J_w73,

It's possible that the Track bottle you have is old. I have and am currently using my last bottle of Track DR. I also have a bottle of Powerhouse DR, ordered a couple of months ago. I just went down to my workshop, looked them over carefully and shook them both a lot to insure they were mixed up properly.

Both appear identical in consistency and color (a sickly bark pale blue or light bluish-purple. I'm not a woman. I don't have a fancy name for this ugly color.) and both seem to have that grape aroma. The Track one is labeled as having a grape aroma. I have used the Track one on a couple of balls recently and it definitely works. I can only assume the Powerhouse one will also work.

For whatever it's worth,
The name, APP, Applied Polishing Products, as the manufacturer, no
longer appears on either the Track, nor the Powerhouse label. It used to be on the back. I do not know if they sold the formula to Ebonite. APP had made these products for Track up until the sale of Columbia to Ebonite. I do not know if APP has the same relationship with Ebonite, as they did with Track.

Many polishing products change consistency over time. I specifically remembering some Clean and Dull bottles becoming very watery several years ago, but they still worked fine. Normal C&D is a gel.

J_w73,

All I can suggest is to shake that bottle of Track DR very well and hard. Then try it on one ball and see if it adds length AND reduces the backend. If it does, fine. Use it until empty. If not, throw it away and use the Powerhouse bottle.

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"None are so blind as those who will not see."

Edited on 3/25/2009 3:39 PM

The only polish I had where something settled out was a set of very old, Sqeeky Clean abrasive polishes. The abrasive precipitated out and I was unable to mix it back up with the liquid. I had to drive a screwdriver blade into the rock-hardened abrasive lump at the bottom. No good, garbage.

if it's too old, it's too old.

Track-bottled Delayed Reactiion can still be fine, as judged by the bottle I have. Got mine from Buddies.
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"None are so blind as those who will not see."

I have a bottle of the Track DR that I bought about 4 years ago.  When I got it, shook it up and used it the first time it was solids suspended in a clear liquid.  And it still looks the same - definitely two phase.  But it works as designed.  --  JohnP