I've been noticing that my anomaly is starting to come back with burn marks on it, even when being thrown on fresh oil.  Now I know that this ball is very condition specific, and there is probably not enough head oil on the lanes (newguy, just out of curiosity:  how much oil does this thing need???).

I'm just wondering what would happen to the ball if you put a "light" coat of polish on it, say to 800-1000 polished?  

I love this ball on the shot that my house puts down, because it is an excellent control ball for me.  But I know that it is losing alot of energy & not hitting the pins with it's full potential.

Any thoughts, or is there a variation to my release I can try to rectify this situation?
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Maybe someday that Big 'B' will learn how to knock down that little 10 pin!

I have a 10:30 drill pattern with the pin tucked under the ring finger, I get a hard arc reaction on medium oil/THS. Burns up the track by middle of game 2, then my team mates with less hand jump on that and bank it all day...

Seriously though, I have been struggling during practice on PBA Pattern D with anything less than 800-1000... LOVE IT ON 45 FEET OF OIL in box finish!!! This ball gets a bad rap on the reviews because it seems 3 out 5 people don't match this ball to the condition, let alone their style. I am one of 3 people in my area that use this ball. In my humble opinion not a Stroker's ball (unless on heavy or long oil), not for a hi track roller (unless you have hi speed/drill it for length) or a someone with slow speed (unless they're on a flood). Just my observations... Two of us three, know when to use it... The third guy STUBBORN, someday he'll stop paying the rest of us in the brackets.