I know this has been covered before, but is there a differance between just using Rubbing Compound, and Rough Buff on bowling balls! Rough Buff is MUCH more expensive!!
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I know this has been covered before, but is there a differance between just using Rubbing Compound, and Rough Buff on bowling balls! Rough Buff is MUCH more expensive!!
Last edited by bowl1820; 10-07-2012 at 12:53 PM. Reason: Thread merged, should have been part of this one in the first place.
Yes it has been.
Since Rough Buff is a type of rubbing compound , you could substitute something else.
One that comes to mind is Turtle Wax's Rubbing Compound Heavy duty Cleaner (will it be exactly the same? No close) and if you get it. Then you should get the Polishing compound also.
These two have been used for years as low cost alternative to the other polishes.
Last edited by bowl1820; 10-07-2012 at 12:51 PM.
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When I mentioned months ago about trying car wax (polish) I was laughed at. The strange thing was the Meguiars polish I used smelled just like the bottle of Storm reacta polish I had.
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The thing with car products is you have to watch and don't get one's with silicone in them.
Right handed Stroker, high track ,about 13 degree axis tilt. PAP is located 5 9/16” over 1 3/4” up.Speed ave. about 14 mph at the pins. Medium rev’s.High Game 300, High series 798
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Here's a old post I made:
Most Ball polishes started life out as car polishes, that had been re-purposed and relabeled. The thing to watch out for is not to use ones with Silicone or Wax in them.
Because it plugs the pores up.
Some auto ones that are typically used on bowling balls are:
Turtle Wax's Rubbing compound (red tub) & Polishing compound (green tub) red is coarse, green finer.
3M Finesse It, 3M Microfinishing Rubbing Compound, 3M Super Duty Rubbing Compound ( these three range from fine,medium and coarse grit)
Another thing to have is
Soft scrub (no bleach) it can make some nice sheen surfaces, depending on Underlaying grit update: and depending on coverstock material.
It was great on proactive coverstocks
Example:
(I did a guys Tombstone (thats a ball it was a big flop) with it, that ball was dead as dead could get He said I wouldn't be able to get it to hook again . I resurfaced it finished it off with soft scrub, it looked brand new which was saying a lot if you know the tombstones, you couldn't see a one sanding line on that ball.
First time he threw that ball down the lane, he threw it like he had been trying to make it hook. That thing hooked right off the lane before it hit the pins.)
Last edited by bowl1820; 10-07-2012 at 01:40 PM.
Right handed Stroker, high track ,about 13 degree axis tilt. PAP is located 5 9/16” over 1 3/4” up.Speed ave. about 14 mph at the pins. Medium rev’s.High Game 300, High series 798
"Talent without training is nothing." Luke Skywalker
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