Cue ball discoloring

[joelpope]

I recently pulled a couple of cue balls out of a drawer, one centennial, one aramith red dot and two aramith measle. All were quite yellowed from their original white

Any ideas out there for the cause and more importantly, the cure

Thanks

Joel

 

[wontonny]

I heard if you stick it out in the sun for a bit it'll return to white or close to it.

 

[pt109]

I recently pulled a couple of cue balls out of a drawer, one centennial, one aramith red dot and two aramith measle. All were quite yellowed from their original white

Any ideas out there for the cause and more importantly, the cure

Thanks

Joel

Just playing will return the ball to its intended color.
Here are some other opinions....

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[joelpope]

making some progress

I had heard that sunlight would help so the balls in question have been languishing in Florida sunshine for the last few weeks with little change

Based on the comments about playing with them, I have put them in my Diamond ball polisher for about an hour and a half and they have lightened considerably and wouldn't be described as yellow if you saw them in play

I guess the discoloration is on the outermost layer of the phenolic and basically wears off

Thanks all

 

[ROB.M]

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I had heard that sunlight would help so the balls in question have been languishing in Florida sunshine for the last few weeks with little change

Based on the comments about playing with them, I have put them in my Diamond ball polisher for about an hour and a half and they have lightened considerably and wouldn't be described as yellow if you saw them in play

I guess the discoloration is on the outermost layer of the phenolic and basically wears off

Thanks all

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Your spot on'