Golf products produced by a stoichiometrically imbalanced rim system
Disclosed herein are golf products, such as golf balls and/or components thereof, including the product of a fast-chemical-reaction mixture comprising a polyol and an isocyanate. The component is formed by reaction injection molding the reaction mixture. In the reaction mixture, the stoichiometry of the reactants is imbalanced.
1. A method for making a golf ball component, the method comprising:
forming a fast-chemical-reaction mixture comprising an aliphatic isocyanate and a polyol, wherein the mixture has a stoichiometry of from about 50 to about 90 that is imbalanced and has a nitrogen-carbon-oxygen group content of the mixture is greater than a hydroxyl content of the mixture; and
molding the reaction mixture to form a golf ball component in a reaction time of two minutes or less.
2. The method of claim 1 wherein the mixture has a stoichiometry of from about 60 to about 90.
3. The method of claim 2 wherein the mixture has a stoichiometry of from about 70 to about 85.
4. The golf ball component produced by the method of claim 1 .
5. The method of claim 1 wherein the component is selected from the group consisting of a one-piece golf ball, a cover, an intermediate layer, a layer of a cover, a core, and a layer of a core.
6. The method of claim 1 wherein the golf ball component has a Shore B hardness of 50 or more.
7. The method of claim 1 wherein the golf ball component has a Shore B hardness of from about 80 to about 95.
8. The method of claim 1 wherein the component is formed from the fast-chemical-reaction mixture in a reaction time of two minutes or less.