Patent ID: 9339843
Filing Date: 2016-05-17
CPC Classification: A63B,B05D,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A method of enhancing the appearance of a golf ball by visually distinguishing golf ball cover land area from golf ball cover dimples, comprising: providing a golf ball comprising a core, a cover and optionally an intermediate layer disposed between the core and the cover, wherein said cover comprises an outer surface defining a plurality of dimples and a land area between the dimples; applying a first color to the entire outer surface; masking the land area by applying a masking composition to the golf ball surface that adheres to the land area but does not adhere to the dimples; applying a second color to the outer surface over the first color; removing the masking from the land area by rinsing the golf ball by spraying or dipping to complete a colored golf ball wherein the land area has the color appearance of the first color and each dimple has the color appearance of at least one of the second color and a third color produced by applying the second color over the first color.