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JohnN

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Lowest grit
« on: February 07, 2017, 12:02:37 PM »
What is the lowest grit you would use on a non-polished ball ?
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Re: Lowest grit
« Reply #1 on: February 07, 2017, 12:23:53 PM »
Quote from: JohnN on February 07, 2017, 12:02:37 PM
What is the lowest grit you would use on a non-polished ball ?

I would imagine anything less than a 1000 grit FEPA is going to do a lot of damage to the lane surface, even with a lot of oil.
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Re: Lowest grit
« Reply #2 on: February 07, 2017, 12:26:16 PM »
Quote from: NeverLearn on February 07, 2017, 12:23:53 PM
Quote from: JohnN on February 07, 2017, 12:02:37 PM
What is the lowest grit you would use on a non-polished ball ?

I would imagine anything less than a 1000 grit FEPA is going to do a lot of damage to the lane surface, even with a lot of oil.

Yup!! ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^What the "Old Vet" with the new handle said!  ;)
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Re: Lowest grit
« Reply #3 on: February 07, 2017, 12:27:20 PM »
For me, it would be 1000 grit.
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Re: Lowest grit
« Reply #4 on: February 07, 2017, 01:47:18 PM »
Using Abralon pads, I will go as low as 500. 

Currently, the lowest grit in my arsenal is a 500/1000 surface on an Alpha Crux that does not see house shots. 
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Re: Lowest grit
« Reply #5 on: February 07, 2017, 04:15:05 PM »
I have experimented with grits and for certain tournaments that typically have very   heavy oil or reverse block type appearance for me,  I have gone very low.....150 grit, 120, 100, 80, 60 , 40, 24, and 12.......Although at 12 grit didn't have much success.....when I put my midnight scorcher to 12 a number of years ago--back when it had just a standard drilling on it, it would exit the out of bounds but just roll out and go straight to the 2 pin(lefty).  The one big money tournament I was blessed enough to win----the 2010 U.B.A. Memorial Day Classic , I won the 10,000 first place prize money using a Brunswick dry zone solid on my first ball at 24 grit--not a typo 24 grit. Lately...at least since I discovered the 320 degree hook set drilling, I have found that I can get a similar aggressive move in the oil while being able to go a little bit higher in the grit level on any particular ball.

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Re: Lowest grit
« Reply #6 on: February 07, 2017, 08:52:26 PM »
Quote from: bcw1969 on February 07, 2017, 04:15:05 PM
I have experimented with grits and for certain tournaments that typically have very   heavy oil or reverse block type appearance for me,  I have gone very low.....150 grit, 120, 100, 80, 60 , 40, 24, and 12.......Although at 12 grit didn't have much success.....when I put my midnight scorcher to 12 a number of years ago--back when it had just a standard drilling on it, it would exit the out of bounds but just roll out and go straight to the 2 pin(lefty).  The one big money tournament I was blessed enough to win----the 2010 U.B.A. Memorial Day Classic , I won the 10,000 first place prize money using a Brunswick dry zone solid on my first ball at 24 grit--not a typo 24 grit. Lately...at least since I discovered the 320 degree hook set drilling, I have found that I can get a similar aggressive move in the oil while being able to go a little bit higher in the grit level on any particular ball.

Brad

24 grit holy cow  :o
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bcw1969

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Re: Lowest grit
« Reply #7 on: February 07, 2017, 08:59:26 PM »
it actually worked that weekend......The dry zone solid is a dry lanes ball...but with that rough a grit I was able to play in the oil/oob around the 1st arrow...and if I pulled it, it went right past the 1-2 pocket(lefty) and went straight for the 1-3 pocket for a Brooklyn strike, no dead center splits at all. If I missed a little left the gritty cover didn't leave me any "weird" unmake-able spares. For that situation it indeed worked.

Brad
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Re: Lowest grit
« Reply #8 on: February 07, 2017, 09:16:39 PM »
Quote from: bcw1969 on February 07, 2017, 04:15:05 PM
I have experimented with grits and for certain tournaments that typically have very   heavy oil or reverse block type appearance for me,  I have gone very low.....150 grit, 120, 100, 80, 60 , 40, 24, and 12.......Although at 12 grit didn't have much success.....when I put my midnight scorcher to 12 a number of years ago--back when it had just a standard drilling on it, it would exit the out of bounds but just roll out and go straight to the 2 pin(lefty).  The one big money tournament I was blessed enough to win----the 2010 U.B.A. Memorial Day Classic , I won the 10,000 first place prize money using a Brunswick dry zone solid on my first ball at 24 grit--not a typo 24 grit. Lately...at least since I discovered the 320 degree hook set drilling, I have found that I can get a similar aggressive move in the oil while being able to go a little bit higher in the grit level on any particular ball.

Brad


This is ridiculous.
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Re: Lowest grit
« Reply #9 on: February 07, 2017, 11:57:15 PM »
Have never seen grit that low before. Lowest grit wet dry paper I've seen was 80.
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bcw1969

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Re: Lowest grit
« Reply #10 on: February 08, 2017, 05:39:02 AM »
An oil pattern is simply a puzzle, and because bowlers are all different, there can be multiple solutions to this puzzle...the solution for one may not be the solution for another. I'd bowl between my legs and backwards if I thought it would win me $10,000. One thing that Earl Anthony said in his book that I had years ago...might have been :super bowling" , forget the title but he said "are we playing how, or how many?"


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Re: Lowest grit
« Reply #11 on: February 08, 2017, 09:53:03 AM »
I've sanded to 220 before and the ball surface looked scarred not sure how much good that does for ball reaction. 

12 grit! wow next step is to sand with a metal file. 
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Re: Lowest grit
« Reply #12 on: February 08, 2017, 10:05:42 AM »
Quote from: htotheizzo3561 on February 08, 2017, 09:53:03 AM
I've sanded to 220 before and the ball surface looked scarred not sure how much good that does for ball reaction. 

12 grit! wow next step is to sand with a metal file. 

A metal file wouldn't even do that much damage. Maybe a wood rasp would.
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Re: Lowest grit
« Reply #13 on: February 08, 2017, 10:44:05 AM »
Quote from: northface28 on February 07, 2017, 09:16:39 PM
Quote from: bcw1969 on February 07, 2017, 04:15:05 PM
I have experimented with grits and for certain tournaments that typically have very   heavy oil or reverse block type appearance for me,  I have gone very low.....150 grit, 120, 100, 80, 60 , 40, 24, and 12.......Although at 12 grit didn't have much success.....when I put my midnight scorcher to 12 a number of years ago--back when it had just a standard drilling on it, it would exit the out of bounds but just roll out and go straight to the 2 pin(lefty).  The one big money tournament I was blessed enough to win----the 2010 U.B.A. Memorial Day Classic , I won the 10,000 first place prize money using a Brunswick dry zone solid on my first ball at 24 grit--not a typo 24 grit. Lately...at least since I discovered the 320 degree hook set drilling, I have found that I can get a similar aggressive move in the oil while being able to go a little bit higher in the grit level on any particular ball.

Brad


This is ridiculous.

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CoorZero

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Re: Lowest grit
« Reply #14 on: February 08, 2017, 10:47:09 AM »
What does a ball at 12 or 24 grit look like?
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