Question on Billiard Balls

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CharlieHustle

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Hello,

I finally made the move and am buying a table. So now I have to get the accessories such as billiard balls.

I don't want to pay up for balls that look old and yellowed like I have done in the past ordering cues balls. I've been told buy an internet pool supply store that you can't get Super Aramith Pro Balls where the white parts of the ball are a white white. And how yellowed they are depends on the resin in each batch of balls that they produce.

Is this correct, or is he feeding me a line because he wants to sell me balls that are seconds? I would appreciate your opinion.
 
CharlieHustle said:
... I've been told buy an internet pool supply store that you can't get Super Aramith Pro Balls where the white parts of the ball are a white white. ...
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I think that's because Aramith aims at a more "ivory" white. Some of the cheap knock-off counterfeit balls have a whiter white like blackboard chalk, but you should do your best to avoid them. I prefer the more mellow white.

Make sure that you get them in the real Aramith box. The counterfeiters have a box design that looks like the Aramith box design from 15 years ago.
 
For what it's worth, I asked Aramith a similar question once:

Hi, I am interested in the Aramith Super Pro Cup cue ball, with the red spots. I noticed that some of them (in the pictures) look white, while others look off-white. On your website, it looks white. Is this just a difference in image quality, or is it actually two different ball colors? Is there a difference at all between the two balls, or is it just a matter of color preference?​

and their reply:

Dear Sir,

Thank you for your e.mail.

There is no different colors, but the natural color of pure phenolic resin being ivory (cream), you may have slight color difference between different balls.

We take this opportunity to enclose our product range for your reference.

Best regards.

ARAMITH - BELGIUM​
 
Aramith, or Saluc, has no seconds. They have different grades of balls, but Their higher end balls(both the super pros and the Brunswick Centennials) have some occasional yellowing. It is just due to the phenolic resin, and is
only asthetic. Hope this helps, Matt
 
Bob Jewett said:
I think that's because Aramith aims at a more "ivory" white. Some of the cheap knock-off counterfeit balls have a whiter white like blackboard chalk, but you should do your best to avoid them. I prefer the more mellow white.

Make sure that you get them in the real Aramith box. The counterfeiters have a box design that looks like the Aramith box design from 15 years ago.
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don't they turn yellow from non use ? i know cue balls do.
 
androd said:
don't they turn yellow from non use ? i know cue balls do.
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I think that process takes years, if it happens at all with the current resins, and it is unlikely that any seller will have the new designs for that long.
 
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