Cleaning Golf Balls

[adamk15]

Hi there.

I find a lot of golf balls (about 150 a year) due to the combo of a gd eye and living next to my golf club (how lucky am I?) but many are marked with permanent pen meaning I cannot sell them back to the club or even put my own markings on! I have tried nail varnish remover (recommended by a friend) but this does not work all the time (sharpies are tought to get off). So, has anyone got any other home remedies for the removal of permament pen?

Thanks. Adam.

 

[Jabba]

Someone posted the answer to this one a short while ago. Write over the marks with a permenant marker and wipe it off while still wet. I tried it and it works a treat.

 

[Leftie]

I find a lot of golf balls ......(living next to my golf club ..... meaning I cannot sell them back to the club

Are you saying what I think you are saying??? You go on to the course (not necessarily playing) to find golf balls and then want to sell them back If that's the case you should really keep quiet about it.

So, has anyone got any other home remedies for the removal of permament pen?

Fillet of a fenny snake,
In the caldron boil and bake;
Eye of newt, and toe of frog,
Wool of bat, and tongue of dog,
Adder's fork, and blind-worm's sting,
Lizard's leg, and owlet's wing,—
For a charm of powerful trouble,
Like a hell-broth boil and bubble.

Ack to Bill the Bard

 

[3offTheTee]

GIVE them to the juniors or someone who needs them.

 

[adamk15]

No Leftie the majority of the them are hit into my garden (its quite big and about 20 yards from the 6th fairway) or I find the odd few as I'm playing.

Thats a good idea 3ofthetee the next juniors I see passing will be receiving 10 balls each! Lol!

Any more advice is welcomed however because some balls are almost brand new (many pro Vs) and I dont see why my good fortune cant mean I dont have to fork out £30 for a box every 2 or 3 months.

 

[Jabba]

Your signature suggest you are a junior yourself. If so, enjoy your good fortune !

 

[adamk15]

Exactly very good point - I almost forgot...

 

[Leftie]

Adam

There's no reason why you can't use them with other people's marks on them. For additional identification, put on an extra mark of your own.

 

[viscount17]

there have been cases where ball collectors (ie selling on) were prosecuted, I think on the grounds that somehow lost balls belong to the course. (they sell a ball, it's lost and it's still theirs?)

mind you, the last case I heard of was a guy diving in the lake to recover them

 

[Parmo]

I seem to be losing more than I am finding these days, I might have to take more time looking as the stock piles is deminishing.

 

[Herbie]

If you have an easy going club and already sell to them, then lucky you.The trouble with lost golf balls that are still on the course is that they are not legally lost, so you are technically pinching them from the course that belongs ,in most cases, to the members and also these balls ,if legally purchased still belong to the purchaser.Now a lot of golfers like myself dont really care about someone finding balls and selling them on cheaply to golfers as everyone who has used lake balls for example, or bought practice balls from market stalls have used someone elses golf ball, but beware as some golfers absolutely hate it and some clubs ban the practice and one or two have been known to take action about it. My advice is keep quiet about your little enterprise and enjoy.