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Title: When is Brunswick gonna put out an Epoxy??
Post by: Brandon Riley 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???
Title: Re: When is Brunswick gonna put out an Epoxy??
Post by: a_ak57 on September 28, 2005, 08:03:30 PM: Storm and Legends have? I never heard anything about that...
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- Andy
Title: Re: When is Brunswick gonna put out an Epoxy??
Post by: a_ak57 on September 28, 2005, 08:06:02 PM: Really? THe stormers had always said it was just reactive...
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- Andy
Title: Re: When is Brunswick gonna put out an Epoxy??
Post by: Iketown300 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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Ike Brownfield
PBA 05-06
Title: Re: When is Brunswick gonna put out an Epoxy??
Post by: a_ak57 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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- Andy
Title: Re: When is Brunswick gonna put out an Epoxy??
Post by: Iketown300 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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Ike Brownfield
PBA 05-06
Title: Re: When is Brunswick gonna put out an Epoxy??
Post by: Iketown300 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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Ike Brownfield
PBA 05-06
Title: Re: When is Brunswick gonna put out an Epoxy??
Post by: Jason Kovack on September 28, 2005, 08:50:17 PM: Hopefully never. From what Ive seen the EPX sux.
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Jason Kovack
Team Canada
Brunswick Amateur Staff

Edited on 9/28/2005 8:44 PM
Title: Re: When is Brunswick gonna put out an Epoxy??
Post by: TheDude on September 28, 2005, 11:39:43 PM: Hey jason i heard art oliver loved his in Toronto! LMAO
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Timothy @Juniors Pro-Shop
Staff Writer 7-10 Split Magazine,EGO Communications
Montreal, Quebec.
Title: Re: When is Brunswick gonna put out an Epoxy??
Post by: stanski on September 28, 2005, 11:41:48 PM: quote:
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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Ike Brownfield
PBA 05-06

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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stanski
Title: Re: When is Brunswick gonna put out an Epoxy??
Post by: icetink on September 28, 2005, 11:46:56 PM: quote:
Hey jason i heard art oliver loved his in Toronto! LMAO
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Timothy @Juniors Pro-Shop
Staff Writer 7-10 Split Magazine,EGO Communications
Montreal, Quebec.

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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Dino
Evolutionary. Revolutionary.
Track
Title: Re: When is Brunswick gonna put out an Epoxy??
Post by: Brandon Riley 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!!
Title: Re: When is Brunswick gonna put out an Epoxy??
Post by: TheDude 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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Timothy @Juniors Pro-Shop
Staff Writer 7-10 Split Magazine,EGO Communications
Montreal, Quebec.
Title: Re: When is Brunswick gonna put out an Epoxy??
Post by: dizzyfugu 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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Title: Re: When is Brunswick gonna put out an Epoxy??
Post by: BrunsNick on September 29, 2005, 02:28:51 AM: Bleh.
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Nick Smith ... A.K.A. Les Badderâ„¢
Brunswick -=- PBA 03-05
Â¡Viva la naciÃ³n de Brunswick!
Title: Re: When is Brunswick gonna put out an Epoxy??
Post by: Jason Kovack on September 29, 2005, 08:32:57 AM: Hey Tim lol
Yeah Art was not too impressed with it at Labour Day. I bowled with him this past weekend and he said it was getting better but needed a specific condition. I told him to save it for the short pattern at Team Trials. lol Then I SMOKED him with my Smokin Inferno. BOOO YAAAA!!!
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Jason Kovack
Team Canada
Brunswick Amateur Staff
Title: Re: When is Brunswick gonna put out an Epoxy??
Post by: Mr Bass on September 29, 2005, 08:15:32 PM: Way to go Jason
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"Yeah but the Brunswick ones get all ten though" -Brad Angelo
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Title: Re: When is Brunswick gonna put out an Epoxy??
Post by: shelley on October 04, 2005, 08:37:56 AM: quote:
Let's see if I can answer tehse questions...

Why would Brunswick want to put out a ball comparable to the EPX? How many positive posts have there been pertaining to this bowling ball?

Good points. Let me add that every third post about any new ball begins with "who needs that much hook?" and that the epoxy ball is a "hook monster" that no one in the history of bowling could ever hope to use without it burning up at the arrows, if not before.

SH