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JohnN

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Surface grit #
« on: November 30, 2017, 11:11:52 AM »
I guess a lot of people here have read this article. Was just wondering what you thought of it ?
 https://www.bowlingthismonth.com/bowling-tips/surface-management-whats-your-number/
How will it affect your surface prep ? For solids and polished ? Seems like you would have to re-do a ball after every 3 games.

 

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Re: Surface grit #
« Reply #1 on: November 30, 2017, 12:39:31 PM »
I guess a lot of people here have read this article. Was just wondering what you thought of it ?
 https://www.bowlingthismonth.com/bowling-tips/surface-management-whats-your-number/
How will it affect your surface prep ? For solids and polished ? Seems like you would have to re-do a ball after every 3 games.

I do often touch up bowling balls by hand with just the last grit after most sessions.  Its also why I seldom use less than 1500 grit surface on anything but my urethane and pseudo urethane balls.  Have enough variables to deal with so why add the ball grit changing radically over a session?   Too lazy to carry more than three balls so not big on switching balls unless I have to.
« Last Edit: November 30, 2017, 02:26:22 PM by HackJandy »
Kind of noob when made this account so take advice with grain of salt.

LookingForALeftyWall

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Re: Surface grit #
« Reply #2 on: December 01, 2017, 08:35:58 AM »
Summarized:

For THS, unless the back ends are flying or there is a lot of over/under, for the most part I like polished hybrids and pearls.  If there are uncontrollable back ends or I'm getting over/under I will use a solid with a 2000 Abralon surface.  Too much surface = DOA on THS for me.

For sport I tend to use equipment in the 500-2000 Abralon range.  As a fairly speed dominant lefty who does not see much built-in lane friction on the left, these surfaces help me on higher volume shots. I also use surface to bleed some energy early so as not to get overreaction on the back end.

All things considered, I tend to pay closer attention to my surface prep when bowling sport as opposed to THS. 

Tom

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Re: Surface grit #
« Reply #3 on: December 01, 2017, 09:44:25 AM »
Bowling ball surface management can be tough at best. There are so many variables in how the lanes will play. The condition of Lane surface between different pairs, consistency in the oil application, ability of the bowler to repeat shots, the list is endless.
 
For the elite bowler $1,300.00 for a surface scanner might be a viable option. For most of us, our money would be better spent in learning a repeatable process of scuffing and prepping our equipment. Like you guys have said, cleaning and re-scuffing a ball after a night of bowling is the way to go. Two things I always do are, change the factory finish to a surface I can somewhat consistently duplicate and change out scuff pads after 4 or 5 uses.