Ball surface change

[Tony]

I have a ball that was at 4000 no polish and worked well when I first changed it but as of late hasn't had the same results as I try to adjust the line I am playing to get more consistent results. The ball a Storm HY-ROAD comes as a 1500 polished ball so I brought it home and used the 2000 pad on it and then polished it.
I can't wait to take it out and throw some practice games and see how it might work to play a tighter line.

If I don't like it it can always be changed to something else, and I have a couple of other balls in my locker I can use for league play, and a ball in the closet that hasn't been drilled yet.

[Ptnomore]

A ball at higher grit with no polish will have to have it's surface touched up after nearly every set. The small peaks and valleys on the 4000 grit especially, won't last long. Bring a 2000, 3000 and 4000 grit Abralon or Siair pad with you to leagues. You can touch up the surface on the balls by hand to great affect. Just don't do it to a ball that has been in play already. Must be done before, or after the ball is used, to remain "legal".

I have a ball I keep at 3000 grit, and I spin it in my hand with a 3000 grit pad before every set. It makes a HUGE difference.

[Amyers]

I like Ptnomore's idea I hit my unpolished balls before bowling each set then take them to be resurfaced about every 40-50 games. If you change your Hyroad to 2k plus polish it will make it longer and flippier so probably not a tighter line. 2k plus polish will be pretty similar to the OOB condition for this ball

[taxexpert2]

Can someone explain this process to me? It is something I have recently become aware of and I don't know much about the abrasive pads. Is this done by hand or with a machine? My now dead ex made telescope lenses by hand and I know he used progressively finer grit to get the optics he wanted. I think this is similar but not matching. Thank you for any input.

[Amyers]

Either and both lol. You can update non polished surfaces by hand pretty easily just get the proper grit Abralon pad and rub it on the ball in a consistent matter covering the entire ball. To completely resurface a ball or to do a consistent job with polished surfaces you need a ball spinner or take it to your pro shop.

[Tony]

I like Ptnomore's idea I hit my unpolished balls before bowling each set then take them to be resurfaced about every 40-50 games. If you change your Hyroad to 2k plus polish it will make it longer and flippier so probably not a tighter line. 2k plus polish will be pretty similar to the OOB condition for this ball

Yes the 2000 polish lasted one set and I took the polish off, I am going to experiment so might put it at 2000 no polish then 3000 and see what fits best.

[Tony]

A ball at higher grit with no polish will have to have it's surface touched up after nearly every set. The small peaks and valleys on the 4000 grit especially, won't last long. Bring a 2000, 3000 and 4000 grit Abralon or Siair pad with you to leagues. You can touch up the surface on the balls by hand to great affect. Just don't do it to a ball that has been in play already. Must be done before, or after the ball is used, to remain "legal".

I have a ball I keep at 3000 grit, and I spin it in my hand with a 3000 grit pad before every set. It makes a HUGE difference.

That's sounds like what I should have been doing, spinning it with the 4000 pad every few games or before / after using it. It worked great at 4000 for a few weeks, so I'll probably end up getting back to that and keep it touched up.

[2handsBowlingJunky]

What I like to do is use grit 500-1000-2000-3000 one after each other and play like this. After few sets I use 3000 alone. After 2-3 times with 3000 alone I redo the full process starting with 500. All by hand, it take 5minutes!

I'm a 2handers, rev about 400, like it straight with no surprise/strong back end.

The thing about surface is not having a precise 1500 or factory setting. The thing tryiing some combinaisons and repete it if you like it.

If you want to learn the right way with a new ball...change the surface out if the box because surface setting cant be reproduce.