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Ragnar

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what's up w/ this?
« on: December 21, 2005, 04:22:51 AM »
Ok, so the house shot is now very slick from 4 to 4.  I started out last night with my Pro purple.  You could see that it was slick, but there were no visible oil rings on the ball.  Switched to a Roto particle piece and, voila, oil rings aplenty.  Why no visible rings on the purple?  I had just finished a pretty good surface cleaning and am a bit puzzled at this.
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charlest

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Re: what's up w/ this?
« Reply #1 on: December 21, 2005, 02:49:57 PM »
I'm not sure exactly why but remember that the Pro Purple and the Riot Zone had the new, more durable particle (Pro-Active) coverstock. My Riot Zone with upteen-million games on it has never even needed to be re-surfaced once. It still hooks the entire lane, almost. I rarely see oil rings on it. So why look a gift horse in the mouth? You're complaining ????
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Roy Munson

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Re: what's up w/ this?
« Reply #2 on: December 21, 2005, 03:08:52 PM »
Hmmm . . I'm not familiar with these Lane balls.
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scottie

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Re: what's up w/ this?
« Reply #3 on: December 21, 2005, 03:22:35 PM »
most likely the flare is far greater on the roto ,and therefore more of the coverstock covered the lanes making the oil more visible on the ball??
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charlest

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Re: what's up w/ this?
« Reply #4 on: December 21, 2005, 05:15:18 PM »
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most likely the flare is far greater on the roto ,and therefore more of the coverstock covered the lanes making the oil more visible on the ball??
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The same amount of oil spread over 4 or 5 rings has to be MUCH more visible if piled onto to 1-2 rings in the same spot ....UNLESS this coverstock sucks it up like the new Ebonite The One or like Dyno-Thane's Soaker coverstocks.

But, basicaly, who cares what happens to the oil if the ball with this SUPER-DURABLE coverstock continues to retain its ball reaction AND hitting power over thousands of games??
 

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