I'll third this. C&D is the craziest cleaner I've ever used. Pulls everything out when used correctly.

JLS, I agree with your comment!!! When a pad wears down I still use them.  1500 might become closer to 2000 and so on.  I use them alot by hand. 

That is very possible which is what I kind of suspected but its amazing how fast those lines appear on that ball (cover stock maybe a bit soft on that ball).  Going to be a fact of life with it I suppose.  I have to keep that one polished up heavy due to mostly having spare ball duties so makes the tracks even more visible.  Decided to drop my Burgundy Hammer back down to factory 500 grit dull tonight so will get to see the magic of the C&D on a refinish which is still how I plan on mostly using it.  I change surfaces often so my guess is that will be its sweet spot for me.  I appreciate the pointers on how to use and especially on avoiding using too much.  When the ball is sticky after wiping yeah you have used too much.

I was actually more comparing it to my old polyester spare ball which obviously has a harder coverstock but even it gets track lines polished but takes a bit longer.  Yeah most bowler don't understand that factory finish they quote goes away in 3 games and spikes in the 5000s in pretty short order.  Big reason I got a spinner (that and hate blisters).  Figure with religious lane side cleaning when done, frequent surface changes along with the C&D that I won't much have to worry about bathes or ovens.