BallReviews
General Category => Miscellaneous => Topic started by: helpless bowler on March 04, 2008, 06:20:12 AM
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what in the hell do those thing do for your ball? was just wondering if they actually did anything or if they just made your ball shinny?
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Gives you length. I swear by them as pro shops are quite a ways from me. We have a brand new one that has added 10 pins to my average.
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The effect the LK has on your ball reaction depends very strongly on the maintenance of the machine and the polishing compounds that it uses. Some people have a lot of luck, it does exactly what you expect a polishing machine to do. For others, it turns $200+ oil-eating hook monsters into spare balls because the owner/maintainer used a wax-based polishing compound instead of a polish for reactive bowling balls.
Before I put my stuff in one of those machines, I'd talk to other bowlers in the center who have used it to make sure it does what you want.
SH
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can you clean the wax off?
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can you clean the wax off?
Abralon or scotch brite will take it back off. The Lustre King is only good for spare balls/plastic, or a weak ball you want to go really long. IMO.
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Hammer-Lane #1
Edited on 3/4/2008 10:52 PM
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Lustre Kings really vary depending on the center. If the center doesn't clean it or maintain it, stay away at all costs. If the opposite is true, they can be a great option to help your equipment tackle dry lanes.
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Before my pro shop sold to a different owner, he had an OLD Lustre King that he kept up and used a polishing compound. Most of the machines you see these days just use a wax block. It will make your equipment shiny, and basically worthless. A reactive ball is useful because it is porous so it grabs the friction faster for a more angular break point, more angle usually means more strike potential. The wax clogs the pores. So if you have urethane or plastic, lustre king away...otherwise be careful.
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