First let me state that I'm well aware of how Brunswick does its rough buff process. Here is my issue leading to the question. I went in and helped a friend do some work in his shop this past weekend. He currently has a NIB Total on the counter that they are raffling off to support the high school team. He has 1 more NIB and two that were drilled early Saturday morning. Of the bunch only two look anything close to each other for surface, as they both have a pretty nice shine onto them. of the other two, one looks like 500 sanded and the other maybe 800 sanded. Not knocking production (maybe a little bit) but how can you have so much variance in your process and keep a customer (proshops) happy? Where would you assume the covers to be, when recommending the balls for customers and should it be necessary to alter the covers so you don't need to guess? The total is an awesome ball and so far is seeing great success with skilled players around here but in terms of knowing what you have to start with is somewhat irritating.
I know BrunsBob came on at first about how some of the early batches had around a 4000 grit surface and were shelved for staff in favor of around a 2000 surface. I guess I (and Brunswick) still have issues with the Rough Buff because you should see more of a definitive effect than what is being shown to the market.
