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Willis

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« on: January 10, 2009, 05:52:09 AM »
I have a ball that is 4000 grit polished and want to scuff up the polish a little, but not completely remove it.

Whats the best way to do this?

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JohnP

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« Reply #1 on: January 10, 2009, 05:01:46 PM »
Hit it very, very lightly with a white Scotchbrite pad.  --  JohnP
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mrbowlingnut

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« Reply #2 on: January 10, 2009, 05:25:38 PM »
white pad is perfect for what I call hazing the polish, ball will read a foot or two quicker and still have a strong backend.


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Hit it very, very lightly with a white Scotchbrite pad.  --  JohnP
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Burak Natal

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« Reply #3 on: January 11, 2009, 01:25:53 PM »
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Hit it very, very lightly with a white Scotchbrite pad.  --  JohnP


agree!

I always carry a used 4000 abralon pad with me in my tournament bag. It also works great for that purpose!
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Re: Question
« Reply #4 on: January 12, 2009, 02:34:30 AM »
Steel wool (for cleaning cooking pots) is also a very good material to reduce the shine of a ball. Take the wool pad in your hand and just spin the ball gently on it from all sides, that should do the trick (similar toa 4.000 Abralon pad, maybe a tad rougher).
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Tom

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Re: Question
« Reply #5 on: January 16, 2009, 08:18:17 PM »
Like sandpaper steel wool comes in a lot of different degrees of
corseness. If one was to use steel wool to haze a ball's surface
I would suggest nothing corser than 00 or 000.
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« Reply #6 on: January 16, 2009, 09:00:13 PM »
I normally will take my worn out 4k abralon pad and lightly scuff the surface by hand, I don't use a spinner for this.
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