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Equipment Boards => Lane Masters => Topic started by: tloy on July 19, 2014, 10:12:31 PM
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Anyone who has thrown this ball and the Roto Grip RSP, how do they compare? I have a Perfect on order. My first LM ball... Cant wait :)
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My Perfect is a resin pearl for light to medium-light oil with a slightly snappy backend.
The RS-P was a dull particle pearl intended for medium-heavy oil, which was very rolly, due to its strong cover at the time.
http://www.123bowl.com/ball.cfm?ballid=2765 (http://www.123bowl.com/ball.cfm?ballid=2765)
These are two vastly different balls. I wouldn't even consider them complementary; you'd need another ball between them.
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Charlest,
My understanding is the Perfect is a Particle pearl, not resin pearl. The website states Flex Molecular Additive . Isnt this LM version of particle? The RG and differential #s are pretty close also...I also kept my RSP polished and could use it on a lot of conditions polished. I am new to LM and wanted some input from someone who maybe had experience throwing both balls. Thank you
Todd
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Charlest,
My understanding is the Perfect is a Particle pearl, not resin pearl. The website states Flex Molecular Additive . Isnt this LM version of particle? The RG and differential #s are pretty close also...I also kept my RSP polished and could use it on a lot of conditions polished. I am new to LM and wanted some input from someone who maybe had experience throwing both balls. Thank you
Todd
Todd,
I don't know what "Flex Molecular" stands for or is intended to mean. Since I am rev dominant, and seem to be able to use the Perfect on medium-light oil to start with and can take it down into where the oil deteriorates into light oil, I suspect the cover is regular resin; if it does have particles in it of some sort, they would seem to be relatively weak. The lanes were quite dry (by my standards) before I couldn't get the ball through the heads.
I have not yet tried the ball dull, even as mild as 4000 grit.
Yes, the core specs are similar. I had the RS-X, the solid resin version of the RS series and threw a friend's RS-P briefly. The RS-P was much, much earlier than the RS-X. In its stock form, 800 grit dull, it required lots of head oil to perform. The Perfect seems to require much less.
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The Perfect is a particle pearl. I was told by a staff member that it contains skid particles that help delay reaction. Same with the Xtreme Damage Platinum
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Thank you everyone.
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The Perfect is a particle pearl. I was told by a staff member that it contains skid particles that help delay reaction. Same with the Xtreme Damage Platinum
Fascinating. Never heard of them before. First time for everything.
Most pearls are made pearlized by the addition of mica particles; They make a pearl skid further than the equivalent solid. As such I personally wouldn't call a resin pearl a particle pearl, but a manufacturer can describe their balls any way they see fit. I wonder what these "skid particles" are made of?
(Storm has used "large" mica particles to act in a way we normally think of particles: to add traction to a ball's coverstock. )