The ball polishing machines use a compound block to polish the ball, if over used they can plug up the pores on the ball. Which in the long run would be detrimental to the balls reaction. But for a occasional use they could be used in a pinch.
The Pro-shop would better and minor surface changes usually are low cost.
Doing it yourself is a option.
Abralon sanding pads are just that sanding pads, not polishing pads. Now using them properly and taking the surface to a smoother can delay reaction to a extent depending on conditions.
To delay it more you can use a liquid ball polish, these are fine liquid abrasives (Though some also contain a slip agent which will cause a ball to slide even farther) which are used to make a ball surface even smoother..
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