I have sanded my Total NV to 1500 (with the suggested layout #1 for length and backend).  I love the reaction this gives me in my Tuesday night league where there's a little higher volume of oil in the middle and very dry outsides (talk about a Great Wall of China type of walled-up shot).  It gets rolling earlier and smooths out the reaction on the wet/dry shots for me, and for the way I like to roll a ball it gives me a better entry angle into the pocket.  I shot a 264 just the other night with that ball actually (All strikes except I missed just a touch left the 6th frame and hit the drying line from the all the down-and-in guys on my pair, left an UGLY 4-6-9-10 split).

You don't see very many people use their Total NV with any kind of sanded surface, but in general the handful of people I do know who did it love the reaction they get.

Thanks guys for the reply. In my league its more of a house shot but sometimes we counter oil in the lane. So i don't have the right ball for it.  Since i got the TNV the way i had it drilled i'm thinking to have dulled out a bit. With out of the box i bowled great on it during my summer sweepers shooting  640+ with a 260 ya i know i goofed only scored in the 190's on the 2 games.  But instead of changing the cover stock i have the action attack stacked leverage i can dulled that out. What do you guys think? Instead of tweeking the TNV