An interesting experience.
Posted: April 29th, 2019, 1:03 pm
A few months ago, I had my purple hammer drilled by my PSO. He choose a two finger/handed layout. The ball hooked so much I couldn't do a thing with it. I read up on some layouts and had him re-drill it. I had a few good games on heavy oil(practice) but the ball was once again useless with a unpredictable ball reaction during leagues. I stopped using it.
A month later I took it out in practice again. The ball was doing weird things like flattening out, then "Tiering"(the only way I can describe it). The ball would shift left go straight, then shift left again, then go straight, then hit the 7 or left gutter. I then threw it flat at the 10, it shifted left then right(?). This only happened on dry mids.
I examined the ball and where the PSO filled my old finger holes, there were hard edged rings(barely feelable to the touch). These covered 20% of the ball surface. The ball had two surfaces! A 20% 500(I think) and 80% 2000.
I took out 2000 grit pad and sanded the whole ball by hand(took about 15 mins). While I was at it, I took my Brunswick orange pearl(500 grit) and gave that a 3000 grit finish.
I took them to practice. It was 6pm and there was a decent amount of oil on the lanes. I bowled 3 with the Orange with a smoother ball reaction and got some great hits(high 170s avg). Then 3 with the Purple and also had a decent reaction with a different line (high 180s avg).
The next three with the orange again. Game 8 was hooking fairly good and game 9 the lane had the dry mid condition. The first 5 frames was with the orange, the last 5 frames with the Purple, both balls seemed to "tier".
Questions:
Is it legal to have two different surfaces on a ball?
How long does hand sanding last?
Should I use a ball spinner?
Will polish lock in the surface?
Unrelated:
Can I use car wash fluid to wash a bowling ball?
Any tips on ball surface I would be grateful for!
Thanks everyone!
A month later I took it out in practice again. The ball was doing weird things like flattening out, then "Tiering"(the only way I can describe it). The ball would shift left go straight, then shift left again, then go straight, then hit the 7 or left gutter. I then threw it flat at the 10, it shifted left then right(?). This only happened on dry mids.
I examined the ball and where the PSO filled my old finger holes, there were hard edged rings(barely feelable to the touch). These covered 20% of the ball surface. The ball had two surfaces! A 20% 500(I think) and 80% 2000.
I took out 2000 grit pad and sanded the whole ball by hand(took about 15 mins). While I was at it, I took my Brunswick orange pearl(500 grit) and gave that a 3000 grit finish.
I took them to practice. It was 6pm and there was a decent amount of oil on the lanes. I bowled 3 with the Orange with a smoother ball reaction and got some great hits(high 170s avg). Then 3 with the Purple and also had a decent reaction with a different line (high 180s avg).
The next three with the orange again. Game 8 was hooking fairly good and game 9 the lane had the dry mid condition. The first 5 frames was with the orange, the last 5 frames with the Purple, both balls seemed to "tier".
Questions:
Is it legal to have two different surfaces on a ball?
How long does hand sanding last?
Should I use a ball spinner?
Will polish lock in the surface?
Unrelated:
Can I use car wash fluid to wash a bowling ball?
Any tips on ball surface I would be grateful for!
Thanks everyone!