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Equipment Boards => Ebonite => Topic started by: Ric Clint on September 09, 2003, 12:26:05 PM

Title: Which has more backend... Blue/Violet Tornado or Particle Tornado TPS?
Post by: Ric Clint on September 09, 2003, 12:26:05 PM

Title says it.

If both were polished to 2500-3000.  Same drilling. They would get similar length. In general, the reactive would get more backend, but with todays particle balls having a TON of backend also, it's kind hard to tell.

Title: Re: Which has more backend... Blue/Violet Tornado or Particle Tornado TPS?
Post by: Strider on September 10, 2003, 04:07:38 AM

I think it would depend more on the lane than the ball in this case.  If the backends are pretty dry, I'd say the Tornado.  The Tornado is pretty snappy on the proper conditions (and 2500-3000 grit is pretty shiny), but it needs a decent amount of dry to work.  The closer to medium oil and/or any carrydown, the better the particle TPS would do.
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Title: Re: Which has more backend... Blue/Violet Tornado or Particle Tornado TPS?
Post by: charlest on September 10, 2003, 09:31:15 AM

If you want to polish a Tornado TPS, why buy it? I think that much polish on a dull particle is kind of counter-productive. The "plain" resin parl Tornado gets lots of length with huge backend on its appropriate oil ppatern: medium-light. I believe it stock finish is about 1500 grit polished.

I'd suggest that if you want to polish a Tornado TPS:
get the Brunswick Power Groove Plum Pearl which is a pearl particle of the same nature as the Tornado: high RG and medium flare.
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Title: Re: Which has more backend... Blue/Violet Tornado or Particle Tornado TPS?
Post by: Ric Clint on September 11, 2003, 12:38:53 AM

Well, I was basically wanting a ball that would finish harder when my Blue Violet is not finishing because of Carrydown.

Title: Re: Which has more backend... Blue/Violet Tornado or Particle Tornado TPS?
Post by: Ric Clint on December 25, 2003, 04:03:56 PM

Woowzers!!!

I just got the Tornado TPS about a month ago and polished it up to about 2000 and this ball does indeed have more backend than the regular Reactive Blue/Violet Tornado!!! And it's great for Carrydown or when the regular Reactive won't turn the corner!

Just what I was wanting!!!





Edited on 12/25/2003 5:07 PM