I drilled mine over the weekend and I noticed that I needed to get a few games into it to take the shine off the ball... and this ball is a monster down the lane. A different look than what we have in the Hammer line.
I did try the ball with a light (used) 3000 pad to it to take a little of the polish off the ball and this is what I am going to keep the surface at for me... I really like what I see in this ball reaction!