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bowlingmsy

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Uranium pearl OOB finish
« on: July 09, 2005, 03:48:50 AM »
Sorry to bring this topic out again. My uranium pearl
is losing its backend reaction. What's the out of box
finish for this ball? It's either time for resurfacing or
sweating the oil out of the ball.
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charlest

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Re: Uranium pearl OOB finish
« Reply #1 on: July 09, 2005, 05:01:21 PM »
Sanded with 400 grit sandpaper; then polished with Brunswick's high Gloss polish. Brunswick's polish contains no grit, so the finish stays at 400 grit, fairly rough; responsible, in part, for its strong performace.
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Re: Uranium pearl OOB finish
« Reply #2 on: July 09, 2005, 08:33:57 PM »
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Charlest, does the brunswick polish just make the ball shiny or does it also make it tacky?
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Theoretically, no grit means it retains that finish. The polish adds/allows length. Usually any clean ball, be it dull or polished, will have a tacky feeling; I believe that's a property of cleanliness and resin. Could be wrong about that. Not sure if polishing creates that tacky feeling. I found a good bowling ball-specific cleaner can leave that tacky feeling.
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Re: Uranium pearl OOB finish
« Reply #3 on: July 10, 2005, 02:04:01 AM »
Thanks for the replies. I think I'll do the oil sweating
process first, before wet sanding dan polishing the ball.
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Re: Uranium pearl OOB finish
« Reply #4 on: July 10, 2005, 07:32:58 AM »
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Ive tried that polish and several others looking for something that works just right for me and i came up with storm moonshine. It works the best imo at getting length and tackiness.
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not sure about Storm's Moonshine, but their Xtra Shine has grit in it; so it does change the surface on which you apply it. You better check with Storm to see whether or not Moonshine has grit in it. Just so you know how you are affecting the ball.
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charlest

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Re: Uranium pearl OOB finish
« Reply #5 on: July 10, 2005, 03:22:34 PM »
Allen,

The 3M rubbing compound usually has a grit on it. It's in the form of "will remove scratches to a 1500 grit or finer" type of message. Mine has that exactly. This means it has grit in it at that level or smaller. This also means it changes the grit of the finished surface. That's fine on cars and on bowling balls for which you want THAT. However, that is NOT the out-of-the-box finish on the Uranium Pearl or the any of the polished Inferno Pearls.

If you need more length AND less backend than the stock ball, this (a 1500 grit polish, which is what this 3M rubbing compound is), then fine. This i sone way to do it.

Just be aware of what you doing to the ball.
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Re: Uranium pearl OOB finish
« Reply #6 on: July 11, 2005, 07:34:46 AM »
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And by the way, when i use the 3M with 320 grit sanding, or even 220 grit sanding, it doesn't really take away the grit, the 3M still leaves the lines which are easily visible.


Allen,

The sanding lines are still there because you can't go from 320 grit to 1500 grit in one step, whether that step is sandpaper or rubbing compund. Try regular automotive, paste-type rubbing compound or 500/600 grit sandpaper first.

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 My thinking is that the polish will take off the sharp edges of the grit (thus making it shiny) and still leave the deeper middle of the grit. I believe that even the Brunswich polish does the same thing.
Because, I don't think there is any polish that is not abrasive at all.


Yes there is!
Brunswick's High Gloss polish does not touch the sanding lines because it has no grit in  it. The same is true for Black Magic.

There are however liquids, intended for bowling balls that will remove sanding lines, when the balls was sanded, in the range of 400-500 grit: Track;s Clean and Sheen,
(http://www.bowlersparadise.com/shop/cp/track/track_clean_n_sheen_quart.shtml)
 and Ultimate's Quick Kut and Polish
(http://www.bowlersparadise.com/shop/cp/ultimate_bowling/ultimate_quick_kut_and_polish_quart.shtml)

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How would it polish the rough edges of the sanding grit if it is not capable of scraping it off, which i think is the principle behind polishing anyways.


As a chemist for that answer, not me.
Why ask why? They work; I know that, from experience.

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Re: Uranium pearl OOB finish
« Reply #7 on: July 11, 2005, 07:41:46 AM »
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Brunswick's High Gloss polish does not touch the sanding lines because it has no grit in it. The same is true for Black Magic.
 

Also Finesse-It II which has worked very well for myself.
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