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Ric Clint

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Polishes: Storm's Xtra Shine & Track's Clean 'N Polish
« on: January 07, 2004, 02:11:26 PM »
Anybody ever use these 2 polishes? What is your overall opinion?

1.) Storm's "Xtra Shine" is suppose to take a ball to 3500 polished.
2.) Track's "Clean 'N Polish" is suppose to take a ball to 5000 polished.

I know that when you use Black Magic on a ball, that it DOESN'T change the grit of a ball... it just adds polish to the ball.

But when you use a polish like Finesse-It II or whatever to a ball, they say that it DOES change the grit of a ball when you apply it to a ball... so what does that mean?

For instance - Does it mean if you take a ball that's sanded to 1000 grit, does the polish take it up to like 3000 grit sanded, but with polish on top of it? I really dodn't understand what it means, or does. If it changes the grit, how does that effect the hooking ability and backending ability?


What does it mean to say that a polish changes the grit of a ball when applied to the ball?



I'm confused.




Thanks!






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Ric Clint

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Re: Polishes: Storm's Xtra Shine & Track's Clean 'N Polish
« Reply #1 on: January 10, 2004, 02:45:58 AM »
Anybody know the answer to the following question:

I know that when you use Black Magic on a ball, that it DOESN'T change the grit of a ball... it just adds polish to the ball.

But when you use a polish like Finesse-It II or whatever to a ball, they say that it DOES change the grit of a ball when you apply it to a ball... so what does that mean?

For instance - Does it mean if you take a ball that's sanded to 1000 grit, does the polish take it up to like 3000 grit sanded, but with polish on top of it? I really dodn't understand what it means, or does. If it changes the grit, how does that effect the hooking ability and backending ability?


What does it mean to say that a polish changes the grit of a ball when applied to the ball?


I'm confused.





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Re: Polishes: Storm's Xtra Shine & Track's Clean 'N Polish
« Reply #2 on: January 12, 2004, 01:57:51 AM »
Anybody ever used these?




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Re: Polishes: Storm's Xtra Shine & Track's Clean 'N Polish
« Reply #3 on: January 12, 2004, 03:50:06 PM »
Have to be careful those typical polishes clog the pores and if you sand it. The sanding gets into the pores of the ball and clogs it more. That is always good to wash the ball after you sand them. What you think happens when you are pressing the sanding paper. Some of the particles fall off but some of them get pressed in and if you polish. Then you do not have the grit or grip on the surface on the ball.

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Re: Polishes: Storm's Xtra Shine & Track's Clean 'N Polish
« Reply #4 on: January 12, 2004, 11:43:38 PM »
I know that Black Magic is not supposed to "change the grit" of the ball. But, plain and simple, if you put a polish (I put Black Magic into that category) on a ball, it is going to go longer, usually resulting in less overall hook, but a stronger backend.
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Re: Polishes: Storm's Xtra Shine & Track's Clean 'N Polish
« Reply #5 on: January 13, 2004, 10:34:56 AM »
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Have to be careful those typical polishes clog the pores and if you sand it. The sanding gets into the pores of the ball and clogs it more. That is always good to wash the ball after you sand them. What you think happens when you are pressing the sanding paper. Some of the particles fall off but some of them get pressed in and if you polish. Then you do not have the grit or grip on the surface on the ball.


I have never heard the sanding and polishing process put in these terms before. Care to explain your thought processes here?
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