BallReviews
Equipment Boards => Storm => Topic started by: TheGom on July 27, 2015, 10:21:15 AM
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Has anyone been to a Storm shop and used this machine to redo a ball back to factory specs? Thoughts, comments as a shop near by is offering work done by theirs and new grips for $25 a ball.
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The surface factory does a very good job at resurfacing a ball back to what you set it for. It also polishes back to that finish as well if that is what you want. $25 for a resurface and new grips is a good deal.
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Only if the owner changes the pads often enough. Otherwise it's a big waste of money.
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I have one in my shop! You have to remember that the grit of pad used does NOT match the actual grit on the surface of a new ball.
Example 1500 / polished is actually anywhere between 4000 and 5000 grit on a surface scanner! I'm not sure but I heard the numbers on the Motiv brand are the surface scanner number average and not the grit pad used. I could be wrong on that.
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It's like a washing machine. There a cavity that you drop the ball in, and a timer dial.
At the bottom of the cavity, is a a wheel with Velcro you attach a wet or dry pad to, and the wheel moves in sort of figure 8 shape. The timer has minutes separated by finishes, so polish is let's say 4 minutes.
You put a pad in, dump the ball and turn the dial, and go have a smoke.
I did my HyRoad in it, came out killer, no idea if it's factory finish. It's a nice machine, $25 seems high to me. $15
$25 with new grips....machine is in the Pro Shop and cannot be operated by anyone other than Pro Shop.....smaller version, not coin op
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Worked in a couple of shops that had these. What a time saver when you are alone and a league is about to floor. Put one in the SF, one on the spinner and get them both done. Also a great tool to put a ball back to factory after plug work. Again another time saver while you do the scraping, it is doing the cover finish work.
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to answer the question, that is a GREAT price if all the proper steps are taken to get back to factory finish
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I charge $25 for resurface and $10 for grip replacement. I run a special every September for resurface/grip replacement for $25.00. So like Raider said, it is a good price.