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Equipment Boards => Storm => Topic started by: 2handedrook12 on July 05, 2017, 07:59:49 PM
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I've been kinda curious about this for a while now, but since Marshall Kent won recently with the Flame Urethane (not sure of its official name as I was not able to find it on Storm's site or on ballreviews), it makes me wonder what kind of cover difference there is between the two. From what I've tried to find, it appesrs that the Flame Urethane uses a pancake like core just like the one in the Ice and Mix series.
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pretty sure it was this: http://www.stormbowling.com/purple-pearl-flame-bbmspp15
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My guess is they used a more aggressive dull urethane solid coverstock as oppose to the ones found in the Mix/Ice series. Quite sure it was this Flame: http://123bowl.com/bowling-balls/storm/flame-urethane-blue/
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My guess is they used a more aggressive dull urethane solid coverstock as oppose to the ones found in the Mix/Ice series. Quite sure it was this Flame: http://123bowl.com/bowling-balls/storm/flame-urethane-blue/
Yes, I believe that's the one. Been discontinued quite a while now.
Surprised they let him use it.
After it was over, saw Tim Mack seem to ask Marshal what it was, and nod when Marshal told him.
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Wow...I wonder how old that one is...reviews on 123bowling were done in 2002 and 2003! Ziff of only .006 some obvious scorch in that pattern!
Regards,
Luckylefty
PS I had a Blue Hot Pearl That I loved and have now replaced with a blue Hit Pearl. These balls have two or 3 pucK's raising the diff to about .020 and slightly lower RG. I bet this stronger core would be great and less sensitive to 1 board misses on the tricky Oklahoma open shot if wrapped with urethane.
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Wow...I wonder how old that one is...reviews on 123bowling were done in 2002 and 2003! Ziff of only .006 some obvious scorch in that pattern!
Regards,
Luckylefty
PS I had a Blue Hot Pearl That I loved and have now replaced with a blue Hit Pearl. These balls have two or 3 pucK's raising the diff to about .020 and slightly lower RG. I bet this stronger core would be great and less sensitive to 1 board misses on the tricky Oklahoma open shot if wrapped with urethane.
I remember the Storm Flame line were popular in the late 90's as a low-mid price option. I think I had a teammate in hs that had one and this was like 98 so it's a pretty old ball relatively speaking.
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Thanks for the quick replies! With that being said, anyone know if there's anything special with the Mix cover? Heard rumors that it's a polyester-urethane blend. Plus it seems interesting that a pure urethane can shine up like that, making it hard to believe the ball is just urethane. Not saying it isn't though.
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Thanks for the quick replies! With that being said, anyone know if there's anything special with the Mix cover? Heard rumors that it's a polyester-urethane blend. Plus it seems interesting that a pure urethane can shine up like that, making it hard to believe the ball is just urethane. Not saying it isn't though.
99% sure this is old urethane. Storm lists it a "U1S" urethane.
The Supernatural which was listed as "U3S", was definitely a resin/urethane blend.
The Natural was listed as "U2S".
The way the Green Pearl Mix rolls, I'm fairly sure it is old urethane. Usually only the factory can get such a shine on urethane; but mine was manufactured in China, where they have fewer EPA/environmental standards. Remember also that the more a urethane is shined the less it hooks, unlike resin.