BallReviews
General Category => Miscellaneous => Topic started by: earlyrolling on August 01, 2018, 05:27:38 AM
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I had some bowling balls all stored in the same spot in my bedroom, all were in bowling ball bags. I had not used them in a few months or rotated them inside their bags.
I have 3 three-ball totes (wheeled) and one 2-ball carry tote.
I went through the balls today and found that 2 of them had cracked. What I noticed (and maybe it is just a coincidence) was that the cracked balls were both in bags that had a clear, see-through top.
The other bags I have (no see-through top) also had tops that were pretty thick since the top area (non-detachable) had storage space (for shoes, etc) in that space. No balls in these bags were cracked.
I was wondering if see-through type bags provide less insulation and are thus less adept at maintaining a more stable temperature inside the bag?
Thoughts?
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I have never owned a tote bag with the clear plastic top and because of your post I will never purchase one. Sorry for your bad luck, but thanks for letting us know.
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If I had to guess I would say the issue is more no rotation than the temperature change inside your bedroom. Either a coincidence only cracked in see through or perhaps balls you stored in it more prone to cracking or it could be a matter of less insulation not to temperature but to the weight of the balls. I store my urethane and plastic in see through totes in my garage (totes not on concrete directly) where it often gets over 100 degrees (but never cold) for over a year now with no issues but religious about rotating the balls twice a month as well as throwing all of them occasionally.
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I also wouldn't place the fault on the tote.
I've had no issue with leaving balls in a tote bag. I try to not let balls sit for more than a month. If I don't have a tournament in the near future I'll at least take the ones that have been sitting if I go to practice
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Agreed, I make sure to rotate my equipment every 3-4 weeks; What their stores in IMO isn’t as important, assuming you have them placed in something insulated.
I also keep mines in plastic bags in clear ball totes, with not a single crack. Just my .002 cents.
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If I had to guess I would say the issue is more no rotation than the temperature change inside your bedroom. Either a coincidence only cracked in see through or perhaps balls you stored in it more prone to cracking or it could be a matter of less insulation not to temperature but to the weight of the balls. I store my urethane and plastic in see through totes in my garage (totes not on concrete directly) where it often gets over 100 degrees (but never cold) for over a year now with no issues but religious about rotating the balls twice a month as well as throwing all of them occasionally.
Whereas I don't rotate any of my balls, and i Have yet to have one crack.
Due to an ongoing injury, I haven't bowled or touched a ball in 18 months.
I have 3 balls in my office sitting on ball cups. None rotated, not one has cracked.
I have 4 more balls sitting in a Storm 4 ball Rolling Thunder carrier; both compartments are open to the air, haven't rotated one ball. None of the 4 cracked.
In my basement, Humidity varies from 50% to 70%; temp varies from 58 degrees to 69 degrees.
I have 6 balls sitting on a carpet, on a cement floor in the basement. None rotated; not one has cracked.
I also have 8 more balls, sitting on ball cups on wooden shelves in the same basement; haven't rotated one of them. None has cracked.
I strongly suspect rotating balls has nothing to do with balls cracking.
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Yeah just do it because I am paranoid but keep all my reactives on wood racks in my closet which is supposed to be not good either but so far so good (rotate also). One thing I have going for me is I only have inserts in a fairly small minority of my balls. Seems like inserts increase the odds of getting a crack started especially if done shoddy.
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I have all my balls(except the 4 in the league bag) on wood racks in my bowling ball work room(formerly my utility closet). Just recently I was aware that I was late/behind in flushing out my ac drain line in my 8th floor condo..unfortunately I didn't realize it until I woke up one morning...no time to flush it out..had to rush out to work that day and because the drip pan was already backed up and overflowing/dripping through my ceiling, I had to turn off my ac while I went to work----now this is south florida in mid july...and a few days later I found that my Visionary Crimson executioner and my Track Flare had cracked. The other 18 or so balls on the racks were fine.
Could just be those balls because the first crimson execu8tioner I had I bought used and it ended up cracking at some point, and also the first Track flare I bought used about 9 yrs ago ended up cracking at some point. The good thing is my other Track flare was in my single ball bag at the time, so no harm done there.
Brad
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OK. Thanks everyone for your input. It sounds to me like there are numerous possible causes of cracking as well as numerous red herrings! By the way, the 2 balls that cracked were:
1. AZO Outbreak
2. Roto Grip Scream
(both were pin-down balls with clear inserts for fingers and an IT hole (no IT present))
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One thing I have going for me is I only have inserts in a fairly small minority of my balls. Seems like inserts increase the odds of getting a crack started especially if done shoddy.
That I would have to agree with. Some drillers can get careless with beveling and glue placement and amount.
Thankfully, mine was fairly conscientious about them. I tried to follow suit.
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I haven't had a ball crack that I was still using in forever. I had a Bank that I left at the shop for almost 2 years and it wasn't touched. Bridge cracked. Just sitting on the floor of the shop.
My brother, who uses my stuff because why not, handmedowns, he's had a couple crack, but not until they sat for like a year of non use. Neither of us use grips and I don't bevel my fingers. His girly hands needs bevel lol.