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E-Poxy balls???
« on: November 08, 2004, 11:50:39 AM »
I was reading on the AMF 300 site about something they are calling e-poxy balls.  I am guessing that is a coverstock forumulation.  Anyone know what it's all about?  Will Columbia 300 have balls with that new cover or will they market the AMF line similar to what Brunswick did with the Quantums years ago?
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« Reply #1 on: November 08, 2004, 08:18:33 PM »
If you look through the amf section, there was a brief discussion, i can sum it up here:

Some people watched voss testing the ball, he threw a tnt up 1st arrow and barely hit head pin, swung epoxy covered ball on same lanes and it went into left gutter. Balls also supposed to change color when inundated with oil, signalling time for resurface. Balls hook a ton, probably will be unusable for most bowlers, need to make them get length somehow. Again, balls hook a ton. Did i say that this ball hooks a ton?
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« Reply #2 on: November 08, 2004, 10:24:39 PM »
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If you look through the amf section, there was a brief discussion, i can sum it up here:

Some people watched voss testing the ball, he threw a tnt up 1st arrow and barely hit head pin, swung epoxy covered ball on same lanes and it went into left gutter. Balls also supposed to change color when inundated with oil, signalling time for resurface. Balls hook a ton, probably will be unusable for most bowlers, need to make them get length somehow. Again, balls hook a ton. Did i say that this ball hooks a ton?
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And voss isn't even a tweener...I wonder what Max Bob could do with this thing?

How's the shape? I haven't heard anything of the arc/flip nature.
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Ya, i'm wondering if the ball they come out with will even be similar to the ball voss was throwing from the description everyone gave. They'll probably have to tweak the epoxy formula in the coverstock for it to work.
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« Reply #3 on: November 08, 2004, 10:29:23 PM »
has the cure time been cut to under 1 hour?

also wasnt amf going to be the only ones with it for a while...then other companies would get it(col., track)..i think thats how it was first reported

EDIT again: here it is ( http://www.ballreviews.com/Forum/Replies.asp?TopicID=56606&ForumID=1&CategoryID=2 )
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Edited on 11/8/2004 11:31 PM
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« Reply #4 on: November 08, 2004, 10:37:40 PM »
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has the cure time been cut to under 1 hour?

also wasnt amf going to be the only ones with it for a while...then other companies would get it(col., track)..i think thats how it was first reported

EDIT again: here it is ( http://www.ballreviews.com/Forum/Replies.asp?TopicID=56606&ForumID=1&CategoryID=2 )
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Edited on 11/8/2004 11:30 PM

Edited on 11/8/2004 11:31 PM


I don't think anyone but those close to amf would know the answers. Guess we'll just have to wait and see what happens.
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« Reply #5 on: November 09, 2004, 08:08:01 AM »
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has the cure time been cut to under 1 hour?


The ball never fully cures, acutally.
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« Reply #6 on: November 09, 2004, 09:00:08 AM »
I believe it cures in about 6 hours, and absorbs oil in less than a second.  I think thats what I heard.
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« Reply #7 on: November 09, 2004, 11:45:35 AM »
I thought i remembered reading somewhere that the technology AMF is using in the epoxy balls can be administered to the opposite end of the spectrum.  I could have sworn I saw that they could change the epoxy makeup and have a ball that would go straight on the sahara and make rubber balls look like hook monsters.  Anybody else remember this or am I just making it up?  (wishful thinking really)
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