Great ball! I am a huge Eliminator fan, and when I can get a NIB specimen around here, I'll store it away until my current one falls apart...
Back to the subject: OOB, the Eliminator handles medium to oily conditions, long patterns (check my review, I wrote a lot about the ball there, and check my profile for my style to make conclusions for your game). Only a true flood is IMHO too much. It has a Cerium Oxyde Trizact finish, which looks glossy but is not polished. The ball already has some good grip with this finish, and good length. It is IMHO an ideal ball for heavy oil carrydown and spotty, late games. It has a big potential, and the RG differential of 0.053 is one of the biggest Brunswick ever rolled out.
Opening up the surface only a little (1.500 or 1.000 grit) will make it grip much earlier, and it will handle a lot more oil. With your 600 sanded it hsould be na oiul monster unless you have no revs or cruise missile speed.
You will need head oil, since the ball will grip very well and burn out if there is not sufficient oil available.
If you want to use it on (much) oil, I'd recommend a leverage drilling, pin under ring, and the MB not in a stacked position, rather at 60° from your PAP. A 4x3 drilling, sort of. The ball is arcing by nature, and this drilling exploits this recation tendency IMHO very well.
Hope this helps.
Great ball!!
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Edited on 5/6/2006 10:24 AM