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lenstanles703

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Polish the Ogre Particle
« on: August 28, 2008, 11:59:22 PM »
Last night I tried the OP with Secret Sauce. It polished up easily, looks great. Once again as a control I did the same to the Ogre Solid. Both 1000 abralon to high gloss. The OS is a few boards stronger than the Ogre Particle on the backend but to play up the boards,Standing 19 up 10, required 16 mph. 2nd shift shot. The solid would swing well from the inside 27/14, the OP worked best at 25/12 14 mph. 670 series. League starts next week, can't wait.
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lenstanles703

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Re: Polish the Ogre Particle
« Reply #16 on: September 15, 2008, 03:45:28 PM »
I have a thick skin too. I'm just trying different things with a new ball. I'll probably put it back to oob after a few more tweaks of the coverstock. Thats the fun of having a spinner and being on test staff is all about. Get the ball at a reasonable price so you can try it. I've done this with other balls and had some good and some bad results. Thanks VBP!
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lenstanles703

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Re: Polish the Ogre Particle
« Reply #17 on: September 21, 2008, 07:59:27 AM »
I put my Particle back to oob this week. I'll try it on league today. Going to play more in middle THS keep it in the oil. Last week 4000 w/ polish was OK but not a lot of carry.
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mrbowlingnut

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Re: Polish the Ogre Particle
« Reply #18 on: September 21, 2008, 12:09:48 PM »
nothing wrong with tweaking a cover to get your look out of a ball, I do this all the time and can almost always get the box look back if needed.

Some balls just do not take polish well as I found out with the Cell and NVD, some do and some do not everyone is different no right answer on this thread or wrong.

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Re: Polish the Ogre Particle
« Reply #19 on: September 22, 2008, 07:59:14 AM »
On the subject of polishing a ball designed for heavy oil. It is my belief that taking a ball designed for heavier oil then polishing is actually not a bad idea. All you are doing with the polish is pushing the reaction farther down lane so you end up with a ball that has respectable length consistent reaction and is utterly oblivious to carry down. I used this theory when I had my Burgendy Gryphon and it was a killer across almost all conditions with the exception of dry as matter of fact for me it was a much better Bench mark ball than my Break which had a tendency to hang up in oil any heavier than medium and burn out in dry. And more over who cares how he sets up his gear? I am sure we all do something questionable or different with surface prep, layout, finger thumb pitches, etc.
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Grayson

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Re: Polish the Ogre Particle
« Reply #20 on: September 22, 2008, 09:11:24 AM »
...as I said I found particles work better and more consistent for me... and for me I am now (at least I hope to be) not the ball whore anymore that I was...
For I need one ball to cover a very wider variety of conditions and found e.g. my Machine as particle pearl with some cover tweaking fullfilling my need up to 90% for all conditions I face for a long time!

So why not use a particle and shine it a bit.


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