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Strider

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Control Oil
« on: January 15, 2009, 09:01:31 PM »
What are Control's general properties?  Think/thin, hold up well, breaks down fast...?

The center I bowl at on Thursday uses Control.  Some weeks it hold up well.  The shot changes as the night goes on, but nothing out of the ordinary.  Some weeks, the head oil goes away rapidly, other weeks we get a lot of carry down, some weeks it seems to break down randomly where you have to guess what the ball is going to do shot to shot.  Last night was one of those frustrating nights.    Is that somewhat normal for Control, or is in one of the other many variables such as how it's applied (pattern, length, stripping...), temperature, humidity...

The house likes good scores and I doubt change the pattern on purpose.  They are scared bad sores will drive customers away.  They have two basic versions of their house pattern, but I doubt it's by design.  For 3/4 of last year, they had the same exact shot.  Decent oil inside and a desert outside.  They were actually found to be illegal at least once (less than 3 units outside), so they came up with variation two.  I think they put a little more oil in the heads and in the middle of the lane to go with some oil outside.  This is the variation that seems to change the most.  Like I said, some weeks it's fine, others you spend the night scratching your head.
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Re: Control Oil
« Reply #1 on: January 16, 2009, 04:21:41 PM »
No one has any opinions on Control oil?
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Re: Control Oil
« Reply #2 on: January 16, 2009, 11:08:05 PM »
You might want to post that question on bowltech.com

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Re: Control Oil
« Reply #3 on: January 16, 2009, 11:23:24 PM »
Environmental conditions will cause the conditioner to react differently, such as, humidity, temperature, altitude (though that won't change in your case), and how the machine was stored and when the lanes were conditioned..

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Re: Control Oil
« Reply #4 on: January 17, 2009, 06:36:09 AM »
Yes, I know about the many variables.  I was just curious about the general characteristics of Control.  The other house I bowl at uses Defense and it hold up great, even with a lot of traffic or changes in the weather.
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Re: Control Oil
« Reply #5 on: January 17, 2009, 06:42:22 AM »
Geoff,

I don't think most bowlers know what type of conditioner the houses they bowl at use.  Just a thought.
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Re: Control Oil
« Reply #6 on: January 17, 2009, 06:59:47 AM »
The ever-changing lane conditions have several factors involved.

First and foremost, what is the surface you are bowling on (wood, AnvilLane, HPL, Heddon, Mendes, etc.)

Secondly, Control seems to work best on a high friction surface (i.e. older wood surface, wood with Guardian). If it is being used on a synthetic surface, it will carrydown and move a round something fierce.

Thirdly, how any oil moves around is very dependant on who is bowl on your pair. If you have a couple of players using rubber, plastic or urethane, these balls did not soak up oil like todays equipment and will cause havoc creating carrrydown.

Conversly, if you have several players using very dull and high load particle equipment, this will cause the condition breakdown rapidly.

Fouthly, lets assume all the players on your pair are using balls made within the last 5 years. But a good portion of them are playing "up 10". This will break the lanes down differently than if you are bowling players who "stand left, throw it right".

Also, as JHutch explained, weather, humidity, temperature outside and in the center, etc. all play a huge factor on how the lanes will transition.

Fifthly,, does the center maintain their lane machine properly? Not throwing stones, but there are some places that just put oil & cleaner in without much maintenance. This causes extreme havoc with lane conditions.

As you can see, there are more factors than just the characteristics of a certain oil.

Like I mentioned above, it has been my experience that Control works best on high friction surfaces and not so much on harder, slicker surfaces.

One thing is for certain, the lanes will constantly be transitioning no matter what.

Good luck and good bowling.
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