I currently bowl on old wood lanes with no backend reaction.  The lanes are stripped on Monday and Thursday.  I bowl on Tuesday and Wednesday.  The front part of the lane are oiled to a med/heavy condition with the carry down left from Monday's league and open play.  I can't get my ball to make a move down the lane. It just slides down the lane.  Would sanding a ball down to 220 get me any reaction or would it just burn up too soon and hit weak.  I played straight up 5 tonight with a Monster Bruiser sanded down to 400 with some success.  I'm just looking for a little swing room, not skip-snap.

Swing room kind of coincides with skid snap. 220 is good to open something up but you won't stay with it longer than half a game.

On a totally different topic, why is Bulldozer's picture where your picture should be...?

Quote from: northface28 on December 03, 2013, 05:12:44 PM

Swing room kind of coincides with skid snap. 220 is good to open something up but you won't stay with it longer than half a game.

And you will be hated by everyone else on your pair... 

I was going to say that you may catch a little heat from some others using 220 grit.  I've even caught a little sometimes when I've used 500 grit.

More than likely, 220 grit as some others have mentioned will probably only get used with practice or up to half a game.  But, it can quickly break down a pattern if you're on the flood, which is not always a bad thing.

Quote from: Impending Doom on December 03, 2013, 09:02:29 PM

On a totally different topic, why is Bulldozer's picture where your picture should be...?

LOL I thought it was billdozer asking the question.  LMAO!!!

I know what 220 would do, not that I wouldn't EVER see such a condition to warrant a ball with gravel glued to it...BUT I actually throw it ~15 mph...anything hooks at any surface! With my game its all about "control," everything over hooks, always got a ton of angle...gotta preserve energy. ..otherwise im mr. Doink!

It wouldn't be so creepy if it wasn't your actua pic....

There is no house shot in the world that would require you to throw a ball with 220 grit.  If i was bowling league with you and you tried it, i would take it off the rack. There has to be something else you can do.

If you're throwing on old wood, your ball is burning up. Especially at 400. Try taking the surface UP to something smooth so it will keep some energy to turn on the back-end. I bowled on wood for a while before they upgraded to synthetics. I was using a Brunswick Punisher with HIGH polish. Wasn't very heavy handed then either, but I was swinging quite a bit. Try going up before you go down in grit. That's my opinion anyway.