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mumzie

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The smell of Storm equipment vs performance
« on: August 05, 2004, 09:00:49 PM »
This is really strange, but...
I bought a deuce in april of 2003. I used it a LOT. I keep my stuff pretty clean, and do a pretty good job with other maintenance.
At the 1 year mark, the ball had lost most of it's reaction. I sanded it lightly, put it in hook-again. Not much recovery. I then put it in for a full resurface - again - not much recovery. The blueberry smell was almost gone as well.
I couldn't bear to get rid of the ball that I've shot a bunch of honor scores with, so I put it in an old bag.
When I was looking at another used one to buy, I pulled mine out again. The smell was back - I don't know why.
I thought I'd try throwing it again... It's baaaaack...

Is the smell an accurate measure of what's left in the ball?

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Re: The smell of Storm equipment vs performance
« Reply #1 on: August 06, 2004, 12:36:42 PM »
I wouldn't say so...but that's just because I can't see how the smell would correlate with performance?
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Re: The smell of Storm equipment vs performance
« Reply #2 on: August 06, 2004, 01:03:30 PM »
I don't see either - except that the smell is part of the coverstock.
That's why I'm asking the question - it either correlates, or it's a coincidence.
I don't use that much storm equipment, so I'm not in a position to know for sure.
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Re: The smell of Storm equipment vs performance
« Reply #3 on: August 06, 2004, 02:01:01 PM »

  If the ball was taken back to 1000 grit in a Haus machine there is a good chance that the pores were plugged with the slurry this machine generates. I have had to take a couple of balls after resurfacing and put them in a bucket of hot water to remove the grindings from the pores.
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Re: The smell of Storm equipment vs performance
« Reply #4 on: August 06, 2004, 02:02:34 PM »
isnt the smell there to tell you when the ball has become saturated with oil?...thats what ive always been told
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