Well, a friend of mine asked me about the Doc's Elixer, and i told him about it, and i think he is going to buy a bottle, but i have heard its best to use it on a ball before you get any games on it. Docs Elixer is suppose to really keep a ball working like new for a long time, and keep balls from die'n.
Now as for your ball dieing, or losing its reaction, i finally had a ball die on me, which is my first Storm ball to die on me, it was my First Xfactor ball i got in dec of 2002, and it has plenty of games on it, so i guess that could be a reason though, when it probably has close to 200games on it lol.
But i had a El Nino, that never died and it still hooked like new, untill i got rid of it
Well you could also maybe try the Moon Shine cleaner, if that doesnt work, try giving it a full resurfacing.
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