Adam, what is the difference between the compound and the Ruff Buff.
Specifically does the Compound take the ball to about 1500 like the Rough buff? A different grit?
Regards,
Luckylefty
I believe Royal Compound is 2500 as I have used it on my Violent Eruption. I like the reaction I get from the ball with 2000 abralon with Royal Compound.
Maybe as you use it, you get something close to 2500 grit matte, but you really can't say RC will do that for everyone, with every ball. It's a very aggressive "compound". Remember it used to take balls from 220 grit to almost 4000 grit a few years ago, when Brunswick specified that Rough Buff as "the finish" for many of their balls
In my personal use I have seen VERY little difference between Rough Buff and Royal Compound. When applied by hand, over a base 500 surface, grit you can easily wind up around 2000 - 2500 grit matte finish. Use a spinner and slightly more pressure and you will wind up at 4000 grit easily. Start at 1000 - 1500 grit and a spinner, and you can, just as easily, wind up with a polished ball.
It is a very useful but very aggressive compound that allows you to get a wide variety of finishes/surfaces on a ball, but to say it IS 1500 or 2000 or 2500 is not only wrong, it does the compound a disservice. It is nowhere near that limiting; heck, its use is only limited by your imagination.
