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rustylegacy

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Immortal pearl
« on: September 17, 2008, 07:03:48 AM »
Just got and I havent really thrown it much yet, I havent gotten the thumb just right yet. What are you guys using it on and what have you got the cover at? For me it has a similar shape to the centaurs, but goes longer and comes back a little harder. Seems to me the bronze cover is stronger in oil( it doesnt just skate in the carrydown like this ball does), this is the G3 cover on the Immortal. Seems like it should be perfect for when the Bronze is coming in to early.

 

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Re: Immortal pearl
« Reply #1 on: September 17, 2008, 03:56:50 PM »
i throw mine on a med THS and it was WAY too skid/flip for me.  so i took it down to 600grit and added Valentinos Snake Oil, than slightly took some polish off with a white scotch brite.  it still had a strong move on the back, but not flippy.  mines drilled with a 5" pin to pap, probrably should've gone 4 x 4.  but thats ok, i can always get another.

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Re: Immortal pearl
« Reply #2 on: September 17, 2008, 09:41:19 PM »
Took mine down to 2000 abralon and it really brought the ball to life.  Although I've recently needed more backend so I took it to 4000 ab. and hit it with factory finish.  This ball gets great length now and is stronger on the backend.  Even stronger than when I first got it.
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Re: Immortal pearl
« Reply #3 on: September 17, 2008, 09:54:24 PM »
i just played a few games with it and it is sink or swim. It either skates or hooks too much, next step is 4000 abr and see what happens.

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Re: Immortal pearl
« Reply #4 on: September 18, 2008, 08:03:34 AM »
Rusty,

Questions:
How is it drilled? (Stacked, Arc, Control)
How far is the PIN to PAP?

A little surface will keep it from skidding so far through the fronts, but you may see a small decrease in hitting power as the ball will not store as much energy when it gets to the pocket.

If you're getting alot of over/under, then surface will smooth out the reaction.  Do you have a weight hole in the ball?  You could always get your proshop guy to tweak the weight to try and change the reaction a little.

Start with the surface change - definitely a good idea and see how that does for ya.  If that doesn't work, try it at 2000 abralon, and if that doesn't work, 1000 abralon with very light Storm #2 compound.

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    Re: Immortal pearl
    « Reply #5 on: September 19, 2008, 05:20:23 PM »
    Pin is over ring AMB is next to and down from the thumb, it looks stacked but my PAP is up kinda high so it ends up about a 4 x 5 3/4. I havent tried it on a fresh league shot yet so I might wait till I try that, but Ill probably end up trying 4000 to smooth it out some. My radar lock was too snappy for me and the 4000 smoothed it out pretty good.