Every time I polish Brunswick coverstocks, they die. Don't get me wrong, I know what I'm doing, I just know what I've experienced. It's happened to TWO Red Fuzes, a Purple Fuze, my Detonator, my Scream/R, my Carbide LRG, my Emerald (that one was REALLY bad), and my X-Zone TE1. The only other two balls I've ever owned with Brunswick coverstocks have been a Blueberry (which my brother now owns) and now the Cranberry. I'm beginning to think that it might be overuse also, because if I let a ball sit for a while without throwing it, it suddenly remembers how to hook, and I've seen a lot of instances with friends doing that. I'm not afraid to polish anything, I'm just worried because of the conditions I bowl on. It's an over/under condition to begin with, so I don't want to polish a weak ball.
Charlest, thanks for the suggestion, and I have actually been using my dead Detonator with incredible success recently. Straight up 6 or 7 board, down and in, ball reacts like urethane, I LOVE it. However, I have nothing with length and backend, which I need when the track starts burning, so that's why I decided to drill a Cranberry. I liked the reaction of my Blueberry, but it was just a little too early for me. I REALLY prefer to leave my coverstocks alone, but now that I know more than I did even a few months ago, I'm getting a little more comfortable with messing with them. My Detonator has been sanded and polished so many times I'm surprised I still have labels. I was hoping my Cranberry would react similarly to my X-Zone TE1, go long, and have a strong arc at the backend. I haven't thrown it much yet, I may just need to break it in a little. I might break down and polish it though . .
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