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keegan.mier

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Pitch Black... I'm confused.
« on: March 13, 2018, 08:10:09 PM »
So I was looking for a urethane ball, because of what I had been told about the motion, and, liking Storm as much as I do, I went with the Pitch Black. It works as advertised, up until the arrows, then it just starts moving and doesn't stop. Now I've watched other rev-dominate players use it and have it in control, playing down first arrow, but I try the same and I'm only hitting the seven pin. I hit it with a 4000 pad, and I haven't gotten to use it yet so I don't know the result. Do you all have any advise, for release, surface, etc, to tame it down? I have around 400-425 revs, and, due to a recent arm injury, I throw around 12MPH.

 

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Re: Pitch Black... I'm confused.
« Reply #1 on: March 13, 2018, 08:19:19 PM »
You are extremely rev dominant if your ball speed is only 12 mph. You're not going to be able to play first arrow unless there's a ton of oil.

Plastic with a core would be more beneficial if you want to play out there
« Last Edit: March 13, 2018, 08:23:20 PM by SVstar34 »

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Re: Pitch Black... I'm confused.
« Reply #2 on: March 13, 2018, 08:29:44 PM »
Plus these old urethane coverstocks are VERY, VERY hard to change. If you just took a 4000 Abralon pad to it, I can virtually guarantee it is not at 4000 grit. You need to go up in grit levels, from the stock 1000 grit, one step at a time, (1200, 1500, 2000, 2500, 3000 to 4000 grit) and do a thorough job with at each level to insure the surface is at that level before proceeding to the next one.
I would suggest using wet/dry sandpaper or, better yet, Trizact pads (which are available in 1000, 3000 and 5000 grit pads), instead of Abralon or Siaair pads, because of the need for firm pressure with such hard urethanes
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Re: Pitch Black... I'm confused.
« Reply #3 on: March 13, 2018, 10:24:59 PM »
Plus these old urethane coverstocks are VERY, VERY hard to change. If you just took a 4000 Abralon pad to it, I can virtually guarantee it is not at 4000 grit. You need to go up in grit levels, from the stock 1000 grit, one step at a time, (1200, 1500, 2000, 2500, 3000 to 4000 grit) and do a thorough job with at each level to insure the surface is at that level before proceeding to the next one.
I would suggest using wet/dry sandpaper or, better yet, Trizact pads (which are available in 1000, 3000 and 5000 grit pads), instead of Abralon or Siaair pads, because of the need for firm pressure with such hard urethanes

Polishing a urethane will also reduce overall hook more than it will a reactive where it often just moves the same amount of hook further down the lane.  Alas the best urethane polish is no longer on the market (Bean's).  Only part of Lane 1 worth anything imo.  Also Vise Slip Agent as a final step will reduce hook but it needs to be reapplied every session or two for maximum effect.
« Last Edit: March 13, 2018, 10:31:39 PM by HackJandy »
Kind of noob when made this account so take advice with grain of salt.

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Re: Pitch Black... I'm confused.
« Reply #4 on: March 13, 2018, 10:30:51 PM »
Stock factory finish is listed at 1000. Maybe take it to 2000 or 4000.

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Re: Pitch Black... I'm confused.
« Reply #5 on: March 14, 2018, 08:00:11 AM »
++1 wet/dry sandpaper is way to go for urethane
Finesse It as polish used to work great on my urethane for polish

Plus these old urethane coverstocks are VERY, VERY hard to change. If you just took a 4000 Abralon pad to it, I can virtually guarantee it is not at 4000 grit. You need to go up in grit levels, from the stock 1000 grit, one step at a time, (1200, 1500, 2000, 2500, 3000 to 4000 grit) and do a thorough job with at each level to insure the surface is at that level before proceeding to the next one.
I would suggest using wet/dry sandpaper or, better yet, Trizact pads (which are available in 1000, 3000 and 5000 grit pads), instead of Abralon or Siaair pads, because of the need for firm pressure with such hard urethanes