My pro used Storm Reacta shine on my Blueberry and my Thing returns, both with excellent results. One thing I won't do is give up on a ball just because I made a mistake in cover prep. I really think for me (emphasis on ME) I like to always scuff a ball before I apply polish; that way I expose fresh material in the cover. That's the one lesson I've learned lately. I won't just apply polish again. The same thing goes with Elixir. I've talked to many bowlers who were dissatisfied with the stuff because it killed the reaction. Take that for what it's worth.
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kendog
avoids spare shooting at all costs
just throw strikes

Shiv, thanks for your input. Rest assured, I will put it to good use.

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Lane 1 - The Bowlers Company

Nothing hits as hard as an Uranium

Regarding the Neo-Tac Hook It, I have used it for several months, cleaning each and every ball that I own, before every set.  From what I have seen, it cleans the coverstock extremely well and leaves that desirable tacky feeling.  Most of the time I clean the ball on my ball spinner with it. Throwing the ball after the cleaning it reacts exactly as new in the box and lasts longer than advertised.  I swear by Hook it.  It doesn't do anything to the coverstock other than remove lane oil, and belt marks and leave a tacky feeling to the coverstock. Just my 2 cents.
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Shoot first and ask questions later!!

I agree with Da Mutant Yoot about Hook-It.  This is a good place to mention something else I've noticed about Hook-It.  In my experience, if you treat the ball with Hook-It immediately before competition, it gives the ball a noticeably stronger backend without making the ball hook too early.  I discovered this kind of by accident.  I usually clean my bowling balls and do whatever surface prep I want for that ball a day or two after bowling.  One time I got to the center very early before league and did a lot of practice--so much that I wanted to clean the ball I was using (and planned to use that night) before league started.  I did a thorough cleaning with Hook-It, just rotating the ball around on a table and using bar napkins soaked with Hook-It.  When league practice started, I immediately noticed an extremely strong backend.  I did this procedure before league for about a month--all the times after the first time it did not involve pre-league practice like it did the first time.  The results were the same each time.  I quit doing it because most of the time the extra strong backend was more than needed for this particular center.  This experiment resulted in my discovery of another possible scoring weapon.  Since Hook-It is ABC legal for use DURING league play, if you start off and feel you have a pretty good ball reaction, but need a little more zip on the backend, just go over your ball with a quickie treatment of Hook-It.

My usual cleaning regimen is to put the ball on the spinner and start it up and hold a paper towel with a generous amount of Hook-It on it on the ball, moving the paper towel up and down the ball.  When I notice the paper towel seems to be starting to get drier, a take it off the ball and hold a clean towel (washcloth actually) on the ball to remove any residue.  This last step is probably not even really necessary.  I flip the ball 180 degrees and do the other side.  Then I flip it 90 degrees and do the procedure again.  Then another 180 flip and clean again.  This way you get 4 "sides" of the ball.  Generally the last two repetitions don't show any new grime on the paper towel and are probably not even necessary, but I'm obsessive--what can I say.

I think Hook-It can clean just as effectively without a spinner, but it takes longer and is more work.

I have another theory about Hook-It that is not claimed by Neotac, but seems to me to be the case.  I think it soaks into the ball and displaces oil.  I would not have noticed this on my equipment, since I clean obsessively.  I noticed it because an older guy I bowl with finally consented to let me clean his ball partly because I was needling him about it's condition, but mostly because he was getting no reaction out of it anymore.  I went at it with Hook-It and bar napkins on the settee table.  The first several passes resulted in lots of black gunk coming off the ball.  After that, what was coming out of the ball was yellow gunk--looking a lot like oil.  It wasn't ball color--the ball had no yellow, green, or orange in it.  Yellow gunk was still coming out of the ball when it was time to start league and I had to stop so I could go and wash the Hook-It off my hands and start bowling.  This guy's ball had a noticeable pop on the backend that night and he bowled almost 100 over and won a couple pots.  He's been using Hook-It ever since.  Anyway, the main reason I told that last story is to advance my theory that Hook-It displaces lane oil in the ball.

Generous use of Hook-It like what I do makes it advisable to buy it by the quart--I use www.blockbusterbowling.com.  Good prices, good selection, fast shipping.

Shiv
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Listening to the monotonous staccato of rain on my desk top

Hook-It does have a dissolving effect on finger inserts, but if you're just passing over them (especially on a spinner) it doesn't get at them much.  If you're slopping the Hook-It around and it gets in your finger holes and all over your inserts, it would be a good idea to stop and rinse the fingers out with water right away.  Hook-It won't dissolve them instantly.

As far as using Renew-It first, that's okay, but bear in mind that Renew-It has a polishing effect.  If you don't want that, just go right to the Hook-It.

Shiv
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Brickguy221 -- Good idea.  You could also cover the finger holes with masking tape.  --  JohnP