Baking supposedly will revive a ball. whether you take it to the shop or do it in your home oven is up to you. I'm about to throw an old Shock Trauma in my oven tomorrow and see what kind of difference it makes.
Virtual Gravity dead?
Ive had my virtual gravity for maybe 6 months now, and it seems to have stopped carrying? Ive had so many 7-10 or almost 7-10s lately it is ridiculous! Ive also left alot of 8 and 9 pins, which I never used to do. Ive tried the whole, throwing the ball in the tub with hot water and dish soap but it doesnt seem to help. It has lost some of its hook, but I like it because I can control it will now, and still get it in the pocket nicely, its just not carrying. They just put a new machine in at my local lanes that will revive, sand or polish your ball, do these machines actually work? The fact that it only costs like $2 to use makes me really wonder if it actually does anything or not?
Baking supposedly will revive a ball. whether you take it to the shop or do it in your home oven is up to you. I'm about to throw an old Shock Trauma in my oven tomorrow and see what kind of difference it makes.
Virtual Energy
Shock Trauma
El Nino X-It
I thought the same about my Black Widow Sting. It stopped carrying and was leaving what you were talking about. I was even cleaning it with "Clean & Dull" like I was supposed to. Took it to the shop and had them sand it down to 2000. Turned around the same night and shot 727 with it. That only cost me 3 bucks to do.
Did it change the actual roll of the ball or just make the ball have the slightest different angle to help carry better?
It caused the ball to do what it is supposed to do. Slide through the oil, catch at the break point and roll in to the pocket. Give it a shot, can't hurt anything.
No ovens!!!
Do not put your bowling ball in your oven! It is a very touch process and if you mess it up, you will crack the coverstock. The best way to revive a ball is to scratch the coverstock up with 220 grit wet/dry sandpaper. After that, fill a bucket with water that is around 170 degrees. Usually a faucet will get to about 130 and you can add boiling water to raise it up the rest of the way. Add a little dish soap to the water. After all of that, soak your ball in the water for 15 minutes. Then pull the ball out and clean it off with a dry towel, or with Storm Reacta Clean on a towel. Soak it a second time for 15 more minutes. Pull it out and clean it off again. Now you will need to get the surface hit with a 500 grit base coat and then a 4000 grit top coat. This will revive the ball safely and effectively!
This may be a dumb novice question, but how do you go about getting and actually doing the grit part of this process?
Grit process
The best way to do it would be to have a ball spinner. Without that it takes a little more effort. If you have a ball spinner or a pro shop that will scuff it up for you, then you just wet the ball down while holding the sandpaper on as it spins. I do all four sides (top, bottom, then turn on its side and do top bottom again) for about 30 seconds each. If you don't have a ball spinner, you can take sandpaper and rub it in a circular motion evenly around the ball till you feel like you have gotten the whole ball. I recommend that you pay a pro shop guy to do the finishing steps for you. A ball spinner will get a much more even finish and the operator is trained to not make your ball have flat spots or anything. Here is a link to a storm poster that explains the resurfacing process better. http://www.stormbowling.com/docs/maintenance_poster.pdf
We actually just got that exact machine in our alley on that poster, the top machine not the bottom one
The surface factory machine is very good! To restore your VG to originall do it first with 500 grit and then a light application of 4000 grit
Still love the game but had to quit because of my left leg amptation
High game 299 x 5 High sanctioned series 805 (1989)
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