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General Category => Coverstock Preparation => Topic started by: StormFreak5552 on September 20, 2008, 07:09:11 AM
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I'm looking to resurface my Shift before the tournament i'm going in and was wondering how everyone else would resurface their balls? Any preferences on polish to use and how much so it won't skid, hook 3 boards and hit like a wet noodle?
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If your looking for backend recovery, Snake Oil is the best polish!
For a resurface, I like to go 320, trip through the revivor (or water bath), 500, 800, then polish.
we have a sample pack of our products for 3.00 plus shipping on our website, give you a chance to try our our tape, our polish, our cleaner and our resurfacer.
-Tom
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Gotta second the Snake Oil. It's the only polish I use anymore. Works great on a spinner or by hand.
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How much Snake Oil should I use? I might think of buying that sample pack to try out the polish.
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a 1oz. bottle can do about 3 balls.
About the size of a quart for the first application.
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I think that should read "about the size of a quarter"?
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a 1oz. bottle can do about 3 balls.
About the size of a quart for the first application.
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a QUART size dollop, lol. Oh that was a good laugh.
Yes, I meant the size of a quarter.
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Okay thanks, I'll probably try that 3-piece sample pack, i've always wanted to try all the different cleaners and polishes that have come my way.
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Does anyone have any input on the Ultimate Black Magic Polish?
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i have used/currently use the black magic polish, and i really like it. it gives you that length, but still recovers on the back end. I have yet to try the snake oil, but from what i've heard it's awesome, along with Bean's Secret Sauce. It's really all in preference though. I'll probably pick up some of the snake oil and secret sauce here in the next few weeks to give them a try on my buzzbomb/r and NVS
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Ya it's kind of a toss up on the Black magic, and the Snake oil, do you know which one goes longer before breaking? I need a good amount of length before it snaps due to our broken down lanes. How much polish would i have to put on so it doesn't skid and then only hook 3 boards?
Edited on 9/21/2008 0:47 AM
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from what i've heard, i would say the snake oil or secret sauce, both have gotten good reviews from people on here. i haven't used either though so i wouldn't really know
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Snake Oil breaks VERY hard regardless of length, but it's length is dependent on the underlying grit. You can find tune and dial in the exact amount of length by putting the base grit at 800 for little skid, 1500 for medium skid, 3000 for long skid and then 4000+ for maximum skid.
-Tom
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makers of Snake Oil, Remedy RX & Resurrection
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I think most of the storms can be brought back to oob with 800 grit sand and polish like storm xtra shine. Of course as Tom said it depends on grit surface before polish and how long you polish and how fast the spinner is going. Lots of variables!I haven't tried Snake Oil but I've seen a lot of good reviews for it. I'm currently using Beans Secret Sauce, it works very well.
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Okay i'm looking for the amount of skid and i've decided to try the 1500 to get a little more length than OOB. But i've been talking to my driller and he recommended that I stay within the storm line with a bottle of reacta shine due to their new R2X coverstocks on their balls today.
Edited on 9/21/2008 5:51 PM
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The Secret Sauce is not much of a Secret anymore...
In my opinion I still think it is the best polish out there. The shape of the backend will be determined by the underlying grit of the ball before polish.
Use less polish and less effort than anything out there...
Any questions....Message me!!!
Beans
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Ya it's kind of a toss up on the Black magic, and the Snake oil, do you know which one goes longer before breaking? I need a good amount of length before it snaps due to our broken down lanes. How much polish would i have to put on so it doesn't skid and then only hook 3 boards?
Edited on 9/21/2008 0:47 AM
You better be darned careful about how much Black Magic you use and how you apply it. With medium heavy doses I have found it to reduce the backend and delay the hook a LOT. Caution is advised.
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If you want the Shift to be close to stock, I suggest, based on my own experiments, to do either of the following:
1. Sand/Resurreection to 800 grit/1000 grit and use a healthy dose Of Snake Oil,
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2. Sand to 600 grit and use a good, firm dose of Secret Sauce.
Be careful because the Shift is a particle pearl. It's a cautious balance between length and lane grab.
Do not go overboard with amounts of polish or pressure. You can always apply more. It is very difficult to back off. You almost always have to start from scratch - very annoying.
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