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Have you consulted a chemist about what may be at play with the alcohol? I doubt it is adding anything to the ball unless it is very impure (highly unlikely), and phenolic resin is supposed to be a pretty inert substance, so I don't think a mild solvent like isopropanol is going to etch the...

Your comments are interesting, as always. Aside from the high velocity of the CB during the break, do you think the 1-ball may be getting damaged due to the fact that it has the mass of the whole pack of balls behind it? This would illustrate your point about the less massive object in a...

You'd think that would be the case, given that phenolic is hitting phenolic with every shot. The problem is that none of the object balls showed this damage. I think it might have to do with the fact that the CB is being struck by an object that weighs about three times that of the CB, and...

Well, I never said the CB was ruined. It performed a lot better than I did. But there weren't just a few marks, there were dozens and dozens of these crescent-shaped fractures, ten times as many as are visible in the photos (cell phone camera, bad lighting, "I'm no photographer", and other sad...

That's always the process to achieving a high polish. It is much easier and quicker to start with the coarsest grit that will eliminate the deepest scratches and then quickly step up through graded abrasives until you get the polish desired. The problem is that within a few hours of serious...

I've seen Sigel and Mizerak do it quite often, so I don't think it has to do strictly with handedness. It does always seem to be the ring finger, though, and elite players seem to do it more than bangers do. I never do it, so...

I just read your thread about the tests you did and I think it is very good work. Like I said earlier in this thread, Novus 1 contains poly dimethylsiloxane in the same concentration as 3M silicone spray uses, so the Novus product is, in fact, a silicone spray equivalent to the 3M product...

Aramith is the one that reinvented the wheel. Lol! Do you think Greenleaf, Mosconi, and Crane used a "special" phenolic billiard ball cleaner? The facts are that Aramith puts wax in their formulation. They even say they do, so there is no denying it. Why put wax in your emulsion if you don't...

I agree with this for sure. If your elbow is gonna drop, the shoulder muscles that are responsible for the drop will already be recruited well before the moment of contact, even if you can't see it on video. The idea of delivering a perfect pendulum stroke and then beginning to engage the...

Here's a link to the Brillianize MSDS: http://www.brillianize.com/Literature/BRILL%20MSDS%2009April2012.pdf As you can see, there's not much in it but water. Whatever the proprietary ingredient is, it is at a much lower concentration than the ingredients of either the Aramith or Novus...

Thanks for the photos, Chuck. Seems to me you'd have to hit the ball with the very edge of the tip in order to make the kind of marks I saw. That edge look pretty sharp to me.

The next time I'm in there I'll point it out to the manager. I doubt all this damage came from one guy in one session (unless he was practicing his break for hours) The surface was literally covered with them. FWIW I don't think a tip necessarily has to be harder than the CB in order to cause...

OK. So the G10 is like the linen phenolic in cue joints and butts, only with fiberglass in it instead of linen?

Well, that's what the Aramith ball restorer is for, isn't it? Use it and then rinse off the residue with a mild soap (not a detergent) to my way of thinking. The point is that the Aramith cleaner does contain wax, a substance that is against the rules (and isn't such a good idea anyway). Do...

I was at my local room last week and noticed the red circle CB they gave me was covered with dozens of small crescent shaped cracks in the surface. There were a lot more than what shows in the photo, but this gives an idea of what they look like. There was a thread awhile back where somebody...

I used heavy duty floating vinyl floor panels (1'x3') that join at the edges, but they were not inexpensive. Paid over $600 for a 14' x 22' room. Just using a border around the table will only protect the balls on the first bounce, after that they will hit the cement for sure. I've had balls...

Well, there you go. You cannot use Aramith ball cleaner without using a rag moistened with diluted alcohol to remove the residue. Again, from Saluc's MSDS: Aramith ball cleaner is an emulsion composed of wax, solvents, and abrasives (polishing/rubbing compounds). There is no magic about it...

None of the Novus products contain wax. The Aramith Ball Cleaner, however, does have wax in it. Here are links to the MSDS of both products. Aramith - https://na.suzohapp.com/msds_sheets/29-0352-00.pdf Novus 1 - https://www.novuspolish.com/pdf/PP%20No%201%20SDS%20USA%20CAN%20Jan%202015.pdf...

Ah, ha! My shoulders are about as wide as a Humvee. Finally, a reason why I suck so bad at pool. ;)

First stats, now linguistics. What other abilities are you going to showcase? You're not trying to make yourself indispensable here, are you? ;)