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General Category => Miscellaneous => Topic started by: MI 2 AZ on March 03, 2015, 03:49:47 PM
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in back-end reaction if the lanes sit for an hour or more before league or if the lanes are oiled just before the league starts? It seems to me that when the house oils just before one of our leagues, there is less back-end compared to when the lanes are oiled more than an hour before we bowl. It seems like the lanes play longer when they don't have the time to sit before use. Just my imagination?
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Possible residual moisture on the lanes from stripping. Eventually it evaporates. Other than that, a clean backend is a clean backend. Perhaps the oiled section changes as it sits, but I can't see the backend changing. Might be your perception.
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Kegel has produced a white paper on this very topic. It's an interesting read(depending on how big of a science geek one is :) )
http://www.kegel.net/V3/ArticleDetails.aspx?ID=109 (http://www.kegel.net/V3/ArticleDetails.aspx?ID=109)
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Heres from a Kegel article:
When lane conditioner is immediately applied to a bowling lane, several things must happen before the lane conditioner stabilizes enough to provide consistent playing characteristics. One is allowing the lane conditioner to adhere to the lane surface. This takes about 15-30 minutes depending on the amount of conditioner applied, the type of conditioner, the type of cleaner being used, and the surface energy of a particular lane surface.
The surface tension of the conditioner is also important since the surface tension directly affects how the conditioner “wets†across the lane. The conditioner needs to “like†the lane in order for it to wet across. If the surface energies between the two don’t agree, the conditioner will “sit up†on the lane surface (think of this effect as little beads of water sitting on the surface of your car versus the water sheeting off the surface of the car).
Another bonding takes place within the lane conditioner molecules themselves. These bonding forces, known as van der Waals forces, are basically weak attractions between atoms, molecules, and surfaces. The time for this to take place after conditioning a bowling lane is also anywhere from 15-30 minutes.
The whole article is here:
Does lane oil evaporate and how long should the oil pattern sit?
http://www.kegel.net/V3/ArticleDetails.aspx?ID=109 (http://www.kegel.net/V3/ArticleDetails.aspx?ID=109)
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I chit chatted with the lane guy over a year ago about this. I wasn't bowling at the time, but I was at the lanes and wondered why the league is starting late. The machine had just oiled their lanes for this smaller league, and it was a good 20-30 mins before practice started.
Basically, when asked why they are starting so late, the lane guy just said...let the conditioner settle in.
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It's exactly what Aloarjr810 posted.
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Thanks for the link, Milo and Aloar.