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L o G

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Sanding a Uranium
« on: February 08, 2006, 01:41:22 PM »
Hello all,

Tonight I got bored and decided to take my Uranium to 2000 grit but don't bowl till next Tuesday (like I said I was bored).  I also did it to give it a better cleaning.  Cleaned it then sanded it then cleaned it again.  Now I am wondering what kinda reaction I will get out of it at 2000.  I am thinkin that when I am in the proshop next week of getting it polished again cause I like it that way but I also wanna try it dull and my proshop is in a different house than where I bowl.
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shuturhole316tx

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Re: Sanding a Uranium
« Reply #1 on: February 08, 2006, 09:58:02 PM »
I don't know for you but I know that I was throwing my Solid sanded with a red scotch bright and it worked ok, but when I polished it up it hooked a lot more and it was more controllable. I would also recommend that you try to get yourself a ball spinner if you like to take control of your ball and experiment.
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L o G

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Re: Sanding a Uranium
« Reply #2 on: February 13, 2006, 05:09:52 AM »
No it did'nt scratch it.  I have one of those 2000 grit pads so there were no lines on it.  The 1000 pad I have does end up leaving lines on it if I don't use a spinner but the 2000 even without a spinner just leaves the ball dull.
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charlest

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Re: Sanding a Uranium
« Reply #3 on: February 13, 2006, 08:13:12 AM »
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No it did'nt scratch it.  I have one of those 2000 grit pads so there were no lines on it.  The 1000 pad I have does end up leaving lines on it if I don't use a spinner but the 2000 even without a spinner just leaves the ball dull.
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There are 2 Uraniums: solid and pearl. Which one are you talking about?

shuturhole316tx said he was talking about the solid.

Sue,

"red" (usually called maroon; it's a dark red) Scotch-Brite is the roughest one; it is approximately 320 grit. That is VERY rough finish for a solid ball like the Uranium,

shuturhole316tx,

The reason the polished one hooked more is probably becasue the roughly sanded one was too rough for the oil you faced and your ball speed. It was probably expending all its energy in the midlane and had nothing left for the backend. The polish allowed it to be cleaner, save energy and hook more and hit harder by the time it got to the pins.

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Roy Munson

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Re: Sanding a Uranium
« Reply #4 on: February 13, 2006, 01:45:07 PM »
Urban legend: rough surface on the ball will make it hook more!

In actuality, the reverse is true. Rough surface has less surface contact with the lane which cause less friction, which cause less hook.

I'm pretty sure many will discredit this!
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golfnutFL

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Re: Sanding a Uranium
« Reply #5 on: February 13, 2006, 01:49:57 PM »
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Urban legend: rough surface on the ball will make it hook more!

In actuality, the reverse is true. Rough surface has less surface contact with the lane which cause less friction, which cause less hook.

I'm pretty sure many will discredit this!


You don't really believe this do you??
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JoeKoo

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Re: Sanding a Uranium
« Reply #6 on: February 13, 2006, 02:52:28 PM »
My take on ball surface has always been:
Shinny balls go longer before they start to hook.
Dull balls start to hook sooner.... Notice I didn't say hook more.

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Roy Munson

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Re: Sanding a Uranium
« Reply #7 on: February 13, 2006, 03:53:10 PM »
Exactly. Hooks sooner, loses a lot of energy going through the front and midlane, dies on the backend.
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charlest

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Re: Sanding a Uranium
« Reply #8 on: February 13, 2006, 04:50:59 PM »
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Exactly. Hooks sooner, loses a lot of energy going through the front and midlane, dies on the backend.
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It all depends on the relationship between the amouint of oil, the ball's coverstock strength, the ball's surface finish, and the bowler's speed.

If you have enough oil, then rougher coverstocks will make the ball hook more. Not an urban legendd; it's called physics!
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Roy Munson

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Re: Sanding a Uranium
« Reply #9 on: February 13, 2006, 07:07:44 PM »
We're talking about one type of ball - Uranium

two different surface;
one is roughly sanded,
the other, finely sanded

the same set of lanes.

The question is which one loses more energy due to friction from front and midlane ?

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L o G

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Re: Sanding a Uranium
« Reply #10 on: February 13, 2006, 07:56:35 PM »
I have the pearl Uranium.  I am probly gonna get it polished back up but am gonna throw it dull first.  Y'all have a good one.
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golfnutFL

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Re: Sanding a Uranium
« Reply #11 on: February 13, 2006, 07:58:30 PM »
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We're talking about one type of ball - Uranium

two different surface;
one is roughly sanded,
the other, finely sanded

the same set of lanes.

The question is which one loses more energy due to friction from front and midlane ?



Depends on oil pattern. If there's enough oil your finely sanded ball will skid 60 feet, a lot of good all that storing of energy will do. The roughly sanded ball will grab, hold and still have some kick left for the backend. OVERALL hook, not just backend hook, is what is meant by a total hook rating on rough (dull) surfaced balls. On an oily pattern your slick surface will never have enough traction to use this energy that you're worried about losing in the heads and mid-lane.
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