text: what's the best way to clean billiard balls?   try this, lay out a towel folded length-wise in half, place about 4, maybe five balls in the middle, spray with pledge or something similar, carefully wrap up the balls, like a tootsie roll, grasping the ends of the towel, then shake, like length-wise, the ball polish themselves while traveling back and forth in the towel. put more in there as you get used to it, careful to fully wrap them inside so nothing flies out. gl.