"Why Do Bowling Balls Die?" article

[litefrozen]

I was reading Ebonites "Why Do Bowling Balls Die?" article

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when I came to this section in part 2-

"Oil is placed on a lane typically in the head and mid-lane section. The
backend of the lane is relatively dry with the exception of small
amounts of carrydown. Since the loss of hook is in the backend of the
lane, how can oil, or oil saturation, cause ball death when virtually no
oil is present where the loss of reaction occurs?"

Thats like saying if "theres no ice on the floor you can't slip on it"
but what if the bottom of your shoe had the ice on it?

If the ball is oil saturated it doesnt absorb oil like it should, so the
oil stays on the surface of the ball more.
Then when it hits the dry backend the oil on the ball is what reduces the amount of hook.

[kev3inp]

So they're trying to say that balls don't die? Or that it's that old bugaboo "plasticizer migration?" You'd think that they'd come up with some kind of border patrol, if that was the case, to keep illegal migration to a minimum. Or a plasticizer that likes where it's at and doesn't want to migrate.

[litefrozen]

The whole thing with Ball Death is all the companies have a different idea of
the cause. They say "WE THINK" this is the cause, in other words they dont know.
They might not be real motivated to find out for sure. Cause if balls die you got to buy a new one.
I think ball deaths main cause is oil saturation plus the compression of the coverstock over time.
If you want it to last clean your ball regularly right after bowling and deep clean it and resurface it once awhile.