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rlamanna

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Bowling balls left in hot car...
« on: May 22, 2004, 11:19:25 PM »
I left my Barbed Wire and Reloaded in my car. They were in contact with direct sunlight. It's 95 degrees. When I opened my bag, I noticed that my Barbed Wire literally sweated oil. The ball was covered in an oil-like substance. My Reloaded escaped the direct sunlight unscathed. What happened?
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Moe

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Re: Bowling balls left in hot car...
« Reply #1 on: May 23, 2004, 02:20:49 PM »
The ball was sweating... and the oil came out of the pores in the ball.  Its not nucelan physics here.  
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a_ak57

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Re: Bowling balls left in hot car...
« Reply #2 on: May 23, 2004, 02:23:02 PM »
Yeah, happened to my smashr yesterday, except after only being in the car long enough for me to hit 70 golf balls!
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rlamanna

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Re: Bowling balls left in hot car...
« Reply #3 on: May 23, 2004, 02:24:08 PM »
How do you explain the Reloaded not sweating? Aren't particle balls more absorbent than reactive balls?
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a_ak57

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Re: Bowling balls left in hot car...
« Reply #4 on: May 23, 2004, 02:25:39 PM »
How many games does the wire have?  The reloaded?  I'd say that would be the difference.
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rlamanna

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Re: Bowling balls left in hot car...
« Reply #5 on: May 23, 2004, 02:27:29 PM »
The Barbed Wire has about 50. The Reloaded has hundreds.
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a_ak57

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Re: Bowling balls left in hot car...
« Reply #6 on: May 23, 2004, 02:29:24 PM »
Ok, well then I'm not sure.  Perhaps the wire's cover will bleed oil in less hot temps than the reloaded will, but I supposed a stormer would know more about that than me.
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Moe

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Re: Bowling balls left in hot car...
« Reply #7 on: May 23, 2004, 03:13:43 PM »
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i think you just stumbled upon a new way to extract oil from a bowling ball.

i dont know much about storm these days, so i really couldnt help you, but i would check the covers on both balls for any signs of cracks, because direct heat can do that to a cover if left in the heat for a prolonged period of time.
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I have done this several times...  
Not in direct light though... wrap ball in towel and stick bag in car.  Take out after a few min's and rub it down.


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Edited on 5/23/2004 3:13 PM
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dicnic

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Re: Bowling balls left in hot car...
« Reply #8 on: May 23, 2004, 10:32:23 PM »
Since I live in SE Florida, now and then I put a ball out in the driveway for about 15 minutes, wipe it off, turn it over, do it again, and again and again until I think most of the oil has come out. Nothing bad has ever happened, but then, nothing great has happened (like an honor score after sweating a ball) either. But certain balls will lose more liquid than others. My Red Fuze sweats a ton but my old Champ does nothing even though it has more games on it.

Unscientific? Of course, but who cares.  
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Re: Bowling balls left in hot car...
« Reply #9 on: May 23, 2004, 11:49:37 PM »
Some of that could also be the plasticizer Ebonite's been talking about.

I would avoid exposing balls to direct sunlight tho... aside from the heat, (infrared range), you are also exposing the balls to the ultra-violet range.. which can't be good.

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