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Shocker13

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Dulling a Doom
« on: January 31, 2007, 06:40:27 AM »
Quick background:  I bowl in an OLD wooden (4 lane) house where oiling is done with a mop...gutter to gutter.  Rarely are the backends cleaned well.  Lately it seems they have been putting down a heavier amount of oil.  

Question:  I throw a Doom and I'm looking to get a little more reaction out of it...maybe an earlier roll.  The proshop guy told me when he drilled it to hit it with a green scotch brite pad if I wanted more out of it.  Am I on the righ track with this?  Should sanding be done up and down or in a circular motion?  How much pressure should be applied?  

Thanks in advance for any replies.

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chitown

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Re: Dulling a Doom
« Reply #1 on: January 31, 2007, 02:58:06 PM »
The Green pad will work great.  It will bring the cover down to 600 grit.  This will allow the DOOM to handle more oil.  The DOOMS cover when dulled gives a fantastic reaction.
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Re: Dulling a Doom
« Reply #2 on: January 31, 2007, 03:29:00 PM »
AS far as I know... the right way to do the procedure is to move the pad in circular movement /in circles of approx. 6" over the whole ball...

That way od applying should avoid a special direction/orientation which is maybe not wanted.

I used to do this to dull my balls and workes great.
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Re: Dulling a Doom
« Reply #3 on: February 02, 2007, 02:42:54 PM »
Cool.  I'm going to give this a shot tonight before league.  How much pressure should I apply as I'm doing it?  Light, firm, strong?
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chitown

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Re: Dulling a Doom
« Reply #4 on: February 03, 2007, 09:06:27 PM »
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I bowl on Brunswick Pro-Anvil lanes(hard as glass).The backends are usually tight with carrydown. I was getting a lot of over-- under with my dooms. I sanded my Doom down with 2000 abralon pad. I have shot 300 and 2 800 sets since and I am now averaging 235 since the move. The ball reads the midlane a lot sooner now and rolls hard on the back.

The Doom is a very under rated ball.  It is Hammertime in my home town.
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A lot of bowlers don't have a clue how versatile this ball is.  When the DOOM is dulled it handles a decent amount of oil.  It also handles the mid lane a lot better when dulled.  The DOOM even when dulled still hits like a freight train!




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Re: Dulling a Doom
« Reply #5 on: February 03, 2007, 09:20:56 PM »
I will also vouch for the DOom, after dulling it I got a very smooth and controllable reaction that wasn't too early and gave me a great look on Medium+ and Mediums with carry down, I had used a Green pad on the ball also.
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