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solidtenpin

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Question about surface prep
« on: January 13, 2008, 02:09:22 AM »
A friend of mine bought a Ebonite No Limit that hooks too much for him with the OOB finish. Ebo's website says that the OOB is 1000 grit. What can we do to get more length? And can we do this at home or should we get a pro shop to do it on a spinner?

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Re: Question about surface prep
« Reply #1 on: January 13, 2008, 10:23:57 AM »
You can apply most polishes by hand without a spinner.  Polishing on top of 1000 grit might be a big jump, but is something you can do cheaply yourself and is easily reversible if it's too much.  Normally, from 1000 grit, you would take it to 2000 grit with sandpaper or abralon using a spinner.  If you need more length, go to 4000 abralon.  If you still need more length, then you try polish.  What grit the ball starts out, and what type of polish used will make a big difference.  Some polishes change the underlying grit, while some just polish/shine.
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Mark T. Trgovac

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Re: Question about surface prep
« Reply #2 on: January 13, 2008, 02:02:10 PM »
OOB finish on a No Limit is 1000 abralon and then polished with Ebonite factory finish. To get it polished a spinner is good to use jusgt be careful in the amount of polish u use. Now if you want to sand it you don't need a spinner. By hand will give you a less defined finish and a closer matte finish. Ebonite uses there version of a haus to sand a ball. A random rotation by hand will give you a closer suface finish like OOB then a spinner will.
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