My White Ball Problem

Black-Balled

Black-Balled

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I am very frustrated with my measles ball. It shows chalk stains far too much, IMO. None of the pool rooms I go to seem to have balls that hold chalk like this and I am 99% sure that it is a legitimate aramith product.

I clean it in a polisher, meguiars or aramith polisher or nothing, each about 1/3 frequency.

Any secrets to lessen the blue dotting or even eliminate it?

Black-Balled angry and white ball with blue spots.

Here is a pic of the offender after polishing and about 5 shots:
 

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Me Too!

I have the same problem and if you don't keep the rock clean the other balls start to punk up also.

I maintain my table at home very well and don't put anything on the cloth but the balls and a table cover (except the occasional veggie).

I play on a old table at work and the balls are never cleaned and they look better then mine at home.:frown:
 
most likely caused by moisture...kamui leaves alot of chalk on the cb too..sorry about my spelling..not the brightest bulb in the shed.
 
I have 2 measles balls. One is the pro cup aramith white ball , the other is a cream colored measles ball that a friend won. The white one has the same spotting problem, but stays much cleaner since I switched to predator chalk. The cream ball hardly shows chalk at all ( dont know who made it ). Good luck BB ( not bonus ball )...lol.
 
Pfffft! Who uses chalk on a poolstick? The bar I play at, the only thing we use chalk for is to rub all over our hands to get that "glidey" feeling.
 
And I found our dehumidifier recently.

I going to start running it by the pool table and turn it into Arizona(zona) down there...will share report in a week or 2.
 
Black-Balled said:
And I found our dehumidifier recently.

I going to start running it by the pool table and turn it into Arizona(zona) down there...will share report in a week or 2.
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Good luck with the humidity. I live high in the mountains where the relative humidity is very low and you guessed it....blue dots. Master chalk is worse the Blue Diamond but only slightly. I might buy a humidifier and set it to the New Orleans setting and see if it will help. I use two sets of balls, Super Pros and Centennials and both get nasty fast whether I use the measle CB or a red dot.

I have been working on turning a cue ball of my own design in hopes that it will prove to be more resistant to chalk marks. It is made from a Walla Walla and may not be the best ball to break with.
 

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Come on Black-Balled bump this thread and lets get some answers so we can find out what the eff is going on with the blue dots;)
 
My Measles is identical as far as blue dots are concerned.

Just used Aramith Restorer last night, and had some extra time today, so I followed it up with the Aramith Cleaner, which I usually don't bother with.

The addition of the Cleaner coat did exacerbate the spotting. It was immediately noticeable since I haven't used the Cleaner coat in months; just the Restorer. The chalk residue seems about the same regardless of whether I use Blue Diamond or Flagged Masters.

They readily wipe off with a clean micro fiber, but they do leave just a trace of darkness which I suppose is ingrained residual chalk. The Restorer eliminates all traces of everything. I don't have an electrical polisher. I merely do them by hand.
 
Right after polishing, even if you wipe dry with a towel, I think it's got a little moisture.
And too long after polishing, and it's gonna look dirty no matter what.

I think your best bet is to polish, then place in a stainless steel bowl and microwave for maybe 5 minutes
to get all of the moisture out. I don't think this will hurt the ball. Then quickly grab the ball right out of the
microwave and hit it a few times before it can gather ambient moisture.
 
CreeDo said:
Right after polishing, even if you wipe dry with a towel, I think it's got a little moisture.
And too long after polishing, and it's gonna look dirty no matter what.

I think your best bet is to polish, then place in a stainless steel bowl and microwave for maybe 5 minutes
to get all of the moisture out. I don't think this will hurt the ball. Then quickly grab the ball right out of the
microwave and hit it a few times before it can gather ambient moisture.
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I will bet your next fortune cookie will suggest contact with a lawyer very soon.
 
CreeDo said:
Right after polishing, even if you wipe dry with a towel, I think it's got a little moisture.
And too long after polishing, and it's gonna look dirty no matter what.

I think your best bet is to polish, then place in a stainless steel bowl and microwave for maybe 5 minutes
to get all of the moisture out. I don't think this will hurt the ball. Then quickly grab the ball right out of the
microwave and hit it a few times before it can gather ambient moisture.
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I never figured you for the "give tragedy-causing advice just to see what happens" type.

Seriously, don't do this.

:rotflmao:
 
I have the same problem. Pisses me off having to rub the chalk spots off after every rack.

I bake my chalk, which makes it much cleaner both on the hands and CB, but still have chalk spots with Predator chalk that's been baked for 40 mins. If I use Masters chalk that's been baked it hardly leaves a chalk spot on the CB.

I don't quite go to the extremes of putting it in the microwave, but I do use a hairdryer after cleaning and polishing it. I do it first with heat, then use the cold setting on the hairdryer and leave it for 5 mins before I play with it. The longest a measles ball has lasted after this without chalk sticking was about an hour or so but eventually chalk does stick.

I don't think there is a cure :(
 
My measle ball was never that bad until I went to a friends house. He breaks and jumps with a phenolic tip, and every time he used either of those cues it would leave a little scuff mark on the cue ball. The scuff marks on the ball pick up chalk a lot easier. I don't break with a phenolic tip, and I don't jump or practice jumping much, and I never had a problem before.
 
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CreeDo said:
Right after polishing, even if you wipe dry with a towel, I think it's got a little moisture.
And too long after polishing, and it's gonna look dirty no matter what.

I think your best bet is to polish, then place in a stainless steel bowl and microwave for maybe 5 minutes
to get all of the moisture out. I don't think this will hurt the ball. Then quickly grab the ball right out of the
microwave and hit it a few times before it can gather ambient moisture.
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The balls still had blue spots but it was a great sparkler show!
 
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This may be the answer...

Baxter said:
My measle ball was never that bad until I went to a friends house. He breaks and jumps with a phenolic tip, and every time he used either of those cues it would leave a little scuff mark on the cue ball. The scuff marks on the ball pick up chalk a lot easier. I don't break with a phenolic tip, and I don't jump or practice jumping much, and I never had a problem before.
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Are you breaking with a phenolic tip? Maybe like Baxter said, the cue ball is getting micro scuffs.
 
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