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NateNice

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Hair Dryer
« on: October 01, 2006, 01:34:26 PM »
I didn't want to go to the trouble of baking a ball of mine so I decided to try something else.  I got to thinking (not always a safe thing!) and though about a hair dryer.

So, I grabbed it and let it rip on a non-track area of the ball and sure enough, oil started to come up.  I went to wipe it off using my typical ball cleaner spray (typical Windex like ball cleaner) and the residue was purplish.  I should note the ball this is being done to is a Brunswick BVP Goliath.  It is deep purple.

This leads me to believe this is the coverstock.  Does this happen?  Did the oil take on the color of the coverstock?  I don't think it was melting anything as stuff coming out of the ball was very clearly oil and after it was drawn out of an area I couldn't get that area to draw anymore.  If it was melting it would just keep melting every time, but this wasn't the case.

I'm just wondering why it was the same color as the coverstock.

Anyone familiar with this?
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dizzyfugu

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Re: Hair Dryer
« Reply #1 on: October 12, 2006, 06:37:47 AM »
It could be that it is/was a part of the coverstock component, maybe some plastic softener? I also do not think that you melted the material - but maybe it was hot enough to "split" coverstock components apart, and they were washed out by the conditioner?
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charlest

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Re: Hair Dryer
« Reply #2 on: October 12, 2006, 07:39:13 AM »
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... thinking  ... about a hair dryer.

So, I grabbed it and let it rip on a non-track area of the ball and sure enough, oil started to come up.  I went to wipe it off using my typical ball cleaner spray (typical Windex like ball cleaner) and the residue was purplish.  I should note the ball this is being done to is a Brunswick BVP Goliath.  It is deep purple.

This leads me to believe this is the coverstock.  Does this happen?  Did the oil take on the color of the coverstock?  I don't think it was melting anything as stuff coming out of the ball was very clearly oil and after it was drawn out of an area I couldn't get that area to draw anymore.  If it was melting it would just keep melting every time, but this wasn't the case.

I'm just wondering why it was the same color as the coverstock.

Anyone familiar with this?


THEORETICALLY, if the heat applied is in the range of or greater than 150 degrees fahrenheit, then what is coming out includes resin. It could also be oil than was absorbed.

The device some pro shops have called a Rejuvenator (and other names) is a thermostatically controlled heating device with an auotmatic rotator. It shuts off just before the inside temperature reaches 150 degrees, THEORETICALLY to prevent resin from being drawn out. So the device or oven cycles on an off.

For the above reason, trunks in the Summer and heating devices, like hair driers, and home ovens are a BAD, BAD idea.
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