A few polish questions

[GoodGorilla]

What is the difference between polish and pearl? If I put polish on my spare ball will it go straiter?

[bowl1820]

What is the difference between polish and pearl? If I put polish on my spare ball will it go straiter?

Polish is what "you" put on a ball to help get more length.

A Pearlized (Pearl) ball is one with a additive in the coverstock (Ex. Mica)

[GoodGorilla]

Polish is what "you" put on a ball to help get more length.

A Pearlized (Pearl) ball is one with a additive in the coverstock (Ex. Mica)

But they accomplish the same thing? Would you say that you need more polish for dry lanes than oily lanes?

[Stormed1]

Keep in mind the more highly polished the ball. The more violently it will react at the breakpoint due to storing ebergy

[Tampabaybob]

What is the difference between polish and pearl? If I put polish on my spare ball will it go straiter?

I throw a few pearl balls because I like the reaction of the balls. They're "usually" skid flip balls and it's just a preference of mine. Maybe once a month, I'll put a coat of polish on them just to shine 'em up and maybe get a little more length. What I mainly use the polish for is for my spare ball. I throw a gold Roto Grip "world" ball (bought it used for $20 bucks!) and I use the polish to make sure I get plenty of skid when shooting the 6 -10 and the 10 pin. I have tried to impart that idea to a teammate and he said "Oh I don't need to polish my spare ball". After he missed the first two ten pins that nite I reminded him about polishing it !! NUFF SAID !

[GoodGorilla]

I throw a few pearl balls because I like the reaction of the balls. They're "usually" skid flip balls and it's just a preference of mine. Maybe once a month, I'll put a coat of polish on them just to shine 'em up and maybe get a little more length. What I mainly use the polish for is for my spare ball. I throw a gold Roto Grip "world" ball (bought it used for $20 bucks!) and I use the polish to make sure I get plenty of skid when shooting the 6 -10 and the 10 pin. I have tried to impart that idea to a teammate and he said "Oh I don't need to polish my spare ball". After he missed the first two ten pins that nite I reminded him about polishing it !! NUFF SAID !

There are many kinds of polish too right? How do you know which one to use for different conditions? Is it all trial and error?

[billf]

There are many kinds of polish too right? How do you know which one to use for different conditions? Is it all trial and error?

Basically. There are polishes with more coarse grit, like Brunswick's rough buff compared to Brunswick High Gloss. Obviously the high gloss goes longer. But how much of which kind for each ball/bowler combo is trial and error, for the most part. That's why pearl balls became so popular.

[GoodGorilla]

Basically. There are polishes with more coarse grit, like Brunswick's rough buff compared to Brunswick High Gloss. Obviously the high gloss goes longer. But how much of which kind for each ball/bowler combo is trial and error, for the most part. That's why pearl balls became so popular.

I was just checking out Brunswick's ball care products.

http://www.bowlwithbrunswick.com/accessories/ball-care/

Is control it basically the same thing as the factory finish? Would ruff buff polish be good for oily lanes? What about grit pads, why would you want to sand down your ball?

[billf]

I was just checking out Brunswick's ball care products.

http://www.bowlwithbrunswick.com/accessories/ball-care/

Is control it basically the same thing as the factory finish? Would ruff buff polish be good for oily lanes? What about grit pads, why would you want to sand down your ball?

Control it has different grip properties than the factory finish. Like a child would say, the same but different. Just like all polishes are the same, their different chemical make-up gives us a different reaction.

For the most part I keep all my balls at factory finish. So the balls that call for rough buff get rough buff. Good for oily lanes? Yes, when the balls calls for it it works great.

Why sand the ball? I sand mine every deep cleaning. 360 to open the pores then 500 then the final grit if above that. Then I add the polish that ball calls for.

My exception to factory surface has been one of my Revenge's. So I could use my pin up on a THS I went 500, 2000 which is factory. Then I went to 4000 and added 7 coats of high gloss polish. Even at that my pin down Revenge was too strong for me to use on a THS. That ball is strictly for tournaments. Today I put the pin up back to factory for the Shark pattern this week. If it's too strong I can drop to the Terror, Reckless, Misfit and Natural Pearl.

If you have a ball that is burning up it's energy too soon, changing the surface to a higher grit and/or adding more polish can help.
A ball that is said to be dead can be revived by deep cleaining and sanding. Normal use of a ball knocks off the natural peaks of the cover in essence making it smoother. Restoring that microscopic roughness works wonders. It's also how my balls have thousands of games on them and still look and act like they are less than a month old.

[GoodGorilla]

Control it has different grip properties than the factory finish. Like a child would say, the same but different. Just like all polishes are the same, their different chemical make-up gives us a different reaction.

For the most part I keep all my balls at factory finish. So the balls that call for rough buff get rough buff. Good for oily lanes? Yes, when the balls calls for it it works great.

Why sand the ball? I sand mine every deep cleaning. 360 to open the pores then 500 then the final grit if above that. Then I add the polish that ball calls for.

My exception to factory surface has been one of my Revenge's. So I could use my pin up on a THS I went 500, 2000 which is factory. Then I went to 4000 and added 7 coats of high gloss polish. Even at that my pin down Revenge was too strong for me to use on a THS. That ball is strictly for tournaments. Today I put the pin up back to factory for the Shark pattern this week. If it's too strong I can drop to the Terror, Reckless, Misfit and Natural Pearl.

If you have a ball that is burning up it's energy too soon, changing the surface to a higher grit and/or adding more polish can help.
A ball that is said to be dead can be revived by deep cleaining and sanding. Normal use of a ball knocks off the natural peaks of the cover in essence making it smoother. Restoring that microscopic roughness works wonders. It's also how my balls have thousands of games on them and still look and act like they are less than a month old.

If you sand a pearl ball, doesn't that take the pearl surface off?