golf ball innards material?

Thomp · #1 07-09-2007, 01:17 AM

recently had the oppertunity to carve the insides of a golfball core, man its a dream to carve,
wondering if there is a commerical grade of this material in dementional sizes which could be bought and used for carving projects,

bet it would be expencive.

Claude · #2 07-09-2007, 02:17 PM

Thomas:
According to the Titleist web site, golf ball cores are made of polybutadiene. Here's a link to more info: http://www.iisrp.com/WebPolymers/01F...adieneVer2.pdf

A Google search will provide you with hundreds of manufacturers who can make polybutadiene into most any shape you'd like. By the way, different Titleist models come in different core colors: yellow, green, blue, etc.

For those of you who don't want to look it up, polybutadiene is artificial rubber and is used primarily in golf balls and tires.

Claude

Thomp · #3 07-10-2007, 12:50 PM

Claude that looks like some expencive stuff,
i wrote a email to the customer relations folks to see if i could get or pay for some test material. samples? but no reply yet....

but that golf ball was some kind of easy to carve , the only thing i could compair it to is like carving out the meat of a brazile nut when it got miscracked at christmas. you know how that is...

Hi_Ho_Sliver · #4 07-10-2007, 02:42 PM

problem with carving the golf balls is you make a cut and can't see the cut mark lol............

Thomp · #5 07-10-2007, 04:41 PM

your right about that, hi-ho,
but a little water soluable marker and a spritz of alcohol shows them really fast...

bill#1 · #6 07-11-2007, 12:41 PM

Claude
Thank you for the research and bringing it to the message board..I have been pondering this very subject for a long time. I have seen how golf balls are made on a program called HOW ITS MADE, wondered if it mite be a company classified secret..thanks again. In fact, I work in a big box store and a customer ask me what golf balls are made of. Now, I have an answer for those customers. Bill