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    I am not sure what to do with my hammer ball. I bought it for the wood lanes I bowl on that are usually on the dry side. It worked well until I messed around with abralon sanding pads. I used the 500 first and it hooked too much. Last night I tried the 2000 still hooking too much. Which grit can I use to get it back to factory?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lancerdad34 View Post
    I am not sure what to do with my hammer ball. I bought it for the wood lanes I bowl on that are usually on the dry side. It worked well until I messed around with abralon sanding pads. I used the 500 first and it hooked too much. Last night I tried the 2000 still hooking too much. Which grit can I use to get it back to factory?

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    Thanks I just looked and I do have a 4000 pad so I give that a shot.

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    Urethane balls are fine for dry lanes as long as you have enough ball speed. Urethane tends to hook early, so if you don't have the speed, they are really not the best option for dry lanes. I would try either a very non-aggressive, entry level reactive ball, or a plastic ball with a core.

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    I have been using my plastic ball down 5 board and it works pretty good. The urethane worked good until I messed with the abalon pads. I throw around 16.5 to 17 so speed is not really an issue for me.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lancerdad34 View Post
    I am not sure what to do with my hammer ball. I bought it for the wood lanes I bowl on that are usually on the dry side. It worked well until I messed around with abralon sanding pads. I used the 500 first and it hooked too much. Last night I tried the 2000 still hooking too much. Which grit can I use to get it back to factory?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lancerdad34 View Post
    I have been using my plastic ball down 5 board and it works pretty good. The urethane worked good until I messed with the abalon pads. I throw around 16.5 to 17 so speed is not really an issue for me.
    The out of box surface for the Blue Hammer is 800/1000/2000/4000 Abralon


    If your playing on wood lanes and down the 5 board with a plastic ball and it's working, Your going to have to move inside and find some OIL! with the Hammer.

    Your playing on a high friction surface in the driest part of the lane, sanding a urethane (which is a early moving ball) to 500 of course it's going to take off early. The best bet would be to move in, find some oil then go from there.


    If you don't really put much power on your ball, You might could sand it back to OOB and use it out there (I haven't seen you bowl so just a guess) you might even need to polish it.

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