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Hamburglar

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Polishing question...
« on: February 23, 2004, 06:46:53 PM »
What do you guys use to polish your reactive Big B's?  I have a Bruiser that has been dulled a bit but is now too much for the THS...noticed it "rolling out" some last night.  Any suggestions?
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Re: Polishing question...
« Reply #1 on: February 24, 2004, 10:54:32 PM »
Brunswick makes a Factory Finish polish.  It was made available for exactly your type of situation: bowlers wanting to be able to get their Big B equipment back to "factory".  If I'm not mistaken, most of their shinier balls in their current lineup are sanded to roughly 400-600 grit, then shined with that Brunswick Factory Finish polish. Hope this helps. :0

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Re: Polishing question...
« Reply #2 on: February 25, 2004, 05:11:00 AM »
As far as I know, what BowlersAidProShop-Wells says is exactly true.
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Hamburglar

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Re: Polishing question...
« Reply #3 on: February 25, 2004, 11:19:50 AM »
Thanks for the info...where can I find this polish?  I've looked on the 'net and no one seems to have it...
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charlest

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Re: Polishing question...
« Reply #4 on: February 25, 2004, 01:42:33 PM »
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Thanks for the info...where can I find this polish?  I've looked on the 'net and no one seems to have it...
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BowlersChoice.com has it.
See
http://www.bowlerschoice.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=Bowlerschoice&Product_Code=BBP&Category_Code=Cleaners+%26+Polish
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Hamburglar

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Re: Polishing question...
« Reply #5 on: February 25, 2004, 03:28:23 PM »
BINGO!!!  Just ordered some!

One more question/comment in regards to my search...

This afternoon I was calling shops around my area in search of the Brunswick High Gloss Polish.  I called one shop, located about 60 miles from where I live in an area I travel to/through quite often.  The pro shop operator, who I know by name, answers the phone and I explained to him what I was looking for.  He didn't have any but he did say that any type of AUTOMOBILE POLISH would do the same thing as the Brunswick polish.  I'm no expert, however, that doesn't sound like a good idea to me, especially for a reactive (or particle) coverstock ball...maybe that would be OK for a plastic ball.
Was this guy full of it or what???  Either way, I'm not planning on putting car polish on my bowling ball.
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Re: Polishing question...
« Reply #6 on: February 25, 2004, 03:45:59 PM »
VT, your proshop guy is very correct. Polish is a polish. The only differnce is that SOME automotive polishes feature waxes, silcons, and other ingredents. Other than that 1500 grit is 1500 grit.

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Re: Polishing question...
« Reply #7 on: February 27, 2004, 01:46:42 AM »
Actually, how it was explained to me, the Brunswick Polish was more like polish a jeweler would use, that it doesn fill in gaps and what not, it was a little complicated sounding, but I think I grasped it. Basically the car polishes like Finesse It and what not polish the ball in a manner that can/will not provide the true box finish. Who knows, but I wouldnt use them either IF I knew the company made a polish just for their equipment, that would just be silly.

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Re: Polishing question...
« Reply #8 on: February 27, 2004, 06:57:49 AM »
VT_Turkey,

While use of some auto polishes may be satisfactory (and cheap and convenient), for safety's sake, like anything else in life, it is most advisable to use the product designed to do what you want on the item in question. Yes, bowling ball polishes can be slightly more expensive than other polishes (I have also tries marine polishes intended for fiberglass, with decent results) but it takes a long time to go through a single can/jar of it. Most come in 4 oz, 8 oz, 32 ounce cans/jars.

Do the right thing and you usually won't regret it.

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Re: Polishing question...
« Reply #9 on: February 27, 2004, 11:29:41 PM »
LeftE, a Polish is a Polish?  Well, I guess that statement could be correct but not every polish is the same.  Every manufacturer uses a different type of polish, that is why you can't use different polishes universely and expect to get the same result.  That is specifically why Brunswick came out with a factory finish polish, because the "out of the box" finish could not be duplicated with other polishes on the market. Just as Wells said, if a company makes a polish for their equipment, you are probably better off using it. (if you are trying to get the "out of box" back as the finish.)

So you think all the polishes are so interchangeable and the same? Well, let's put it this way, I haven't hear of anyone using Factory Finish polish on their car yet?  But if you want to try it, I'd be curious to hear how it works.
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Re: Polishing question...
« Reply #10 on: February 28, 2004, 01:37:52 AM »
Hi Prokkie :0

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Re: Polishing question...
« Reply #11 on: March 29, 2004, 09:19:29 AM »
Time for an update. Has anyone here had a chance to try this Brunswick High Gloss Polish? Reaction?


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Hamburglar

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Re: Polishing question...
« Reply #12 on: March 29, 2004, 12:33:29 PM »
The polish did take it back to "box condition".  But since I had an over/under reaction with the box finish, I had to rough up the surface some with Blue Scotch Brite which made the reaction perfect for my THS and style.  
The reason I had to polish it was because the first time I roughed the surface I did it with the Green Scotch Brite which was too much surface for my ball hence the roll-out problems.
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Re: Polishing question...
« Reply #13 on: March 29, 2004, 05:18:49 PM »
Thanks VT!

I was thinking. How many high gloss polishes are there? There's this one from Brunswick, and then No.3 from Storm. What other polishes would be considered "high gloss"?


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Edited on 3/29/2004 6:12 PM
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