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General Category => Coverstock Preparation => Topic started by: dicnic on June 01, 2009, 08:07:17 AM
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Obviously, polishing a ball with a spinner is better, that's what a spinner is for. However, for those of us without spinners, is it actually worthwhile to polish a ball by hand?
For example, if a spinner does a polish job 100%, does a "hand job" (no comments, please) provide 50% or 25% or only 10% or what?
If a hand polish job only does a minuscule amount of good, it certainly is not worth the effort.
What say you experts?
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When nothing else is available, a "hand job" will have to do.
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Many people go crazy with the spinner and turn their prize bowling ball into a b-b or an over-under nightmare! Sometimes,just getting a little polish into the pores is better than burning it in to a high shine. I find the spinner is best for adjusting the surface grit and resurfacing jobs.I have to be careful when I get any polish near it!
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the pooh
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I kind of use the best of both worlds, and it's called an Random Orbit Car Polisher! Costs like 20 bucks and it's cheap to purchase new polishing pads too. It does a pretty good job, but it does take a bit longer than using a spinner, but a heck of a lot easier and faster than doing a hand job. Just another option for you.
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I always recommend using our products with a spinner for speed and consistent results. If a spinner isn't available hand results are good but do take some elbow grease.
Artimust has a good idea with an orbital sander/polisher, just make sure you can apply a lot of pressure and it will continue to spin before you purchase one. Also most random orbit sanders don't spin, they vibrate, so do some research if your going to be taking that route.
-Kevin
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Unless I specifically need something with a super high gloss finish, I always polish my equipment by hand without a spinner. I like a lot of midlane read and more controlled motion downlane, but need polish on some equipment to get through the front of the lane cleanly and generate some angle on the back. A little elbow grease without a spinner does the job for me -- it gets me a much cleaner reaction without giving me the over/under look I so often fight with highly polished equipment.
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I have better luck also with hand polishing, and like Dan B., it helps control over-under reactions, giving me a more consistent reaction. I definitely don't apply too much elbow grease, and only use a small amount of Snake Oil, as I'm shooting for a finished look that is a little more than a sheen, but less that truely polished.
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My brother used to polish his stuff by hand. The big difference was that on a spinner, it would last probably 8 weeks before he needed to repolish, whereas by hand it was more like every other week
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