Went back and re-read the article about what grit is actually produced when sanding a ball with respect to the pressure applied. What I came away with is that lighter pressure will bring me closer to the grit of the pad. Anyone adjust their pressure and find this to be accurate ?

The weight of my hand alone without any force whatsoever, is how I sand the ball with excellent results. Doing it this way in addition to making an excellent surface on the ball, makes the sanding Pads last longer also.

Then how do you explain all the sanding tips and directions to use firm pressure on lower grits and a light touch on higher grits? Pressure must be part of the overall process, which would make it all a supposition.....
Yes/No?

The original question was wanting to know if using a light pressure on a pad did produce a surface that was similar to what that pad grit was.

The sanding tips though are different in that they telling you what to do, in combination to produce a final specific grit surface on the ball. Not a specific pads grit.

Plus whats a light or firm pressure for low grit vs a high grit are not necessarily the same thing. Whats firm for a 500 grit, can be way to hard for 4000 grit.

I might not be saying it well, but that's about how I see it.

Then how do you explain all the sanding tips and directions to use firm pressure on lower grits and a light touch on higher grits? Pressure must be part of the overall process, which would make it all a supposition.....
Yes/No?

I only apply hard pressure if I am in the process of eliminating all of the scratches in a ball that has a high number of games on it and in this case, it is usually someone else's ball as I keep my balls resurfaced before they get to that point. Once that is done, then lighter pressure with a 500 grit pad, then pressure as I originally described.

However, in the event of resurfacing a ball after 30-40 games or so, my original description is how I do it.

I now do all my sanding basically the same as Brickguy.  I've found that using very light pressure works very well for me and I seem to get better ball reaction.  This method seems to work no matter if I'm using Siaair or NEAT pads.  As is so often the case, let the "tool" do the work, don't force it.

Pretty much agree with the gentleman above. I've had my spinner now for at least 12 years and experimented with both hard and light pressure. The light pressure seems to give me the most significant, and tangible results on my equipment.