Very cold pool balls

Brother Ron said:
I spent many years working as a mold tech for an injection molding company.
One thing I can tell you is that temperature affects the size of any Phenolic resin item.
Objects made from phenolic resin expand as they heat up.
Billiard balls are made using a therosetting process that minimizes the contraction and expansion of billiard balls but does not totally eliminate it.
It is best to keep billiard balls at a controlled temperature for consistency.
Also, bringing balls in from cold temperatures will cause them to sweat which creates moisture on the surface.
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yes, but the temps required to cause any changes to pool balls will never happen in the real world. and please all you in the peanut gallery don't start that 'but what about if you live on the n. pole' shit. other than the sweat you'll never see changes in how they play due to hot/cold.
 
garczar said:
yes, but the temps required to cause any changes to pool balls will never happen in the real world. and please all you in the peanut gallery don't start that 'but what about if you live on the n. pole' shit. other than the sweat you'll never see changes in how they play due to hot/cold.
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Agree completely. But constant 'hot/cold' cycle (once or twice per day on a regular basis) could certainly trigger microscopic cracking. Even if you couldn't see 'cracks', they could manifest themselves as a rough texture and cause the balls to become dull after a time.
Personally, I wouldn't want to subject pool balls to such a 'hot/cold' cycle regularly if it could be avoided.
 
garczar said:
yes, but the temps required to cause any changes to pool balls will never happen in the real world. and please all you in the peanut gallery don't start that 'but what about if you live on the n. pole' shit. other than the sweat you'll never see changes in how they play due to hot/cold.
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Subzero temperatures will affect them...
and subzero temps are common here, especially when wind chill is factored in...
something southerners don't comprehend. ;)
 
Brother Ron said:
Subzero temperatures will affect them...
and subzero temps are common here, especially when wind chill is factored in...
something southerners don't comprehend. ;)
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Just how many wingnuts do you think leave their damn pool balls out in those temps? please.
 
measureman said:
A friend of mine got a set of balls for Xmas.
This saturday he forgot to bring them to the room.So the question is can he leave them in the car 24/7 with temperatures here in Colorado getting down well below freezing at times.
Will very cold balls shatter when hit hard?
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cold is one thing
frozen is another
 
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