Is there a material used in cheaper cue balls that make them behave like a permanently waxed cue ball?

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cuetechasaurus

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I needed a new cue ball for my table and purchased a set of two of them on Amazon. One is a measles cue ball and the other is one of those training cue balls that is similar to the old Jim Rempe training ball.

Both of these cue balls behave like they are permanently waxed, it’s very weird. I thought maybe the seller had waxed them for some strange reason so I cleaned both multiple times but they still react very strangely, similar to cue ball behavior from that ‘waxgate’ controversy. I was over drawing everything with little effort. When I switched back to my older cue ball I wasn’t having that issue.
 
gimmicks to make people buy them.

actually no chemical product or any product should ever be allowed on a pool ball that changes its natural speed or roll.
 
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cuetechasaurus said:
I needed a new cue ball for my table and purchased a set of two of them on Amazon
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Is this the set? It so, they're inexpensive:
 
cuetechasaurus said:
I needed a new cue ball for my table and purchased a set of two of them on Amazon. One is a measles cue ball and the other is one of those training cue balls that is similar to the old Jim Rempe training ball.

Both of these cue balls behave like they are permanently waxed, it’s very weird. I thought maybe the seller had waxed them for some strange reason so I cleaned both multiple times but they still react very strangely, similar to cue ball behavior from that ‘waxgate’ controversy. I was over drawing everything with little effort. When I switched back to my older cue ball I wasn’t having that issue.
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I find the training ball that I have is very tricky for my opponent to handle. they hate it whenever we use it and felt it was throwing off some different spin. I did fine with it.
 
Brand new balls straight out of the box play like new cloth. They go longer off the cushions, and roll further.

I was surprised at this myself. I had on my home table a set of Super Aramith Pro balls, that I bought brand new (5 years before). I had been playing them daily on my GC4 for 5 years and the cloth was 860 and 5 years old. I had a Diamond ball cleaner and the balls were in great shape.

I bought a new set of Cyclop balls from the DCC one year around 2018 and used them on my home table. It was a similar experience to playing on brand new cloth.
 
if you use a product on the balls they start off slicker and get progressively slower and throw more, until you dump them in the machine again.
 
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