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General Category => Coverstock Preparation => Topic started by: slap on April 17, 2007, 02:58:59 PM

Title: remove polish?
Post by: slap on April 17, 2007, 02:58:59 PM

I'm still a spinner newbie so I've been playing around with different grits and polish.

My latest creation is a Toxic sanded to 220 then 360 abralon plus rough buff and high gloss. I'm not really happy with it, I think high gloss was too much.

Do I have to go back down to 220 to start over or can I start at an intermediate step?
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Title: Re: remove polish?
Post by: shelley on April 17, 2007, 11:21:49 PM

You can't just take off the High Gloss and be left with the Rough Buff.  If you liked the 220->360 Abralon->RB, I'd go back to 360 abralon and then do the RB.  Once you hit the 220 with the 360 pad and the RB the first time, there really wasn't anything left of the 220-grit.

If you want Brunswick's original RB finish, it's 220-grit sanded then the RB without the 360 abralon intermediate step.

SH

Title: Re: remove polish?
Post by: charlest on April 18, 2007, 12:08:14 AM

slap,

Activator coverstocks can't react well to very fine sandings PLUS gloss polishes.

Either use 400 to 800 grit PLUS the high gloss polish

OR use 200 - 400 grit sanding PLUS ROugh Buff.

ONLY, I REPEAT, Emphatically, ONLY do both when you face EXTREMELY dry conditions. Then, why both using the expensive Activator coverstock?
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Title: Re: remove polish?
Post by: dizzyfugu on April 18, 2007, 04:29:37 AM

CharlesT is correct - you probably overdid it on the ball. Just use either Rough Buff OR polish. With both I think you created a marble-like surface (which I could try on my spare ball next... ), no wonder the ball lost any grip.
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Title: Re: remove polish?
Post by: slap on April 18, 2007, 07:23:46 AM

Thanks for the replies...

Yes I got a little carried away but I knew I could always fix it. I knew I would have to sand off the polish but I was confused as to start at 360 or 220. 360 saves me a step so that's great.

Question- In regards to rough buff, would scotch brite prepare the surface better than abralon, (rougher surface)?

Charlest- I was expecting bone dry lanes. It's school vacation week here and my center allows open bowling right before league. Monday night the lanes were toast.

Dizzyfugu- The ball is shiny! I could have used it to throw relatively straight at corner pins.



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Title: Re: remove polish?
Post by: charlest on April 18, 2007, 07:24:38 PM

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Thanks for the replies...

Question- In regards to rough buff, would scotch brite prepare the surface better than abralon, (rougher surface)?
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I see no special advantage of one over the other. The important thing is to sand it to the grit desired. Whichever you have the most of or you find easiest to use. I have no Abralon lower than 1000 grit and I only have maroon (320 grit) and green (600 grit) nylon pads. So If I want anything in between I use wet/dry sandpaper.
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Title: Re: remove polish?
Post by: J_Mac on April 23, 2007, 09:15:00 PM

Removing polish would, IMHO opinion, best be done with fresh scotch-brite.  The texture of scotch-brite is going to dig into the coverstock deeper than either abralon or wet/dry sandpaper.

I also feel that using abralon or scotch-brite by hand is leaves a move aggressive surface than if it is used on a spinner.
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Title: Re: remove polish?
Post by: DON DRAPER on April 24, 2007, 09:24:10 AM

removing polish by means of abralon/scotch-brite/sandpaper is all fine and well but to remove the polish from the pores of the coverstock you'll need to wipe the ball down with acetone.