First day with my Aramith Tournament Black , dinged already

[mikemosconi]

Did you check your other balls. If it is pocket metal they should be much worse scratches on the other 15 balls

Protruding Pocket nails rarely, if ever affect every ball in a set during one or a few sessions on the suspected table. Usually a suspect table has only one or a few pocket nails protruding enough to scratch the balls to a significant visible effect. This effect would build over time to more and more balls in a set if there is repetitious play on the suspect table. The balls need to come in at a certain angle and hit that nail just so to cause the damage.

After the first session on a suspect table, you would normally see only one or a few balls affected, depending on how many nails are protruding - which is usually only one or a few nails; it usually builds to include more balls in the set as sessions increase on the table before realizing the issue.

If the cue ball is the first one affected, which is the ball most often cleaned after a session- consider oneself lucky to catch the issue before ruining an entire set - more reason to inspect tables on initial sessions when bringing your own $300 to $400 ball sets.

Usually the CB is not the first ball affected bc it goes into the pockets the least ( hopefully) and it does not go into the pockets at the speeds of most object ball strikes.

Duramith technology claims have nothing to do with protruding nails- 40 year Duramith claims are based on properly maintained playing conditions.

 

[jtompilot]

Aramith has had the same 40 year lifetime marketing language for at least 20 years, probably way more, on their entire range. They seem to compare their ball to polyester balls, not their own product.

One day I weighed a bunch of red circle cue balls at Buffalo’s, they weighed anywhere from 156g to 167g. New ones are 167g. There’s also a bunch of Centennial balls that are noticeably smaller and won’t rack properly. Aramith is crazy if they think their balls last 40 years. Hell, I’ve found undersized Duramith Tournament balls, you can’t get a good rack with those balls. For some reason I’ve found the 3 ball to be undersized in three different Tournament sets.

 

[garczar]

Protruding Pocket nails rarely, if ever affect every ball in a set during one or a few sessions on the suspected table. Usually a suspect table has only one or a few pocket nails protruding enough to scratch the balls to a significant visible effect. This effect would build over time to more and more balls in a set if there is repetitious play on the suspect table. The balls need to come in at a certain angle and hit that nail just so to cause the damage.

After the first session on a suspect table, you would normally see only one or a few balls affected, depending on how many nails are protruding - which is usually only one or a few nails; it usually builds to include more balls in the set as sessions increase on the table before realizing the issue.

If the cue ball is the first one affected, which is the ball most often cleaned after a session- consider oneself lucky to catch the issue before ruining an entire set - more reason to inspect tables on initial sessions when bringing your own $300 to $400 ball sets.

Usually the CB is not the first ball affected bc it goes into the pockets the least ( hopefully) and it does not go into the pockets at the speeds of most object ball strikes.

Duramith technology claims have nothing to do with protruding nails- 40 year Duramith claims are based on properly maintained playing conditions.

In a home environment its possible, maybe, but in a commercial room five yrs is about max,

 

[fastone371]

Have you tried waxing it? LOL

On a serious note, check the pockets. I know ball return tables are notorious for messing up a set of balls. I have people that refuse to bring their balls on those tables. I've seen before/after of a newly cleaned set and the aftermath a few hours later from a ball return table.

I have yet to see a ball return cause damage to balls, the balls are not even traveling at high speeds in the return as when a ball hits the back of the pocket, I doubt is was the actual ball return causing problems. This probably stems from barboxes being coin op ball return tables so any damage on the balls on a barbox is blamed on the ball return.

 

[fuggles]

Breaking with a phenolic tip will scuff the cue ball. No way to fix that without scrubbing out the scratches. Which could cause an issue with the roll. So I just clean it best as possible and move on.