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General Category => Miscellaneous => Topic started by: 2handedrook12 on November 17, 2015, 07:49:20 PM
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What does rubber do to the lanes? I assume it pushes oil down the lane, but I wonder if it does that more than urethane and plastic. I threw 8 in a row with a house ball on a sport shot and I was thinking about practicing more with them.
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Your house balls are rubber?
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Your house balls are rubber?
Either that or they are people's old balls. I see rubber balls at kost centers though.
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Yeah, there are still lots of rubber balls to be found on the racks at many centers in my area. My guess is that most were just left behind by bowlers over the years.
I'm not sure of the specific impact on oil movement caused by rubber balls, but you have to figure that they were fairly non-porous, which would mean they'd have a tendency to push the oil around quite a bit.
As for using them on today's patterns, I never think it's a bad thing to have a very controllable piece of equipment in the arsenal. The only thing I'd worry about is the hitting power. Core tech. wasn't nearly as advanced back in those days, so you'd probably need to be just about perfect with speed, angle, and revs to get those balls to carry. Still, if you're on a grind-it-out type of pattern, I could see the merit in mastering the pocket with rubber.
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I still have an old 16 lb black diamond. Don't throw it much because I have dropped to 15, but it sometimes can out hit a urethane ball. Way stronger than polyester. As for pushing oil, plastic, and hard rubber balls push oil down the most. Pure urethane also, but it absorbs some oil.
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New rubber bowling balls are still available:
http://www.amazon.com/15-lb-Marksman-Black-Rubber-Bowling/dp/B004Z9ZUQG/ref=sr_1_1?s=sporting-goods&ie=UTF8&qid=1447872647&sr=1-1&keywords=15-lb+Marksman+Black+Rubber+Bowling+Ball
I have heard that ball drillers absolutely hate having to drill rubber bowling balls.
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I wonder if anyone has recently shot an honor score with a rubber ball?
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Eric Pedersen from Madison is the king of the mineralite.
Has over 60 -300's and close to that in 8's.
All he ever throws is rubber.
The guy tears the finger holes out of a bowling ball.
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I know my limits with it. Playing a near direct line to high flush leaves nothing standing. The only time I left a ten pin was when it slipped out of my hand causing me to miss my target. Like plastic, I don't find older technology to hinder my game.
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Back in the early 70's I used both rubber and plastic balls, didn't see very much difference in reaction. Black rubber may leave streaks on the lane in the laydown area. As mentioned earlier, drillers hate rubber balls because of the smell. -- JohnP
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The only rubber balls that streaked the lane were soft shell like original LT 48
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Brian Valenta recently won a PBA regional throwing an old rubber Black Beauty.