Author Topic: Polishes (Read 1653 times)

bigfish · « **on:** December 27, 2003, 09:34:58 AM »

Can a person use a regular car polish to polish there bowling ball, just a question i have.

Shawn

charlest · « **Reply #1 on:** December 28, 2003, 06:50:35 AM »

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Technically....yes...you probably won't like the results though....

Anything with a wax base will make the ball go four miles before hooking...

if it ever gets to hook.

Do not be cheap; get bowling ball polish to polish a bowling ball.
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LeftE · « **Reply #2 on:** December 31, 2003, 01:59:22 AM »

As long as there are no wax additives or silicon (which several compaines use) thier is no difference between car polish and ball polish.

It is generally safer to use a ball polish since it features no additives, although any professional series polish from 3M will work fine.

duggre · « **Reply #3 on:** December 31, 2003, 02:28:14 AM »

Jabroni is correct, Most ball polishes do not fill the pores of the surface and allow the the coverstock to (what I call Breathe) This allows pores of the coverstock to soak or absorb the surface of the lane. If you use finesses-it from 3M, this will make your ball clog the pores and travel quite a bit further down the lane. Also any car polishes have the same reaction.

charlest · « **Reply #4 on:** December 31, 2003, 07:45:51 AM »

duggre writes:

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If you use finesses-it from 3M, this will make your ball clog the pores and travel quite a bit further down the lane.

I think you are wrong. My bottle of Finesse-It II is labeled to contain "No waxes or silicones". In all the years I have used it, it does not appear to have reduced the hook or the backend of any ball on which I have used it. It is also used by several other people here. Perfect-It II also conatins no waxes or silicones, but is finer than Finesse-It.

In fact, I would be very surprised if most white bowling ball polishes of this grade (around 3000 grit) were not re-bottled Finesse-It or Pefect-It.

So, unless you work for 3M or are a chemist who has analyzed the chemical composition of Finesse-It or are in some other way privy to information that the general public is not aware of, I would have to disagree with your statement.
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Edited on 12/31/2003 8:46 AM

Author Topic: Polishes (Read 1653 times)

bigfish

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