Actually I think you're better off with a White Dot. The reason I say this is I was a fan of BDs also. The last one I used, one of the real hard ones, not one of the newer ones, I used it to the point where I had to re-surface it, after 4 or 5 years of use. There were so many scratches, it was hooking early and a lot, relatively speaking. So I sanded it to about 2000 grit, up from 180 grit after removing as many of the deep scratches as I could without removing too much coverstock. Then re-applied a good polish, very high gloss.
The problem was then. Even after all that, it hooked much more than it had originally. And the surface wore away, got scratched more quickly also.
Then I went back to a White Dot. Its gloss & polish made it hook less than the re-surfaced BD and when I had to re-surface it, it seemed to return closer to its original degree of skid and hook.
Since then I have started throwing less hook with my spare ball, instead of throwing it exactly like my strike ball. That seems to make an even bigger difference than in which polyester ball I use. Now it makes no difference.
FYI Before the Ebonite take-over of Columbia assets, the Blue Dot was made the same as the White Dot, not with the different shell that they had been using.
Now since Columbia is no longer making the White Dot, and Blue Dot, I do not know what plans Ebonite has for making Blue Dots, if they plan to make them at all.
That's my experience; Take it for whatever it's worth.
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"None are so blind as those who will not see."
Edited on 8/4/2007 4:21 PM
