My first post, so be gentle
This is very interesting, since I just tried ball balancing for the first time.
I have to say that it really does work and is worth the time it takes. I played a round the other day using balanced balls and my putting was outstanding. I made 4 putts of 12 feet or more and an additional 6 of 5+ feet. I also burned the edge on several others. In general, I noticed a big difference in my putting.
I used a different method to perform the balance, however. (taken from Tom Wishon's Search for the Perfect Golf Club). Take 2 cups of hot water and mix in 1 cup of Epson Salts and a drop of dishsoap. Submerge a golf ball in the solution and notice how it settles. Mark the golf ball at the top. Repeat if desired. Unless the ball is in perfect balance, it should settle at the same place. This is the lightest point of the golf ball and the heaviest point is on the other side. According to Wishon, the ball should want to spin on an axis orthogonal to the line that passes through the lightest and heaviest points on the ball.
Here's the really interesting thing. I also have that ball spin device, and my thought was to see how it compared to the density method. So I first found the lightest point using the water method, then washed and dried the ball and used the "Check & Go Golf Ball Sweet Spot Finder" as directed.
There was no correlation between the line drawn using the Sweet Spot Finder and the lightest point of the ball. I repeated this several times and found the same results.
I'm not sure what this means...Maybe my "check and go" was broken (although it seemed to work properly). I tend to trust the "dunk and float" method more than the "check and go". Plus it's a lot cheaper to buy water and epson salt then the 25 dollar device.