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splitcity

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Do they make factory finish matte/dull sanded balls anymore?
« on: March 10, 2009, 01:44:49 PM »
maybe i havent looked around enough but do they still make good "sanded" balls anymore? factory finish matte? seems like i cant find a NIB dull ball anywhere? any good ones out there?
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Re: Do they make factory finish matte/dull sanded balls anymore?
« Reply #1 on: March 10, 2009, 09:48:37 PM »
T-road solid
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Re: Do they make factory finish matte/dull sanded balls anymore?
« Reply #2 on: March 10, 2009, 09:56:04 PM »
I'd be indebted to anyone who can hook me up with a brand spanking NIB 16# particle ball...or three...
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Re: Do they make factory finish matte/dull sanded balls anymore?
« Reply #3 on: March 10, 2009, 10:09:48 PM »
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I'd be indebted to anyone who can hook me up with a brand spanking NIB 16# particle ball...or three...
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Dynamic Power:
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Black Pearl:
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World Class Particle Pearl:
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Sting:
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AMF Mega-Friction:
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Brunswick Sidewinder:
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Visionary Ogre Particle:
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charlest

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Re: Do they make factory finish matte/dull sanded balls anymore?
« Reply #4 on: March 10, 2009, 10:15:57 PM »
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maybe i havent looked around enough but do they still make good "sanded" balls anymore? factory finish matte? seems like i cant find a NIB dull ball anywhere? any good ones out there?


I don't understand. There are a ton out there.
Copperhead
Ogre solid
Noize
Bounty
Acid
ANger
Black Widow
Mega Friction
Dimension
Cell
Pluto
New Breed solid
Gamebreaker
etc.
etc.
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splitcity

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Re: Do they make factory finish matte/dull sanded balls anymore?
« Reply #5 on: March 11, 2009, 07:25:25 AM »
the cell is not a dull ball. mine came shiny. others on that list are not dull balls.
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Dan Belcher

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Re: Do they make factory finish matte/dull sanded balls anymore?
« Reply #6 on: March 11, 2009, 07:32:11 AM »
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the cell is not a dull ball. mine came shiny. others on that list are not dull balls.
...you're wrong.  Every single one of those balls come sanded out of the box.  Most sanded balls these days come at 2000 or 4000 abralon, which is not super dull, but it is NOT "shiny."  There is zero polish applied to any of those balls out of the box.  (And I also have a Cell, and it certainly was NOT shiny out of the box!  The Cell Pearl, yes, but not the original Cell)

Very, very few balls come super duper rolled-in-a-parking-lot dull these days because there's simply very little use for them.  For most people they roll out at the arrows and don't have any energy left at the pindeck.  If you personally like a ball to be very dull, sand it!  Sandpaper, Scotchbrite, Abralon, etc. are all your friends.
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Phoneman

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Re: Do they make factory finish matte/dull sanded balls anymore?
« Reply #7 on: March 11, 2009, 07:50:36 AM »
Twisted fury Solid is dull OOB is 1000 abralon
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charlest

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Re: Do they make factory finish matte/dull sanded balls anymore?
« Reply #8 on: March 11, 2009, 09:45:37 AM »
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the cell is not a dull ball. mine came shiny. others on that list are not dull balls.


The Cell comes 2000 grit Abralon matte. "Matte" is just another word for dull. It is not polished. The Cell pearl comes polished.

Not one ball on the list I gave you is polished. Everyone of them is finished with some level of abrasive at the factory. Polish never touches one of them untilthe user/bowler gets them.

Maybe you have your own personal definition of the word, "dull"??
I mean, does a ball's surface have to sandpaper your hand to blood to meet your definition of dull?
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Raven829

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Re: Do they make factory finish matte/dull sanded balls anymore?
« Reply #9 on: March 11, 2009, 09:52:20 AM »
This thread is absurd, but at least Jeff made me smile with his response

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boomtown24

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Re: Do they make factory finish matte/dull sanded balls anymore?
« Reply #10 on: March 11, 2009, 09:57:27 AM »
Ther are so many balls that are matte finish (sanded) out there right now.  I don't think you looked too hard.  There are multiple balls from every manufacturer that fit your wants.
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splitcity

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Re: Do they make factory finish matte/dull sanded balls anymore?
« Reply #11 on: March 11, 2009, 02:37:48 PM »
this is the type of "dull" i am speaking of. these coverstocks that are being mentioned and used today are hybrids.experimental stuff. this type of dullness is what i fail to see anymore. awesome ball.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&item=230330269472
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splitcity

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Re: Do they make factory finish matte/dull sanded balls anymore?
« Reply #12 on: March 11, 2009, 02:39:55 PM »
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This thread is absurd, but at least Jeff made me smile with his response

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theres no such thing as absurd when grown men analyize bowling balls. that in itself is absurd and to say something is anymore absurd on here than the other simply means that is absurd!
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Re: Do they make factory finish matte/dull sanded balls anymore?
« Reply #13 on: March 11, 2009, 02:59:29 PM »
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this is the type of "dull" i am speaking of. these coverstocks that are being mentioned and used today are hybrids.experimental stuff. this type of dullness is what i fail to see anymore. awesome ball.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&item=230330269472


Well the reason could be the newer cores combined w/the newer coverstocks that they don't need to be as dull out of box.  Technology has a way of doing that.
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Re: Do they make factory finish matte/dull sanded balls anymore?
« Reply #14 on: March 11, 2009, 02:59:43 PM »
Ogre Solid is probably as close as you're going to get to that dull from a ball that is OOB condition
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