. Don't put the restorer solution into a electric polishing machine. It's too aggressive for that and can damage the balls. Use the restorer by hand, when necessary only. 2. Some people dilute the cleaner with 90% rubbing alcohol in a 1:10 ratio and put it in a spray bottle, when they use it with their electric polishing machines. Shake well, spray it on the balls, toss them in the machine.

Product just as described, quick shipping. Used for the first time a few days ago. Works great.

I play everyday and my 9 year old set of Aramith TV balls looked it. I've tried to keep them clean but they never looked new. The shine was just not there. So I finally tried Aramith Phenolic Billiard Ball Care. I put a few drops on a paper towel, which is enough to coat several balls. A little goes a long way. Then I coat a few, use a second towel to polish each one, then a third to buff with and they not only look better, like jewels on my table, they roll cleaner and I actually have to reduce the amount of english I put on my cue ball to draw it. This is the stuff. Get some. Remember, this is only for phenolic balls so I have no idea what it will do to for lower quality billiard balls.

My old balls were yellow and appeared unhealthy... It was embarrassing... While this product couldn't save them. People now comment about how shiny my new ones are... As for the product, time will tell as they age and I and others play with them... PS: this is the most fun, I have done giving review in while. LOL

Works great

Excellent product! Highly recommended!

This is the right product to clean and polish your pool ball set. It only takes a few drops so this may be a life time supply. It takes some elbow grease but it made a noticeable difference (when before and after side by side comparisons were made) on my set of “Belgium” balls. My set is twenty plus years old but lightly used. This product is an excellent value.

We bought a new-to-us pool table off Marketplace and it came with a set of Aramith Premium balls. The whole setup was approximately 10 years old and the "white" parts of balls looked very yellow, cue ball had many scuffs and chalk stains, and all balls had numerous contact spots from hard hits by other balls. Wanted to try to turn back the clock on the ball set, so after a lot of contemplation, bought this cleaner and restorer combo. I did not have high hopes as I figured the yellowing was just a natural part of aging of pure phenolic balls...but this set did the TRICK! [cleaned (L) and uncleaned (R) balls in a pic taken with very warm light]. It took a little bit of time (like 2-3 mins per ball) of just rubbing the fluid against the surface of the ball (wear nitrile/latex gloves!) to get the job done. The white fluid turned pretty yellow as I rubbed it in, indicating it was pulling off that outer layer of "yuck" that had accumulated on the balls. Restorer had a courser "grit" to it, like a polish, and then the cleaner put a real shine on every ball. Only the cue ball still shows a few spots on it after a lot of work - but I bought a new Aramith cue ball with the red dots on it, so no big deal. I actually messed up and did the cleaner first (should have read the directions) and it did the bulk of the work - I suspect that unless you have really old balls, most people could do with just buying the cleaner. Honestly, our balls were looking bad, but I'd say they look brand new again! I spent way too long second-guessing whether to buy this stuff, so if the appearance of your pure phenolic balls is important to you, I highly recommend this set!

Estupendo producto para limpiar las bolas

Not a magic formula… needs some effort. Our billiard balls had been neglected.

Ein billiges Brillenputztuch geht genauso gut. Viel zu teuer, kaum Erfolg.

Producto de excelente calidad

Both clean aramith pool/snooker balls really well. I think the restorer works best for cueballs and can be applied directly onto deep chalk marks, rubbing the product in with a cloth. I use the cleaner for the other balls and dilute it with a bit of water to use in a spray bottle. This is the most effective way I’ve found as it means you don’t over apply the product, which can be quite easy to do, generally marks on coloured balls are minimal compared with the white. I would finally buff them with a dry piece of kitchen roll to ensure that none of the product is left on the balls - which is important. Overall great quality and would recommend them to anyone who either owns a pub/club or has a table at home.