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General Category => Miscellaneous => Topic started by: thedjs on August 09, 2021, 03:39:30 PM
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What's the difference between compound polish and just regular polish?
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I believe the compound polish has abrasive's mixed in and regular polish does not.
I have a bottle of Vise Slip Agent and Storm Step 3 Finishing Compound sitting right nest to me. I poured a little bit of both and the Storm Step 3 does have a little texture or grit feel to it compared to the Vise Slip Agent.
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I believe the compound polish has abrasive's mixed in and regular polish does not.
I have a bottle of Vise Slip Agent and Storm Step 3 Finishing Compound sitting right nest to me. I poured a little bit of both and the Storm Step 3 does have a little texture or grit feel to it compared to the Vise Slip Agent.
Exactly as I understand it also.
If charlest is still around, he is the man on these kinds of questions.
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Yes, compounds have abrasives, and do a better job if you want the ball to read the mid-lane in my opinion. They will also, depending on how aggressive the abrasive, change (smooth out) the underlying grit to some degree.
Many polishes do give the ball length due to the slip agents, but that can be a double-edged-sword. I rarely use a polish due to over/under reaction. I prefer to smooth the surface more (2000, 3000, etc) then use the compound if I want the ball to push through the heads easily. For my spare ball, yes, polish. Hope this helps.
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Thanks all. The reason this came up is that Brunswick (after taking over Ebonite) seems to have this on most of their equipment. Nearly all the balls I have now were made by Ebonite before the takeover and and most of them are polished. Just wanted to know what to expect.
Thanks again.
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Yes, compounds have abrasives, and do a better job if you want the ball to read the mid-lane in my opinion. They will also, depending on how aggressive the abrasive, change (smooth out) the underlying grit to some degree.
Many polishes do give the ball length due to the slip agents, but that can be a double-edged-sword. I rarely use a polish due to over/under reaction. I prefer to smooth the surface more (2000, 3000, etc) then use the compound if I want the ball to push through the heads easily. For my spare ball, yes, polish. Hope this helps.
That's probably why I used the Vise Slip Agent a couple times and haven't used it again in about a year. Not saying Vise Slip Agent is a bad product, it just didn't work for me.
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Here’s the chart that shows you what grit each polish or compound finish you can expect.
http://wiki.bowlingchat.net/wiki/images/archive/1/1e/20140812002305%21Bowling_grit_chart.pdf
Very handy to have a copy if you’re into surfacing experiments.
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What's the difference between compound polish and just regular polish?
Watch this. Description and a demonstration with results.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PmhPIoai0o