Polished vs high polish

[MICHAEL]

I know I have several Storm balls, and do have a spinner~ What is the difference between "polished" and High polished" finish on their product! Does that mean you polish it at a higher elevation???
I ask my driller, James, and he said, "don't know"!

[MICHAEL]

answer to my question, just found it on web search:

Answer
Bowling ball finishes help a bowler match up to lane conditions. Most surfaces can be adjusted to fine tune a balls reaction. I use 180, 360, 500, 1000, 2000, 4000, Abralon® pads, 120, 180, 220, 320, 400, 500, 600, 1200 sanding disks and three Scotch Brite pad grits to achieve a surface matching a manufacturers (out of box) finish. Finishing compounds, polishes (for reactive resin or particle surfaces), and polishes with slip agents or various grits of abrasive to further smooth, or slicken the surface of a ball finishes the job.

The rougher surface (800 grit) will grab the lane quicker, so there had better be more oil or you better be throwing harder than average (usually). Matte finish could be a 500 Abralon® finish on a Storm Paradigm Passion or a very smooth 4000 Abralon® finished surface on Hammer’s 2006 Ball of the Year, the Black Widow. There are degrees of roughness and smoothness.

Polished and highly polished often reflect how smooth the surface under the polish is. Polished or highly polished might be necessary to overcome dry lanes or slower than average ball speed or both. Various elements of your delivery including your axis tilt, axis rotation, even rev rate allow surfaces to bite or slide on any given lane condition, atop the various lane surfaces in use these days.
So, unless we know a lot more specifically about a player, the lane condition, lane surface, and the elements of their game mentioned above, there are to many variables to list what might work best on what, because it would be different for almost everybody.

If you have a favorite ball, surface (both smoothness and finish - shiny or not) likely contributes heavily to your success. Take a cue from past success, unless you've recently increased or reduced your ball speed, or dramatically changed your rev rate.

[billf]

Also there is a difference between a gloss polish and high gloss polish. There are different chemicals allowing the high gloss to provide a smoother, shinier appearing surface.

[MICHAEL]

Also there is a difference between a gloss polish and high gloss polish. There are different chemicals allowing the high gloss to provide a smoother, shinier appearing surface.

I had NO IDEA that there was a difference...hummmm I need to go to bowling.com and check it out! Thanks Bill!!

[Stormed1]

If you go to Storm's website (stormbowling.com) they list the finishing procedures for their equipment. Storm #2 and Brunswick Rough Buff are very similar as they both have grit in them and will take a ball from 500 to 1500 or more depending on pressure used. Most of my Storm stuff i do I go 500 abralon and #2 or 1000 abralon and Storms extra Shiine and get real cloise to factory finish. For higher friction centers i just go to a hugher grit under the polish for more skid

[MICHAEL]

thanks storm1,,,, I always appreciate your pointers, and help!! I love that IQ tour pearl! Yellow gave me my first 300 a few weeks ago... I have been close many times,,, but actually went all the way! That ball went dead on me after about 30 games or so! I clean in on a spinner with alcohol and simply green! worked great for a few weeks, then it just lost its movement at the end!

I then used the pads, 1000, and polish, guess what ... back again! I wonder if that's normal? Does it loss the (so to say tread, like a tire) after 30 or 40 games? Can you resurface a ball too much?