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From: osmigo@ut-ngp.UTEXAS (osmigo)
Newsgroups: net.sport.hoops
Subject: Re: leaky basketballs
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Date: Thu, 24-Oct-85 21:58:00 EST
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Posted: Thu Oct 24 21:58:00 1985
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I was recently given some information by a Univ. of Texas player and one of 
the users here regarding a product which is applicable to the "leaky ball"
situation, so I'll post about it here. Maybe other users will have experience
with it to post, and when I try it, I'll post the results!

It's some kind of stuff in a small tube; you reportedly deflate the ball,
inject the "stuff" into the airhole, inflate the ball and bounce it a few times,
and viola!, it's fixed. It apparently works just like the goo you put in your
tires to stop leaks (and that your local flat-tire-fixer will HATE you for).

As I posted, the leak apparently occurred when the ball rolled off the court
into some grass, and picked up a "goathead," or "sticker." Normally, these
shouldn't hurt a good ball, but the thing to remember is, when your ball rolls
off-court into grass or whatever, CHECK IT FOR STICKERS before you bounce it!
In my case, the friend I was playing with retrieved the ball, ran back onto
the court and immediately started dribbling. This drove the sticker deep into
the cover. The sticker was almost 9mm long. 

...Ron Morgan
...osmigo@ut-ngp.UTEXAS(osmigo)


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