bowlingball track
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bowlingball track
with the old balls (before reactive resin), we use to get a track on them. with the new balls of today, do we still develope a track on them and if we do, does polishing the ball all the time remove that track or does it matter?
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Of course todays balls develop a track, faster than the old ones. Just watch the Perception vs. Reality videos and you can see just how fast your surface changes.turbotwister wrote:with the old balls (before reactive resin), we use to get a track on them. with the new balls of today, do we still develope a track on them and if we do, does polishing the ball all the time remove that track or does it matter?
And yes refinishing will remove the track.
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Re: bowlingball track
Balls today do develop a track and since they are softer the track develops quicker.
Refinishing will remove the track but simply polishing will not.
A couple of other factors in my mind.
We used to use only one ball and for many seasons. Many bowlers today switch balls a lot and only have a ball a season or two.
The old ball cores didn't produce flare so the track was concentrated to a small area. In fact the narrower the track the more consistent your release was.
Today with track flare the wear is spread out over a much larger portion of the ball and only the bow tie gets crossed on every roll.
Refinishing will remove the track but simply polishing will not.
A couple of other factors in my mind.
We used to use only one ball and for many seasons. Many bowlers today switch balls a lot and only have a ball a season or two.
The old ball cores didn't produce flare so the track was concentrated to a small area. In fact the narrower the track the more consistent your release was.
Today with track flare the wear is spread out over a much larger portion of the ball and only the bow tie gets crossed on every roll.