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Equipment Boards => Brunswick => Topic started by: bigdawgwill44 on January 14, 2008, 02:11:48 PM
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Is there any way to mess with the surface of my vapor zone to make it more suitable for dry wood lanes?
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You can polish it - but Activator+ has been known to react very erratically when glossy, or very strongly in general to surface changes. With polish, it is love or hate, and very condition-specific.
Another option I can think of is to try a fine base grit and then apply Rough Buff - this will also give more length, but I am not sure about the overall reaction because RB is very abrasive/coarse. I found that this does not work well, kills the reaction - but it might be the solution you are looking for. A 1.000 grit base or finer should do.
Another thing that comes to my mind is to try a very fine compound finish, e. g. the 3M "Finesse It" Trizact compound. It will, on a fine base grit, yield a glossy surface without polish. I made quite good experience with it on PK18, the ball glides well through the heads as long as there is some oil, but the back end read is quite consistent - even though the ball will have a little less length than a truly polished one.
Good luck, though.
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The VZ's stock surface is 220 grit + Rough buff bringing it close to what Bruns Reps have described as about 2000 grit matte or dull. You can try a 4000 grit Abralon pad for more length and less backend.
Also you can try a straight change: sand it to 400 grit and add Brunswick's own polish. This should also roughly be the next step in skid/length. The next step, if this is not enough, is 600 grit + Brunswick's High Gloss polish. Be careful with the polish; it's too easy to take it a step too far.
FYI B'wick's HG polish has no abrasive in it, last time I checked; so it keeps the underlying grit level. This makes it easy to go step-by-step in smoother, higher number grit levels.
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the problem is its BRUNSWICK!!!!. I live in muskegon mi. where the used to make their balls, when they moved to mexico that took jobs from our city. so alot of people are upset!!!.But i switched to STORM long ago , last year i shot my first 300/800-267,300,249-816,32 out 36 strikes with a paridigm.just got a paridigm domination last week 683 first nite. if you ain't throwing storm, you ain't bowling!!!!
what the hell does this have to do with changing vapor zone surface? Just curious.
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the vapor zone wasn't really designed for drier lanes. in the hands of someone with higher ball speeds( 20+mph )or someone who throws a spinner this ball may work on this condition but i think your best bet is to use a different ball intended for drier lanes.
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the vapor zone wasn't really designed for drier lanes. in the hands of someone with higher ball speeds( 20+mph )or someone who throws a spinner this ball may work on this condition but i think your best bet is to use a different ball intended for drier lanes.
bigdave300816, have you stopped using bowling bags or bowling shoes ? i was just wondering since they're not made in this country .....