I met A_P_K at lunch today and practiced a few games with him. We were discussing things that go on here at this site, you know, like the chump clump, the Golden Nugget that has a coverstock base which goes long and a core to go long but the ball won't go long, etc, etc. He told me to check out a certain post on the Lane 1 site and see what I thought. I am pasting it below for those who didn't see it. It was posted by Mr Buzzsaw and it was in response to someone's question regarding the NIB surface prep for the Saw line. Here goes:
This is my least favorite question to answer. Brunswick is kind of in the dark ages when it comes to polishing bowling balls. They do not use multiple products that have grit associated with them. So, we have no grit associated with our NIB surfaces.
Now don't laugh when I tell you this, because this is true. Brunswick has 2 fat guys that polish their balls using a Lustre King compound and a buffing wheel.
After the balls get cut down from the lathe, they hold the ball to their gut and buff it once, or double buff it. This is the Gods honest truth.
So, to answer everyones questions on how to get our balls back to the NIB finish, that's how it's done. You can call Brunswick and verify this yourself.
What I would do to get close to NIB finish is to take the ball down to 600 grit. Then polish it using standard 3-M rubbing compound. This will shine the ball nicely, but not over polish it to where it skids too far. =:^D
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Did you see it? Who else do we know that signs out with =:^D T-god perhaps! And do you really think that the Pres of Lane 1 would write an answer like that about Brunswick. It almost sounds like a chump, errr I mean clump type description. So Mr Buzzsaw = T-god = Ch(l)ump?
