Resin: A natural or synthetic material that is the main ingredient of paint and that binds ingredients together. It also aids adhesion to the surface.

 

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Resin: A natural or synthetic material that is the main ingredient of paint and that binds ingredients together. It also aids adhesion to the surface.

Reactive Resin: A polymer that is a cousin to traditional urethane; used as the coverstock on most modern balls; it is generally a surface that grabs the lane sooner, resulting in more and earlier hook than . . . View Full Definition

Resin Coated Paper (RC): Printing paper with a water repellent base. Rc paper can be processed faster, require less washing, and dry more quickly than fiber based papers.

Urethane: A plastic blend that is normally softer and more porous than polyester; coverstock favorite until the advent of reactive resin.

Formaldehyde: A colorless, pungent, and irritating gas, used chiefly as a disinfectant and preservative and in synthesizing other compounds like resins.

Zeolite: Addition compounds of the type Na2O·Al2O3·n sio2·m H2O, with calcium sometimes replacing or present with the sodium. The sodium in the zeolite exchanges with calcium in water, making zeolite . . . View Full Definition

Quantum: A line of premium balls made by Brunswick; its most famous (or infamous) is the Quantum Helix which has two different materials on its cover. There is a harder urethane ring around the ball . . . View Full Definition

Ion Exchange: Ion exchange is a method of separating ions from a solution by reversibly binding them onto a resin that has charged sites on its surface. Ion exchangers are used to remove metal ions from d . . . View Full Definition

Dead Ball: A ball becomes dead when a play is over and becomes live as soon as it is snapped for the next play.

Bottom Weight: The weight of a bowling ball is not always evenly distributed in the sphere. ABC rules allow a ball to vary 3 ounces from the drilled top half to bottom half of a ball, and one ounce from th . . . View Full Definition