About two months ago I posted that my Bite had died, may it RIP.  I was given a lot of recommendations and other nice words, what to do with the ball.

I soaked the ball in hot water with Dawn, resurfaced the ball and took the ball down to 500 Ablaron and back up to 2000 Ablaron using Ultimate Ultra Clean gel to do the final cleaning and to get some tackiness.

All this and took it to the lanes that i was killing them with using the Bite with little success.

Then I took it to another house with a little older synthetic lanes, cleaner back ends and shorter oil and I'm just killing them there.  I'm averaging between 690 and 700 there for the past six weeks.  The carry and consistent roll to the pocket bought me from next to last to first place (temporary I'm sure) in a 20 person singles league.  One person to a team, not everyone being single.  Many of the other bowlers are getting way too much over reaction and the Bite is very consistent and still drives the pocket hard.

It wasn't the intent for the ball but it worked out extremely well for me.


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Nicanor (Ten On The Deck)

where o where are the figjamin' police

So, the ball didn't die, they just changed the shot.
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--"I see your opinion, I just don't give a f$%k."

Try this:

Bring the cover of the ball down to 360 grit.

Buy yourself a bucket that a bowling ball can fit inside easily.

Insert the ball into the bucket and place it under your bath tub faucet.  

Run the hot water (hottest setting) into the bucket and let it pour out over the side and into the drain.  Keep the hot water running in and out of the bucket until your home hot water tank empties and the hot water turns cold.  

Remove the ball from the bucket and wipe down with a dry towel.

Wait 1/2 hour for your hot water tank to heat back up.  

Repeat the entire process again.

I would do this 3 times!  After the 3rd time a lot of oil should of been removed from the cover.  Bring the coverstock back to the grit you want to use during play.

This process should return the reaction of your BITE to almost OOB condition.

Things to remember.  Don't worry about taping the finger or thumb holes.  The water will not harm the ball.  Next, don't put any cleaning products in the water (dishwashing soap like dawn ect...).  Just use the hot water only!

I stand by this process!  It flat out works and works well!  This is much better than just placing a ball into a bucket of hot water.  Placing the ball into a bucket of hot water and letting it sit doesn't work as well.  The hot water cools off too quick to yield great results.  Keeping the hot water faucet running keeps the water hot for a longer period of time.

The "bath tub hot water method" is superior in that the oil that comes out of the coverstock floats to the top and over the bucket into the drain.  The oil doesn't have a chance to absorb back into the coverstock.



Edited on 12/19/2008 12:54 PM

Try Hook Again to gain back the performance most similar to out of box condition.