I've been using car polish for years on all of my trackballs. (*note*-- car polish NOT car wax!)

I have tried Pledge in the past and while the results are great, they are short lived.

The car polish seems to last much longer. As a heavy gamer I only feel the need to polish my balls :lol: 2-3 times a year.

I'm not partial to any particular car polish, I just use whichever one I currently have on hand for my cars.



Here is how I do it and what you will need:

1 - bottle of car polish (not wax!).. non or light abbrasive, none of that "swirl remover" stuff

2 or 3 - dry washcloths (I find old socks work great, who doesn't have single socks in their drawer they can't pair up?)





- Make sure the ball is fairly clean. Just rubbing vigorously in a dry washcloth, sock, shirt etc is enough to remove most dirt and body oil.

- Hold the cloth in your cupped hand. (think of a homeless person asking for money)

- Put a few drops of car polish on the rag. Doesn't take much, just enough for a single light coat to end up on the ball.

- Now put the ball on the rag where you put the polish and close your hand around the rag/sock while working the ball around inside. Do this for 30 seconds or so.

- Now set the rag down with the ball inside and open up the rag to reveal the ball.

- If it doesn't look thoroughly coated do it again. If it does look coated WALK AWAY for 5-10 minutes while a thin haze appears. (If you simply wipe the polish off now you won't be polishing the ball, you MUST wait for the thin haze to appear.)

- Now put a new, clean, dry washcloth/sock in your hand and put the hazed ball in the cloth/sock, close your hand, and start working the ball again. No estimated time here, the goal is to remove all of the haze leaving behind a very smooth and slick surface.

- Odds are you haven't removed 100% of the polish haze, buff it some more with a clean portion of the sock/rag or a new one.

-DONE!



Anyone who has ever polished a car will know exactly what the outcome will be and exactly how long of a slick finish you will have. Car polish is made to help repel dirt, bugs, road grime etc.. So it's quite effective against body oil and household dust.



You can buff it throughout the coming months without the need to apply anymore polish.

Light users can get a year out of a single polish easily.





-Trackball user since '92