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Title: Dynothane Balls Dying?
Post by: mikeny278 on April 19, 2005, 03:14:41 AM
Hi All,

I was wondering, what is the ball life for a Dynothane ball with a Soaker coverstock?  I have been reading about how you do not need to clean the Soaker bowling balls often, and how the Soaker coverstock is very durable.  Well, does anyone have a Dynothane ball that has died/worn out yet?  If not, has Dynothane ever mentioned how long they should last?  Was just interested.

Thanks!
Mike
Title: Re: Dynothane Balls Dying?
Post by: legend4life95 on April 19, 2005, 11:20:24 AM
I have a anomaly with 100-150 games, a thing lives with 50+ games, and a thing returns 75-100 games. I only clean them maybe every 25 games or so and they are still going strong. Great coverstocks!

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Title: Re: Dynothane Balls Dying?
Post by: Phillip Marlowe on April 19, 2005, 11:27:27 AM
Yes.  After over 900 games, three resurfacings, and a couple of trips through warm water and dawn, my beloved Element finally gave out.  In essence, my experience is that the useful life of Soakers is about 2x that of other coverstocks (now that there is the CPR and "hook again").   For example, I was able to get about 400 games out of my Vendetta through use of resurfacings and "Hook Again", together with a good cleaning regimen.  

This doesn't  mean that the balls are useless, it merely means that at some point, they become stronger plastic or urethane balls and lose bite and "reaction" to a degree that they are no longer useable except on very dry lanes (pearls) or lanes with light oil and strong backends.
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Title: Re: Dynothane Balls Dying?
Post by: drillbit on April 21, 2005, 11:14:25 PM
My Thing is still chugging merrily along at about 250 games, and I just picked up one of DT's overseas releases(Explorer, less than 25 games). It's supposed to have a Soaker coverstock, and so far it's acting just like my like my Thing.

drillbit
Title: Re: Dynothane Balls Dying?
Post by: Strider on April 22, 2005, 08:34:18 PM
I just had my Thing resurfaced after changing my span + pitches.  The cover prep was supposed to be the same (gray pad on the Haus, no polish), but I swear it's 10 boards stronger now.  It's going to need a pretty good dose of polish unless I find an oil spill.  I don't have a ton of games on it, maybe 200-300, but I have no complaints at all.
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Title: Re: Dynothane Balls Dying?
Post by: Phillip Marlowe on April 26, 2005, 11:57:49 AM
Yep.  My beloved Element finally gave up the ghost after two plus years and about 800 games.  Sigh...Three resurfaces, ... its gone...can we have a moment of silence...
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Title: Re: Dynothane Balls Dying?
Post by: Honestly on April 26, 2005, 02:50:02 PM
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Yep.  My beloved Element finally gave up the ghost after two plus years and about 800 games.  Sigh...Three resurfaces, ... its gone...can we have a moment of silence...
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