My center is changing to anvilane lanes and approaches next season.  We bowl on very old well kept wood lanes currently.  Will they be able to put out a similar shot and what else do I have to look forward too.  

I know this has been covered before, but I couldn't find it.

Brunswick's AnvilLanes are the slickest synthetics made, that I am aware of. They don't need much oil compared to wood lanes to provide similar skid, but the ball reaction will almost always vary from a little to a lot different than any wood lanes. I'd suggest you be prepared to buy some new balls or change the surface of your current oilers. While it may not be certain, not knowing how your current wood lanes react, it is more than likely that the new oilpattern + lane surface will make current balls look very different. Midlane control is usually, but not always best provided by very strong resins or particle balls ...

The First series of anvil lane was extremely hard, but more importantly it didn't help to generate friction.

The newer installations of it seem to be different, in that they do hook a little more and aren't quiet to hard anymore. they are the same surface just now they don't skid quiet so much. Generally your outsides don't react very strong. anything outside 5 board will generally not recover strong.

It's very dependant on type of oil used as well. the Legends oils start very slick and as the night goes on it dries up faster and faster. Kegel oils like defense and offense are better. the best seems to be prodigy, it stays where you put it. well not always but it doesn't dry up it just carries down sometimes.

the Brunswick stuff, like control and the new absolute control are very similar to kegel products.
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Timothy @Juniors Pro-Shop
Montreal, Quebec.