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Title: sanding surfaces
Post by: trooper troy on June 08, 2009, 11:00:09 PM

hi there, was wanting to know i have a solid cobalt drilled stacked , i had it sanded recently to 1000 but it didnt have the bite in the lane (42 ft oil)that i thought it would .how agressive can you sand a ball before doing too much surface damage. any feed back would be great thx

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Title: Re: sanding surfaces
Post by: dizzyfugu on June 09, 2009, 07:19:51 AM

If done properly, you cannot do true damage to a ball surface, except for the fact that you take away material.

If the ball does not seem to have enough bite, there could be a) too much surface for the condition you face, b) still too little (or it was not done thoroughly) or c) the ball could need an extra oil extraction.

Hard to tell. A sanded ball tends to grab the lane earlier, so the hook is distributed all along its way down the lane - the coarser the finish, the earlier and more even, until the grit becomes so coarse that the ball actually loses contact area with the lane, but this only happens with VERY rough surfaces (220 grit or even less).
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Title: Re: sanding surfaces
Post by: Brickguy221 on June 09, 2009, 10:22:45 AM

I always kept mine at 400 Grit and polished with Brunswick Factory Gloss Polish and I never had a hooking problem with it bowling on light-oil all the way to medium-heavy oil on Brunswick Pro Anvil Synthetic Lanes.
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Title: Re: sanding surfaces
Post by: charlest on June 09, 2009, 01:34:35 PM

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hi there, was wanting to know i have a solid cobalt drilled stacked , i had it sanded recently to 1000 but it didnt have the bite in the lane (42 ft oil)that i thought it would .how agressive can you sand a ball before doing too much surface damage. any feed back would be great thx

solid cobalt
pearl cobalt
cherry bomb
h2o
h2o tsunami

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1000 grit Abralon or 1000 grit US?
Different surface.
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Title: Re: sanding surfaces
Post by: trooper troy on June 10, 2009, 12:59:20 AM

pretty sure it was done with 1000 abralon

Title: Re: sanding surfaces
Post by: charlest on June 10, 2009, 06:04:25 AM

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pretty sure it was done with 1000 abralon

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If 1000 grit Abralon on the Cobalt did not handle enough oil for you, I'd sincerely suggest a stronger ball.

1000 Abralon ~= 550 grit US. SO 400 grit is not a lot rougher. So you're close to the limit UNLESS the ball is oil saturated and needs some extraction.

I also assume the ball is as you like it right now, so I wouldn't suggest a different drilling although, if needs be, that is always a possibility. Whatever "stacked" drilling you may have, there are usually earlier and stronger drillings.

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Edited on 6/10/2009 7:00 AM

Title: Re: sanding surfaces
Post by: trooper troy on June 10, 2009, 06:56:27 AM

thx charles think you re on the right path i probably need to learn how to read a lane properly bowled a tournament on the weekend ,knew the oil would be heavy but still didnt seem to be able to score on what was a decent scoring condition. ill keep the ball as is and do a bit more practice. thx again