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Brandon Riley

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When is Brunswick gonna put out an Epoxy??
« on: September 28, 2005, 12:00:19 PM »
I am waiting for Brunswick to put out an Epoxy ball.  Columbia has.  Storm has.  same as Legends/Lanemasters.  And I have heard that Track, AMF have balls on the way.  Just wondering from you experts when the Big B is gonna use this new coverstock???
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a_ak57

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Re: When is Brunswick gonna put out an Epoxy??
« Reply #1 on: September 28, 2005, 08:03:30 PM »
Storm and Legends have?  I never heard anything about that...
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Re: When is Brunswick gonna put out an Epoxy??
« Reply #2 on: September 28, 2005, 08:06:02 PM »
Really?  THe stormers had always said it was just reactive...
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Re: When is Brunswick gonna put out an Epoxy??
« Reply #3 on: September 28, 2005, 08:06:37 PM »
legends hasn't, and storm's paradigm is a new version of reactive.
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Re: When is Brunswick gonna put out an Epoxy??
« Reply #4 on: September 28, 2005, 08:08:35 PM »
Uh...Catalyst is epoxy.  Not resin.  Completely different base formulas.  And I just found this thread (which is why I thought it was resin)...

http://www.ballreviews.com/Forum/Replies.asp?TopicID=97619&ForumID=13&CategoryID=2
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Re: When is Brunswick gonna put out an Epoxy??
« Reply #5 on: September 28, 2005, 08:10:05 PM »
nah, just a "finer resin" said by some storm guy that came in a pro shop a couple weeks ago.
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Re: When is Brunswick gonna put out an Epoxy??
« Reply #6 on: September 28, 2005, 08:17:54 PM »
Epoxy it's what they use to plug balls with.  They add plasticizers to get the ball to do reactionwise on the lane and add the plasticizers while the epoxy is chemically reacting/heating.
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Re: When is Brunswick gonna put out an Epoxy??
« Reply #7 on: September 28, 2005, 08:50:17 PM »
Hopefully never.  From what Ive seen the EPX sux.  
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Re: When is Brunswick gonna put out an Epoxy??
« Reply #8 on: September 28, 2005, 11:39:43 PM »
Hey jason i heard art oliver loved his in Toronto! LMAO
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Re: When is Brunswick gonna put out an Epoxy??
« Reply #9 on: September 28, 2005, 11:41:48 PM »
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Epoxy it's what they use to plug balls with.  They add plasticizers to get the ball to do reactionwise on the lane and add the plasticizers while the epoxy is chemically reacting/heating.
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Epoxy is also a universal adhesive used for a HUGE amount of tasks. I use it all the time for making golf clubs, it is one of the strongest adhesives out there. Used in industrial work to replace bolts on a regular basis nowadays.
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Re: When is Brunswick gonna put out an Epoxy??
« Reply #10 on: September 28, 2005, 11:46:56 PM »
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Hey jason i heard art oliver loved his in Toronto! LMAO
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I was watching the labour day tournament (at bowlerama west) and it 'seemed' like the Power Drive and Dr. Jekyll gave him more room.  They definitely had a great move at the breakpoint.  The EPX was definitely a strong hooking and even arcing ball, but the hit just didn't seem to be 'up there' with other balls.
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Re: When is Brunswick gonna put out an Epoxy??
« Reply #11 on: September 28, 2005, 11:56:41 PM »
I was told that the legends ball was called "masterpiece".  I haven't looked into it myself though.  The point of an epoxy coverstock is to hook for like 1000 games, while most equipment dies out and becomes weaker...At least thats how I see it...otherwise it would just be another particle ball.
I saw a paradigm.  Looks awfully shiny in box condition...and if it stays alive for as long as those coverstocks are supposed to, I might have to go buy one!
WEll I guess we'll just have to see what happens.  Im still a bit skeptical about hte new coverstock...but if it works, it could very well revolutionize bowling!!
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Re: When is Brunswick gonna put out an Epoxy??
« Reply #12 on: September 28, 2005, 11:57:43 PM »
i wasn't there dino but brad and daniel told me that he was complaining abit lol.
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Re: When is Brunswick gonna put out an Epoxy??
« Reply #13 on: September 29, 2005, 01:56:11 AM »
I think the Epoxy coverstock will stay in Track/AMFs hands for a while, for legal reasons. But others, like Storm, are jumping on the hype wagon, naming their coverstock similarly. I guess we will see a lot of X's appearing on tweaked but well-known coverstocks in the near future.
And that's O.K., since it is marketing. You pay for an undrilled EPX a whopping EUR 250,- around here (which is $300,-, that's Elite ball level...), so many manufacturers will go for the extra money they can make with this new (and dubious) performance and price level. Just look at the Paradigm... and I think many more are still to come.
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Re: When is Brunswick gonna put out an Epoxy??
« Reply #14 on: September 29, 2005, 02:28:51 AM »
Bleh.
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