Anyone have any information as to a harder plastic ball? I know the original ice storm was >90 but other than that, I can't seem to locate any hardness info.

When I got my Columbia Blue Dot, it was supposedly the hardest ball made at that time(1998 or so).

I see they don't make it anymore.  I imagine any plastic spare ball these days is about the same as any other, but I would be curious is there is any difference.

Spare Storm was a hard ball too. All balls over 88 hardness have an issue with chipping since they're so hard.

Yeah, use a regular plastic ball and hit it with turtle wax or something. Done.

In my experience, it makes a ball with a "softer" cover ignore everything like a harder surface ball without the chipping issues.

Also protects it from sun damage and water spots. :p

In my experience, it makes a ball with a "softer" cover ignore everything like a harder surface ball without the chipping issues.

Also protects it from sun damage and water spots. :p

Interesting.
I thought you were going to say something like, it reduces hook by closing the pores, AND I was going to say that polyester hook doesn't work that way. I'm glad we avoided that.

I never tried wax on a plastic ball.
When my original Blue Dot (hardness 88-92) started hooking too much even after re-polishing, I sanded it to 4000 grit, then sanded it with a White Trizact pad (grit: ~ 6000 - 8000) and then re-polished it. Then it hooked a lot less.

These days I use a T-Zone; I find it to crack the least out of any of the plastic balls. I tried the original Spare Storm because of its hardness, but it was far too brittle.

I hesitate to try your wax method because I depend on my T-Zone hooking a little bit to make some spares, like the 3/6/10, 2/4/5, 2/4/5/8 and some splits. I can throw it pretty straight when oil irregularities warrant.

Thanks for the tip, though.