Reviving Old Balls!

[woulax23]

Alright so i did a search and could not find any threads on this, and i am not even sure if i am postign this in the right place, but here we go. So i don't know how many balls i end up tossing away because they have lost their "rubberyness" (definitely not a word). I don't know if it is a problem for the rest of the lax world but after my balls start to get pretty old they often form a hard, slick coating over them, which usually affects my shooting because the ball comes out differently when it does not grip the mesh well. I was sitting in my room a few minutes ago and i thought to myself "there must be the same rubebr still underneath that coating of slick stuff." So i went to my gararge and took some sandpaper to the outside of the ball for like five minutes. By the time i was done it looked and felt like a new ball! :roll: i have not gotten any real chance to shoot or throw with it (i will probably repost when i do), but i am stoked to have found a way to keep these old balls in tact. Anyways i don't even know if the rest of you have the same problem, i might be wierd about the balls i use to practice shooting, but if you do have this problem just sand it down a little. I hope this helps some people, and if not, i am just stoked that i figured this out and i needed to tell someone.

[tiplax]

i think there has been a thread on this but, what you did sounds like a good idea, i'll have to try that

[goalie1215]

an even better way is to put them into a pool. the chlorine makes them grippy without losing a layer. :agree:

[justlaxin484]

that is a good idea. ive noticed that too, when my lacrosse balls have been sitting outside for awhile they start to get hard and slippery like. now if i hadnt lost my last one last night i would try this.

[RockStar]

Soap and water, plus a scrub brush also works pretty well.

[lax1191]

Wouldn't sanding it down make it too light??? If not than great idea!

[woulax23]

Sanding it only takes off a very thin top layer. I mean i am not saying to do it to your team's game balls, but you can not notice a difference in weight or anything. It is like the equivalent of rubbing a pencil eraser across a page once or twice. I would not have thought of the chlorine in the pool though, maybe i wil try both and see which i like better.

[AUSTINREF]

Fill your bath tub with hot water, some clothes detergent, and some bleach. Let them soak for a while. Then scrub and rinse them. I was able to bring most of my practice balls back to life. Some were even clean enough to rotate back to game balls.

[PBlax]

an even better way is to put them into a pool. the chlorine makes them grippy without losing a layer. :agree:


thats actually true.

My pool is kinda close to my goal so every now and then when i hit the cross bar and the rocket up in the air and land in my pool ill let them sit there for a day and take em out they'll be just like new

[The Laxer]

gotta love the name of this thread

[middie4life]

OO thanks for the pool thing. I went to the woods of the highschool were they play LAX and found tones of balls now i just need some way to make em new and thats a good way to :worship:

[gigo567]

As mentioned already you can also get grip back using chlorine. I started a thread about it a while back.

[Viperlaxer132]

http://lacrosseforums.com/showthread.php?t=42599&highlight=making+balls

i'll have to try the chlorine thing though

[dragonlax]

im trying the pool thing now and am about to get them out.

[Jmalins23]

i did the chlorine thing, i left the ball in like the chlorinater thing over night with all the chlorine and it did nothing