Just curious.  Has anyone polished their Black Widow Bite to delay the reaction a bit?  And if yes, were you happy with the result?

Mine's still in OOB conditions, and HAVE had some very good games (for me) ....269, 278, 249. But some real stinkers too. The ball is fantastic on fresh oil, then after the 1st game it has to go back in the bag. Am thinking a little polish would allow me to stick with the BWB further into the night's match.

Thanks.

Especially since I mistakenly used the word polish.

I do understand that the higher grit numbers give the surface a shinier appearance and result in more length. But I didn't know how to quote specific numbers, so I said "polished".

Thanks for answering the question as I meant to ask it instead of what I actually typed

I"d be careful on how much, or what kind of polish you use. It may be great for later in the set, but not as good as it is now, with no polish during the first game/early in the night. Just my .2
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Hammer-Lane #1

I have my Bite polished and it works very well on fresh house shot. The ball is very smooth thru the front end and the ball has a nice controlled arc into the pocket. I just bowled in a tournament over the weekend and I started out using my BW Solid the first two games of team on Saturday and by the end of the second game the ball was not getting the carry as the oil started to move. I picked up the Bite the last game of the team event and I played down 10 and the Bite was getting to the pocket and just turned the corner harder and the carry came back.

On the doubles and singles from yesterday I played the same thing, BW Solid the first game and until the 4th frame of the second game. Used the Bite to finish doubles and then all three games of singles with great success. 668-656-690.

I play down and in so I just had to play from around 8 to 12 and the ball was just rolling and then hard arc into the pocket. This ball has great carry and was forgiving if I pulled the ball inside it held high pocket.

The ball with polish is very controllable and it still hooks and hits just as hard as if you left the ball OOB.


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"It's not whether you get knocked down, it's whether you get up."

-Vince Lombardi

i polished mine when i first got it, mainly because i cant throw anything at 4000. i polished it at 4000 and it went real long and turned real hard. so i brought it down to 1200 and havent adjusted it since its a great ball once my double agent starts to hook to early