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3M Dust Remover

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Reaction Help!
« on: April 03, 2008, 04:14:14 PM »
Well I usually have a lot of success with my hammer doom but tonight the ball just would not snap unless i slowed down my ball speed drastically. Is there something i can do to the surface, does it need more polish or does it need to me sanded down? The lanes i bowl on are notoriously dry but i don't think it was burning up as many other bowlers were still throwing their usual big hooks. The doom has about 40 games max on it, about 12 games ago i had my pro ship bring it to OOB (not that i had tinkered with the surface before). DO i need to hot water bath it? Any thoughts or suggestions would be awesome, thanks!
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agroves

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Re: Reaction Help!
« Reply #1 on: April 04, 2008, 01:21:43 AM »
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The lanes i bowl on are notoriously dry but i don't think it was burning up as many other bowlers were still throwing their usual big hooks. The doom has about 40 games max on it, about 12 games ago i had my pro ship bring it to OOB (not that i had tinkered with the surface before).


Carrydown....  Move feet right, square up.

Or, your proshop did the super shine on it.
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Matt Fortney

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Re: Reaction Help!
« Reply #2 on: April 04, 2008, 06:59:13 AM »
I've personally always had a problem polishing over top of abralon. Since the Doom's surface OOB is 4000 abralon + polish, I would assume that's what the pro shop did. For me, polishing on top of abralon, even if it's 500 grit has DRAMATICALLY tamed down the reaction.

As of late if I'm going to polish something I always take the cover down to either 600 or 1000 grit SANDPAPER and then polish on top of that. I've had a lot better luck with that, and it's always provided the reaction I was looking for. It's worth a shot!

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agroves

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Re: Reaction Help!
« Reply #3 on: April 04, 2008, 08:25:41 AM »
I've found the same thing.  If you use the Abralon fairly wet, it appears to finish the ball at an even higher grit...like a wet 4000 is really 5000 or more.  Then, you apply polish and it goes forever.
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Dan Belcher

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Re: Reaction Help!
« Reply #4 on: April 04, 2008, 09:58:40 AM »
My dad found it almost impossible to use his Doom with a polished surface.  It skidded too far in oil and snapped too hard off dry, and was prone to leaving corner pins from skating too far.  We took it to 4000 no polish and found the reaction was much better.  At 2000 no polish it was able to handle carrydown better.
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