Nu Blue Not Urethane - FAQ - The Core of It - Bowling Buckosh 

much eariler and more hook than Axe while still being less than traditional reactive

@@BowlingBuckosh So sounds like it may work for me. My purple hammer I loved is the illegal 16, shot a lot of high scores with that ball.

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straight for spares or straight for a strike ball? as a strike ball it will still work, but you are paying more for tech that you don't really need. you would do just as well with a Raw Hammer, or anything in the mid to lower-mid pricepoint if you'd like to save a little money.

such a good point actually. thank you for sharing!

the players that could not use the purple hammer in PBA competition felt unfairly disadvantaged. this is just my opinion. unrelated - carrydown on house shots can get bad with urethane, due to the oil volumes in the middle of the lane

good question. this ball absorbs oil at less than half the rate of a standard reactive system. you can clean, surface and maintain it like a reactive, but it would need revived/detoxed only about half as often as reactive balls.

@@BowlingBuckoshThank you!

perhaps in time. for now our pros are content getting a reaction very close to their purples.

unfortunately no, just 15# and 16#, same as the purple hammer and purple reactive solid.

everyone wants to put every ball in a category, but there are more than 2 options. it's like urethane in reaction, it's like reactive in chemistry, but it's unlike either of those in oil abortion 🤷

​@@BowlingBuckosh Right. NU = Not Urethane We get the joke. This is a snarky way to name the cover, and I get it, but it tells the bowler nothing. My point is that if a bowler comes in the Pro Shop and asks "Is this resin or urethane?" and the Pro Shop person says "It's not urethane", that does not answer the question. Especially if you're also saying it's not resin either. I think that there should be a new category of cover if formulations are neither resin or urethane. We have to call them something in order to make good buying decisions. Not everyone knows what a "urethane reaction" is, so saying that isn't all that informative. This is Hammer's opportunity to make a name for a new category of cover type, but they're trying so hard to be snarky that they are not taking advantage of it. They could name it something truly catchy (unlike "microcell polymer") and that name might stick. If it does then it'll forever be associated with Hammer. However, if all they say is "it's Not Urethane HAHAHAHAH!!!! *wink wink*" then that does nobody any favors.

it does not fit into a traditional category, and requires a little more explanation to the customer. it is indeed a urethane-like reaction. it absorbs some oil but not as much as reactive equipment. you will have to start thinking about this in its own category.

​@@Jason_PIt's the same thing as motiv microcell balls(tank line of balls). Have a feeling PBA going to change obsorption rate rules to force this in that dumb "urethane like".

i'm no video editor, i'm an engineer 😆

Kia and Ferrari both make sports cars! joking aside, we have exclusive access to certain materials suppliers and multiple in-house chemists. all the companies can target that motion, but we have the tools to do it as good as anyone. that bears out when looking at the subtle differences in ball motion of these "urethane-like" motions.

it's a new category - it's like urethane in reaction, it's like reactive in chemistry, but it's unlike either of those in oil abortion 🤷

@@BowlingBuckosh so what is it? I can't buy it, if I don't know what it is. I don't even know about long term maintenance procedures because I'm not sure what it is. What about changing the surface, etc? It's kind of like when Samsung first came out with folding phones. There was a screen protector on the inner screen and people removed and their screens stopped working. Everyone found out that we weren't supposed to remove the screen protector, as we had always been able to on all phones in the past. However, this one was new and different, so it had to be treated differently.

no worries - clean it with reactive ball cleaners, and surface it just like a urethane or reactive ball. if it required special attention we would let you know.