Charlest, I resanded/repolished the Game On this morning before going to league this afternoon and before reading your post tonight. If what I did fails, I will definitely try your 500/4000 Storm sanding recommendation as that is what I almost did this morning but decided to try one more thing first.
What I did may not make sense, but I decided to try it and see.....What I did was crosshatch sand the ball. 4 sides total at approx 40 seconds per side with a new 500 Grit Abralon Pad. I was going to then do the 4000 grit thing and decided to first try some Power House Factory Finish Polish that I bought 3 years or so ago but never used. I think it is the one with grit but not sure. Anyhow, I applied it fairly liberally and with lots of pressure feeling a lot of heat as I polished the ball for approx 40 seconds on 2 sides. Ball ended shiney but not overly glossy shiney as it was when new.
During warm up shots on fresh oiled lanes before league today, I moved out a bit more than I usually bowl and threw it 3 times and the ball seemed to make it thru the heads cleanly with a nice move to pocket. I struck 2 of the 3 throws. I didn't try it again once league started as my Mission was working too well and I was scoring really well, so I didn't want to chance hurting up my team since all was going well.
I bowl on a so-so team Friday, so unless I am doing as well as I did today with the Mission, I will try it some and go from there and again Monday in practice on some spotty lanes.
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"Whenever I feel the urge to exercise I lie down until the feeling passes away."
Brick