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Equipment Boards => Hammer => Topic started by: chitown on January 20, 2006, 02:34:43 AM
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Has anyone dulled a Doom? I'm going to buy another one and dull it with green scotch brite to see how it is. It's going to take me a couple of weeks to get another one though.
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While I realize that you love the ball......Why would you take a pearlized skid/flip ball and attempt to turn it into a dull early roller??
Why not just get a different Hammer product? Big Rig Diesel comes to mind....
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Jason Jenkins
'05-'06 Hammer Amateur Staff
"Nothing HITS like a Hammer"
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While I realize that you love the ball......Why would you take a pearlized skid/flip ball and attempt to turn it into a dull early roller??
Why not just get a different Hammer product? Big Rig Diesel comes to mind....
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Jason Jenkins
'05-'06 Hammer Amateur Staff
"Nothing HITS like a Hammer"
Great question. I know this might seem strange to some but not to me. The reason I say this is because I really like the cover and core. I like the specs of this ball. The rg and diff. I have found thru trial and error on buying balls that the rg and diff. specs on this ball and other balls with very similar specs work great for me.
I really feel that if I dulled a Doom that the cover could handle a good amount of oil. I could be wrong but I don't feel I am. Who knows this could be a great ball for heavier oil when dulled.
I have owned balls that with the OOB cover were nothing special but once I put polish on them it was a different ball. Different in terms of turning a OK ball into a beast!
To me the Doom is a special ball that every bowler needs to have in there bag. If my thinking is correct when I buy another one and use the same layout but dull it to 600 grit this ball will also be a beast on the lanes.
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I would go with the hawg wild or the new road hawg, i also like the doom and have a 4 x 4 drilled hawg wild which handles more oil. Good ball and will give you another stronger ball option, i am getting the road hawg if my shop gives me a good deal otherwise i will pass myself on it. Since my big flop with the One ball i am leary of this oil absorpation covers that ebonite/hammer are marketing.
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I would go with the hawg wild or the new road hawg, i also like the doom and have a 4 x 4 drilled hawg wild which handles more oil. Good ball and will give you another stronger ball option, i am getting the road hawg if my shop gives me a good deal otherwise i will pass myself on it. Since my big flop with the One ball i am leary of this oil absorpation covers that ebonite/hammer are marketing.
I have my heavy oil needs covered right now. I just really like the doom and would love to see if a dulled one would be just as good. Just an experiment. I don't want to touch the cover on the one I have now. This ball is just to good in it's box cover. I also know once you knock the polish of a ball getting it back to it's original state is just to difficult.
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I would go with the hawg wild or the new road hawg, i also like the doom and have a 4 x 4 drilled hawg wild which handles more oil. Good ball and will give you another stronger ball option, i am getting the road hawg if my shop gives me a good deal otherwise i will pass myself on it. Since my big flop with the One ball i am leary of this oil absorpation covers that ebonite/hammer are marketing.
I have my heavy oil needs covered right now. I just really like the doom and would love to see if a dulled one would be just as good. Just an experiment. I don't want to touch the cover on the one I have now. This ball is just to good in it's box cover. I also know once you knock the polish of a ball
getting it back to it's original state is just to difficult.
Just get a heavy oil ball and don't take the chance of dulling this ball.. Its not a good idea to use a ball on a surface that it was not intended to be used on.. Its normally not a good idea..
Thats my 2 cents..
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The 2006 Slump is here...
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I would go with the hawg wild or the new road hawg, i also like the doom and have a 4 x 4 drilled hawg wild which handles more oil. Good ball and will give you another stronger ball option, i am getting the road hawg if my shop gives me a good deal otherwise i will pass myself on it. Since my big flop with the One ball i am leary of this oil absorpation covers that ebonite/hammer are marketing.
I have my heavy oil needs covered right now. I just really like the doom and would love to see if a dulled one would be just as good. Just an experiment. I don't want to touch the cover on the one I have now. This ball is just to good in it's box cover. I also know once you knock the polish of a ball
getting it back to it's original state is just to difficult.
Just get a heavy oil ball and don't take the chance of dulling this ball.. Its not a good idea to use a ball on a surface that it was not intended to be used on.. Its normally not a good idea..
Thats my 2 cents..
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The 2006 Slump is here...
I'm sorry bud but I don't agree with that. I have had many balls that I have polished and they worked great and some even better than with the box cover. I also have dulled balls that were polished and have had great success with those as well.
As I said in my other post reply I have my heavy oil needs covered. I have a heavy oil ball already in my main arsenal and also have a couple in my closet. I just really like this ball and would like another one to try this with. I'm not touching the cover on the one I use now in my main arsenal because with the box cover it fits perfect in my arsenal. This will just be an experiment. Plus if it does work like I think it will it may replace one of my med/heavy oil balls in my main arsenal.