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titletowncards

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Anyone else scuff up their spare ball?
« on: June 23, 2009, 02:59:04 AM »
I've switched to a Black Widow spare ball recently and it seems to skid A LOT. I wanted to practice with it this summer before fall leagues to become more comfortable with it. I've read some threads were people scuff up there spare ball because they slide too much.
Anyone else do this?
If so, what grit to use?
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Re: Anyone else scuff up their spare ball?
« Reply #16 on: July 01, 2009, 11:57:00 AM »
There's no right & wrong answer here.  It's what works for you the bowler.  If scuffing it helps it to grip the lane & ride the rail w/out it falling off, then that's what he needs to do.  Some guys like to have the 2 or 3 board hook.  Since I use a Storm viz~a~ball, I didn't scuff it.  I'm letting it track up & it's doing great.  If I miss a touch right at the 10 or 6-10, w/my normal release, I know it will hold & maybe break back a board to get the spare.  I wear a glove w/wrist support so I really don't want to change my releases for spares, just my lines.  JMO.
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Re: Anyone else scuff up their spare ball?
« Reply #17 on: July 01, 2009, 12:03:40 PM »
I'm a big fan of hard, fast, straight, with or without plastic.
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Re: Anyone else scuff up their spare ball?
« Reply #18 on: July 01, 2009, 09:52:50 PM »
I hit my Ice Storm with 20 seconds each side of 2000 abralon. Just so it dosent skid so much.
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Re: Anyone else scuff up their spare ball?
« Reply #19 on: July 02, 2009, 05:40:24 PM »
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I'm a big fan of hard, fast, straight, with or without plastic.
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Re: Anyone else scuff up their spare ball?
« Reply #20 on: July 05, 2009, 04:03:52 PM »
Just break my wrist and go straight at'em no spare ball needed. They over-rated
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Re: Anyone else scuff up their spare ball?
« Reply #21 on: July 05, 2009, 04:35:20 PM »
LOL

I've SEEN you shoot spares that way.

I've used both urethane and plastic for spares.

Both will go straighter than resin.

Really depends on YOU.

Urethane can still be used on dry lanes for a 1st ball option.

While plastic needs super dry for a 1st ball option.
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Re: Anyone else scuff up their spare ball?
« Reply #22 on: July 05, 2009, 04:37:33 PM »
i like to put a touch of surface on my plastic ball. it's a matter of preference. it still goes really straight. however, it wiggles less on the heavy stuff.
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Re: Anyone else scuff up their spare ball?
« Reply #23 on: August 02, 2009, 05:06:36 AM »
I hit my spare ball with 1000 abralon when practicing on the Scorpion pattern after it broke down to where I couldn't get reactive stuff through the midlane. Since then I haven't repolished it (mostly due to laziness), but I still haven't seen it skid any less than it did before when using my spare release.
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Re: Anyone else scuff up their spare ball?
« Reply #24 on: August 02, 2009, 01:52:06 PM »
My plastic white dot can move a little at times, I recently switched to a an old AMF angle (urethane) and that thing goes absolutely straight when I break my wrist.
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