Are there best practices when it comes to cleaning Go playing equipment?

Especially when it comes to equipment in clubs: how should it be cleaned, how often should it be cleaned and so on. Is there a difference in procedure when it comes Go boards made from varnished solid wood and particleboard(?) with veneer? What about glass and Ing stones?

Stones are easy: mild soap (not detergent) and warm water in plastic tubs. Rinse and rinse and rinse, Spread on towels to dry. You can't hurt glass, shell, slate, or plastic stones with just mild soapand gentle agitation. Some folks like to clean their super cool or expensive sets one stone at a time. I'd let the owners of those sets clean their own damn stones.

Club bowls are usually plastic and some can even go through the dishwasher on the top rack. Wooden bowls require much more care. You don't want to damage the wax or clear coat so a damp soft rag is where you start. Difficult dirt can be removed with a wax and soft cloth but rubbing too hard can remove the base finish.

Cheap boards just use a soft damp cloth, maybe a tiny bit of the gentlest spray cleaner applied to the damp cloth, not to the board. More precious boards require more care. Baduk.club sells "monkey wax" and you can get 100% carnuba, 100% bees wax, or blends from woodworker supplies. Do not use grocery store furniture cleaners or spray waxes.

Club equipment should be cleaned maybe every 50-100 games? That's about what I do for my stuff. But club equipment is often mistreated and disrespected so maybe more often. Depends on your memebers's propensity for slobishness and your desire to maintain appearance or wishes to remain hygeinic during cold/flu season. If you notice someone who is sick and should have stayed home, you might wish to grab those stones and set them aside till they can be properly cleaned.

ow many club sets are your responsible for?

There are at least six sets on site (probably more but I don't remember, I have to go there and check), then there are more in storage.



I'm thinking that four games, twice a week is 400 games per year but if the 6-7 sets are all used equally then you only need to do this once a year if the benchmark is to clean every 50-100 games.

In my experience it is mostly the stones that are troublesome. If you wash them then you need to have time to dry them. I wonder if one could get away with wiping them down? I remember that especially one time that I washed the glass stones and it took more than 24 hours for them to dry. The surface texture and the shape of the stones made it difficult to get the water off the stones, especially the black stones.

Maybe wiping the stones is activity that children could do more frequently to build character? Also they lick the stones.

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Well, I live in a desert and my stones dry quickly in the sun on a towel. A hair dryer helps or just a simple fan to move some air. In this clip, 00:50-01:10, I dumped the wet stones onto a towel, spread them out, waited five minutes, rolled them up in the towel, and spread them out again.

https://youtu.be/Y-Th0d7spew?si=wTwozY3j_y4WNw1S