Hey everyone,

I've had my No Mercy for less than a week, but I can already tell you that this is going to be one high maintenance piece of gear. I have six game on the ball, and it's already shined up like a black Pure Hammer. I've cleaned the ball with Clean N Dull after each set, but it's still shining up like glass.

Be warned: out of the box this ball is a beast, but you'll need to have some 4000 abralon pads handy between sets, unless you want this ball glossy.

All in all, it's a great ball out of the box, but keep abralon handy or you're going to see drastic reaction changes in short order.
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Chitown,

Yeah, the NM is a fine ball, but it is going to be a maintenance nightmare. I clean my stuff after each set, and the ball still shined up big time after only 6 games. I can see I'm going to have to hit it with abralon before each set, or I'm going to see very quick changes in reaction.

With fresh surface, the ball is an absolute animal. When it shines up, it still hooks and hits, but the read is much later and more erratic, at least for me. Like I said, a good ball but high, high maintenance. I've never had a ball shine up that much that quickly, especially with cleaning!

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rbroller,

That's just the thing, it didn't even take 15-20 games for the ball to shine up big time. I'm not a moron; I've owned 100+ bowling balls, and I'm very good about cleaning and maintaining them. Still, I've never seen a ball change surface this quickly. As I've said, I used the ball for three games on Saturday then cleaned it on a spinner with Clean N' Dull. I then used it for three games Sunday night and then cleaned it on a spinner with Clean N' Dull. Even with this treatment, the ball has picked up a very glossy shine. As I've said, I've thrown a ton of different balls, and I've never had one come close to so much so quickly.

The ball will still move and hit, but with that shine it does so much later, making the ball very over/under for me. Nevertheless, I didn't write this post in order to bash the No Mercy; I think it's a very solid bowling ball. However, a lot of bowlers won't be willing or patient enough to keep this thing maintained, and, thus, you're going to see a lot of complaints. I just figured I'd give people the heads up so as to possibly help avoid later disappointment.
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Alzgarvin,

What you're describing is exactly what I was trying to do. I noticed that I could move outside and square up a bit more then just play the ball up the wood with a slight bump off the dry boards. That works OK to a point, but the ball still wants to backend, which leads me to stone 9-pins. Then again, if I try coming up the back more, I get no hit. I stuck with it for the first half of Game 1 last night before switching to my Hawg Wild, which read the lane much better.

Since I couldn't alter the surface of the ball and use it during league, I cleaned it, hit it with fresh 4000 and threw it back in the bag. I will see what reaction I get with it when I practice today. I will probably also head over to the auto parts store to see if I can buy a gross of Abralon pads. Pretty much all of my gear is Hammer these days, so I guess I'll need them anyway.


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