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Title: Poll: Matte or Pearl or Partical
Post by: Pincrusher on May 05, 2007, 01:18:46 PM
Which do you prefer and why???

I only have matte balls and they are awesome. My first pearl ball will be the Black Widow Pearl. =)
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Edited on 5/5/2007 9:47 PM
Title: Re: Poll: Matte or Pearl or Partical
Post by: spinner031 on May 05, 2007, 09:30:23 PM
Matte: more reaction.  Solid/pearls are also nice.  There's always a way to compromise.

You didn't put "particle" in your poll.
Title: Re: Poll: Matte or Pearl or Partical
Post by: Pincrusher on May 05, 2007, 09:49:23 PM
I fixed it. What is the difference in a Partical and a Resin ball? Is the NV a partical??
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Title: Re: Poll: Matte or Pearl or Partical
Post by: mainzer on May 05, 2007, 10:53:20 PM
I like what ever is knocking pins down for me I have a few of each type of ball in my bags it all depends on the lane. My Favorite ball however is matte finish and it is the Hercules from MoRich great piece.

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Title: Re: Poll: Matte or Pearl or Partical
Post by: 302efi on May 06, 2007, 03:17:02 AM
quote:
TNV is a solid reactive last time I checked.


Wrong...Ron Hickland, says its pearl on Ebonites website in the TNV's videos..

http://ebonite.com/

Should we believe you or Mr Hickland ?

~LOL~
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Title: Re: Poll: Matte or Pearl or Partical
Post by: spinner031 on May 06, 2007, 08:55:43 AM
LQQK at the ball.  It should be easy to tell what type of coverstock it has.
Title: Re: Poll: Matte or Pearl or Partical
Post by: charlest on May 06, 2007, 11:05:20 AM
"Matte or Pearl or Partical"

If I might offer a little clarification ...

There are 2 basic kinds of balls: solid resin and pearlized resin.
Either can be matte (another word for "dull") or polished.

Either can have particles embedded in them. Particles sort of "convert" them into either solid particle balls or pearlized particle balls.

Basically Bowling seems to have accepted these as making 4 basic ball types:
solid resin, pearlized resin, solid (resin) particle amd pearlized (resin) particle. (When we talk about particle balls, we usually leave out the resin part becayse 99% are resin with particles embedded in them. At one point in time there were a couple of urethanes with particles in them.)

Any of those four types can be dull/matte finished or polished and polished to almost any degree.

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Title: Re: Poll: Matte or Pearl or Partical
Post by: spinner031 on May 06, 2007, 11:33:48 AM
Plus there's solid/pearl reactives coverstocks.
Title: Re: Poll: Matte or Pearl or Partical
Post by: charlest on May 06, 2007, 12:04:04 PM
quote:
Plus there's solid/pearl reactives coverstocks.


I didn't want to complicate an issue that could already be very confusing, but thanks. (There's also solid/pearl particles. )
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Title: Re: Poll: Matte or Pearl or Partical
Post by: dizzyfugu on May 06, 2007, 01:20:43 PM
...and all of them can be polished or sanded (imagine)!

After all, this is a free country.
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Edited on 5/6/2007 1:19 PM
Title: Re: Poll: Matte or Pearl or Partical
Post by: spinner031 on May 06, 2007, 07:30:38 PM
When you think of all the factors that determine a bowling ball you end up thinking for a long time:

Coverstock
Particle Load
RG minimum
RG maximum
RG differential
Symmetrical/asymmetrical
COLOR!
Pin distance
Polished/sanded
And don't get started with drilling layout possibilities.
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Title: Re: Poll: Matte or Pearl or Partical
Post by: Djarum on May 08, 2007, 08:20:42 AM
Right now I'm loving my Razor blade. Its right at 800, and is a pearl particle. This thing rolls amazingly. Second to that, I'd have to say scuffed up pearls.

Dj
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