Scratches on lawn woods

[gloverc]

Please can someone give me some advice how to remove the Scratches on lawn woods ?
:confused:

Thanks

[keith]

Evening Gloverc,

My 'Blue' woods are covered in marks & scratches during the season, I normally have a clean up at the end of each season and a couple of times during.

Chips etc are obviously permanent but found Henselite tips helpful as below;

Best of Luck:)

Q. What do I do if my bowls are in contact with sand or grit?
A. To avoid the abrasive effect of sand or grit, wipe your bowls with a Henselite Polishing Cloth or Sleeve before placing them in your case or bag. Ensure that the bottom of your bowls case or bag is free of sand or grit.
Q. How do I retain the shine on my bowls?
A. Regularly polish your bowls with Grippo using a Henselite Polishing Cloth or Sleeve to keep that ‘new bowl’ sheen. If too much polish accumulates on your bowls, wash the bowls in hot water with soap or mild detergent (such as dishwashing liquid) then dry and polish as usual.
Q. Light scratch marks have appeared on the running surface of my bowls. Is this normal?
A. New, highly polished bowls will always show slight scratch marks on the running surface after use. These marks in no way affect the performance of the bowl or indicate a problem with the bowl. They may usually be polished out using Grippo and a Henselite Polishing Cloth or Sleeve or lightly rubbed with fine steel wool and then polished as usual.
Q. I can’t polish some scratches out. Will this affect the performance of my bowls?
A. Some greens may be "top-dressed" with a sharp, abrasive, granite-type sand. This may cause bowls to scratch or wear more readily. The performance of the bowl is not affected providing the wear on the running surface is even.
Q. Will the bias of my bowls be affected by normal use?
A. The bias of a lawn bowl may be affected by wear through normal use. If you regularly use two or three bowls, rotate the four bowls in your set so that any wear is evenly distributed. This ensures your bowls remain matched for bias. We also recommend that you have your bowls re-tested every three years to check the bias still complies with World Bowls Ltd regulations.
Q. My coloured bowls have become marked, how can I clean them?
A. Coloured bowls may become marked through contact with other bowls and with the ditch. Clean your bowls gently by washing them with a mild detergent to remove these marks then polish as usual.

[Angel]

Hi Gloverec
always difficult with colored woods when they get marked, some of the newer bowls really show when they get scratches and hits,
Its all part of playing Bowls the Black Bowls don't seem to mark so much
I know because I play lead and I sometimes wonder how my Bowls survive because anytime I get them near the jack some Skip comes thundering up and whacks them off,

Angel:(

[kiwi bowler]

Hi Keith, you need to clean your bowls more often, especially after playing on artificial greens.

[keith]

Hi Kiwi Bowler,

Yes should clean them more often, do give em a bit of a rub each time on grass as use gippo!!! quite a bit of it!!!

Think bowls damage is all part of the game, but do know 1 or 2 bowlers get a bit upset when they get hammered!!!!:D

[kiwi bowler]

The Scratches on got on my old bowls were from playing on Artificial greens, not from people driving at my bowls.
I did put up a picture last year to show the damage after playing on a sand based artificial green.

[Del]

Hi Kiwi Bowler,

I remember the picture as we play a league team on artificial which gets sand blown onto it, also causes all sorts of scratches etc.

Had problems trying to get rid of them, colored bowls shows the damaged more then black bowls, black bowls just lose the shine!!!:rolleyes:

[John]

Hi All,

I have a set of Almark about 3 years old with a few nasty chips, a friend of mine thinks they can be repaired similar to car windscreen chips.

Anyone had an experience with this sort of repair??

Thanks:(

[kiwi bowler]

Hi All,

I have a set of Almark about 3 years old with a few nasty chips, a friend of mine thinks they can be repaired similar to car windscreen chips.

Anyone had an experience with this sort of repair??

Thanks:(

Yes, years ago I was on a bus trip to another club and it turned out the latch was broken on the luggage compartment. We found out because a car following us was picking up our bags of bowls, they managed to stop our bus and we got our bowls back. Some bowls were completely damaged, but mine had only one that ended up with one big chip and a damaged bag.

Anyway the bus company said they would pay all compansation.

The shop I had brought my bowls from said yes they can be repaired and sent them some where to be fixed and they worked well after that with no problems. You could see where the repair was but it didn't affect the bowl.

[John]

Thanks Kiwi Bowler,

Had a quote from my bowls shop, as a guide they said it would be about £40 (UK money) to repair 2 woods!!!

For me just not worth it as I can get a good second hand set for about £60!

Only use the woods on big swinging greens in the height of the summer and the damage docent seem to affect the woods!!

Expect I will buy a new set at the end of the summer :D

[Blondie]

Does anyone want to buy a set of Dreamline bought them from a friend and was told they were brilliant , total rubbish they are the worst bowls I have ever played with never seen such a straight line no curve a all, alright as long as there is nothing in the way,
Not sure I shall talk to my friend again going to see if she will have them back:(