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Strider

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Yeti Surface
« on: August 06, 2015, 07:48:21 AM »
Where are people having the most success surface wise on the Yeti?  I haven't found a real good place for mine.  Most recently I had it at 500/2000 abralon with a light coat of Snake Oil trying to use in on med to med/light conditions after the lanes broke down some and I needed to move in and hook it more.  The ball flares plenty, but after revving up in the mid lane, it really doesn't hook much in the back.  Balls of similar strength do just fine, so it's not being used on the wrong conditions.  I just sanded it to 500 and de-oiled it.  It didn't seem oil logged, but figured it couldn't hurt.  I'm thinking 500/4000 abralon - 500/2000 (no polish) wasn't clean enough through the heads last time I tried it.
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Steven

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Re: Yeti Surface
« Reply #1 on: August 06, 2015, 10:03:34 AM »
I haven't touched the cover of my Yeti Uncaged yet (only a handful of games on it). The Yeti is factory finished with Rough Buff, so have you considered trying a compound? I'm planning to use Storm Step#2 when the time comes. I don't know how well that's going to work out, but I can always fall back to different Abralon combinations for the final finish.
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Strider

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Re: Yeti Surface
« Reply #2 on: August 06, 2015, 10:20:00 AM »
I wasn't a big fan of the factory surface, but I do have Rough Buff and High Gloss finish available.  OOB it wanted to burn too early for me and not save enough energy for the back end.  That's why I tried the smother surface and polish, but it never really wanted to pick up in the back except for something like Cheetah that has a lot of dry boards.  The ball reminds me of the Nuts Pearl - it took me a lot of surface combinations (and a weight hole) to get something I could live with, and still it was somewhat of a niche piece.  I threw some very nice sets on long (but not heavy)  patterns, until it cracked.   :(
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Bowler19525

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Re: Yeti Surface
« Reply #3 on: August 06, 2015, 12:34:28 PM »
Quote from: Strider on August 06, 2015, 07:48:21 AM
Where are people having the most success surface wise on the Yeti?  I haven't found a real good place for mine.  Most recently I had it at 500/2000 abralon with a light coat of Snake Oil trying to use in on med to med/light conditions after the lanes broke down some and I needed to move in and hook it more.  The ball flares plenty, but after revving up in the mid lane, it really doesn't hook much in the back.  Balls of similar strength do just fine, so it's not being used on the wrong conditions.  I just sanded it to 500 and de-oiled it.  It didn't seem oil logged, but figured it couldn't hurt.  I'm thinking 500/4000 abralon - 500/2000 (no polish) wasn't clean enough through the heads last time I tried it.

I had this issue with my DV8 Marauder.  After I refinished it to 500/1000 Abralon then factory finish polish it woke right up.
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Strider

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Re: Yeti Surface
« Reply #4 on: August 06, 2015, 03:50:49 PM »
Unfortunately, that's the OOB surface I didn't care for.  I know me doing it by hand will be different than the commercial preparation, but I also "recreated" the factory surface with my Ringer and I still disliked the reaction.  Of course, I still haven't found a useful surface for the Ringer either.  That ball is stupid strong/early for how it was marketed/designed.
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Re: Yeti Surface
« Reply #5 on: August 07, 2015, 09:25:17 PM »
I looked through my notes at what I've tried so far and settled on 500/1000/4000 abralon.  I'll get to try it on both Cheetah and Chameleon this weekend.  Probably not a good match up for Cheetah; with my stats I'm much better going very straight through the heads on short patterns.  I'm definitely interested in seeing how it works for Chameleon however.
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