I am looking at picking up a spinner. What other supplies should I be looking at to start?

Thanks
-Mike
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What I have next to my spinner:

* Clip-on adjustable light to move around,so I can see what I'm doing.
* Pen, pencil, notepad, grease pencil,
* glue for inserts
* Small spray bottles of: water, alcohol, bowling ball cleaner, acetone.
  (Large bottles of the above, either above or below the spinner.)
* Supply of finger and thumb inserts
* 1/8" flat blade screwdriver for putting in tape and taking out inserts
* Ball cups for holding balls.
* Unoccupied table/shelves to the left and right of the spinner for holding items I am
  currently working on or with.
* Water bucket (2 quart size) for rinsing out & soaking Abralon pads.



Towels:

•   A roll of paper towels suspended from the ceiling for qucik and easy access.
•   Clean soft terry cloth and Micro-fiber cloths for applying and buffing
•   Terry cloth facecloths for applying cleaner, polishes, compounds, abrasive liquid.
•   Cheap towels for wiping everything
•   Old undershirts and old toothbrushes for cleaning out finger, weight and thumb holes after sanding or polishing a ball.
•   sponges for backing sandpaper and for general cleaning.


Cleaners:

•   Track's Clean and Dull and Clean and Tacky
•   Legends
•   Brunswick Remove-all
•   Ultimate's Black Magic Rejuvenator
•   Neo-Tac's Liquid Nitro
•   Denatured ehtyl alcohol
•   Acetone
•   Water

Polishes:
•   Legends Factory Finish polish
•   Track's Magic Shine
•   Brunswick's High Gloss Polish
•   Track's Delayed Reaction
•   Neo-Tac's Control-It
•   Ultimate's Black Magic Polish
•   Neo-Tac's Renew-it
•   Squeaky Clean's polishes: 1000 grit, 2000 grit, 3000 grit (these are OLD.)

Abrasive Liquids (+ polish):

•   Storm's Xtra Shine (in quart and 4 oz)
•   Track's Clean and Sheen (1000 grit, compound polish)
•   Track's Clean and Smooth (1500 grit)
•   Ebonite's Matte FInish (1200 grit)
•   Ebonite's Sand Blaster (400 grit)
•   3M's Fine Cut Compound polish (1500 grit)
•   3M Finesse-It II
•   Brunswick's Rough Buff (compound polish)
•   Neo-Tac's Lquid Sandpaper
•   Ultimate's Quick Cut and polish

Abrasives:

•   Silicon Carbide wet/dry sandpaper (220 grit - 2000 grit)
•   Abralon pads (1000, 2000 and 4000 grit)
•   Scotch-Brite nylon pads: maroon (320), green (600), light grey (800), blue (1000), white (1500)
•   Sponge/Scotch-Brite combination with green and blue nylon pads. The pad is attached to a sponge.
•   Trizact pads (green, blue, orange and white)
•   CABs for Trizact and for everything else.


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I will be broke if I try to match that .
Thanks for the responses and the detailed list Charlest

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What I have next to my spinner:

* Clip-on adjustable light to move around,so I can see what I'm doing.
* Pen, pencil, notepad, grease pencil,
* glue for inserts
* Small spray bottles of: water, alcohol, bowling ball cleaner, acetone.
  (Large bottles of the above, either above or below the spinner.)
* Supply of finger and thumb inserts
* 1/8" flat blade screwdriver for putting in tape and taking out inserts
* Ball cups for holding balls.
* Unoccupied table/shelves to the left and right of the spinner for holding items I am
  currently working on or with.
* Water bucket (2 quart size) for rinsing out & soaking Abralon pads.



Towels:

•   A roll of paper towels suspended from the ceiling for qucik and easy access.
•   Clean soft terry cloth and Micro-fiber cloths for applying and buffing
•   Terry cloth facecloths for applying cleaner, polishes, compounds, abrasive liquid.
•   Cheap towels for wiping everything
•   Old undershirts and old toothbrushes for cleaning out finger, weight and thumb holes after sanding or polishing a ball.
•   sponges for backing sandpaper and for general cleaning.


Cleaners:

•   Track's Clean and Dull and Clean and Tacky
•   Legends
•   Brunswick Remove-all
•   Ultimate's Black Magic Rejuvenator
•   Neo-Tac's Liquid Nitro
•   Denatured ehtyl alcohol
•   Acetone
•   Water

Polishes:
•   Legends Factory Finish polish
•   Track's Magic Shine
•   Brunswick's High Gloss Polish
•   Track's Delayed Reaction
•   Neo-Tac's Control-It
•   Ultimate's Black Magic Polish
•   Neo-Tac's Renew-it
•   Squeaky Clean's polishes: 1000 grit, 2000 grit, 3000 grit (these are OLD.)

Abrasive Liquids (+ polish):

•   Storm's Xtra Shine (in quart and 4 oz)
•   Track's Clean and Sheen (1000 grit, compound polish)
•   Track's Clean and Smooth (1500 grit)
•   Ebonite's Matte FInish (1200 grit)
•   Ebonite's Sand Blaster (400 grit)
•   3M's Fine Cut Compound polish (1500 grit)
•   3M Finesse-It II
•   Brunswick's Rough Buff (compound polish)
•   Neo-Tac's Lquid Sandpaper
•   Ultimate's Quick Cut and polish

Abrasives:

•   Silicon Carbide wet/dry sandpaper (220 grit - 2000 grit)
•   Abralon pads (1000, 2000 and 4000 grit)
•   Scotch-Brite nylon pads: maroon (320), green (600), light grey (800), blue (1000), white (1500)
•   Sponge/Scotch-Brite combination with green and blue nylon pads. The pad is attached to a sponge.
•   Trizact pads (green, blue, orange and white)
•   CABs for Trizact and for everything else.


Columbia's CPR
Doc's Magic Elixir

--------------------
"None are so blind as those who will not see."
Unofficial Ballreviews.com FAQ

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"Don't Give Up...  Don't Ever Give Up."
                    -Jim Valvano

"Perfection is not attainable. But if we chase perfection, we can catch excellence."
                    -Vince Lombardi

VISIONARY TEST STAFF 07/08

Tag Team Coaching success story