My Domination was OK for really clean backends but if there was a little more oil to cut through it just didn't hack it. I went down to 1000 and polished it. It was better but still not quite what I wanted. When I took it down to the 1000 polished the backend was hardly tamer by any stretch of the imagination. I thought about 500 and then polishing it but as the polish started to wear off at 1000 it started reading the mids better. So, I wouldn't be afraid of 2000 or 1000 grit and no polish. I'd still like to try 500 polished on the Domination, but I did that with another ball and the reaction wasn't what I expected as the polish overcame the grit. I tried Ebonite Factory Finish and Brunswick High Gloss polishes and it seems the Brunswick is slicker for me even with a less glossy look to the ball. I'm throwing on HPL9000 surface so take that into consideration. On a lighter pattern on wood my Domination OOB was a monster that didn't want to behave, so I use it on the synthetics or wait for more oil on the wood.