FWIW, I experienced the so called death of the one but I think I have figured out the trick. By the way, I know at least 2 other people that have the one, one of them has two of them, both reported changes in reaction where both said they had less reaction and hit than OB.
I have done the process that I describe on my One and on a One that was from one of the other guys with excellent results. In both cases the balls were not baked and there was probably less than 60 games on each ball, probably more like 30 on each.
I tried different process that did not have good results, so far I have only had sucess with doing the following:
I used a shop spinner and started with
Wet sand 80grit then 180grit then switched to 180grit abralon then 360abralon, 500abralon, 1000abralon, 2000abralon then 4000abralon. Each time I used a good amount of pressure and I did a half then flip 180 then 1/4 then flip 180 and switch to a differnt grit, all done wet.
Then dry ball. I used a good amount of the Ebonite Extender finish using the same rotation as the sand, Then I burned it in so the polish shell is hard and tacky.
Here I need to add that I got the info here that it was the Extender polish that was factory but since then I have read it to be actually the "Factory" finish, that being the case I assume that it would turn out the same just a bit tackier.
After I had completed the polishing I then duplicated what I had done to the surface after first drilling which in my case was a light scuffing with a gray pad by hand not on a spinner, and my ball is back to the hit it was out of the box.
I did this to one of the other guys and same thing, I didn't scuff it in the end because he was an out of the box surface guy.
My theroy on why I think it worked and the whole key at least for those that didn't do any major surface adjustments out of the box and had great sucess only to see it die away, is the polish. Both the Extender and Factory finish remind me of the Bruns factory polish and I really liked that stuff, but the thing that I noticed using both tpyes of polish is that they work best IMHO if you apply a generous amount and burn it in until it creates a real hard tacky shiny shell. When I did this to the One, it seemed like it gave the shell it's POP back and I think it was because the pollish stiffens the cover enough to allow it to pop. My though is that the cover is so soft that I think it almost needs that hard layer of polish for the shell to regain it's elasiticity.
For the guys that sanded them and have seen it degrade in hit after resufraceing up to your desired grit, I don't know what to suggest there. If the cover is losing pop because the shell is softer or at least seems like it is that way after the shell breaks in, one thing I might try is, soak it in hot water or what ever method you use to release the oil then resurface as I did and then take it back down to where you like it.
Just thought I'd mention my sucess in hopes it helps some one else out there, this ball is waaayy to good to die so soon.
Cheers,
"g"
Edited on 2/1/2006 0:26 AM
