Author Topic: Humidity and approaches (Read 1818 times)

mainzer · « **on:** August 09, 2009, 07:38:12 AM »

Synthetic approaches are the most dangerous idea in bowling history. I bowled for a few games on proanvalines today and my knee is killing me even after switching to my most sliding heels and soles.

I know it is about 9,000,000 degress with 1,000% humidity today but they were almost unusable. I couldnt get a equal slide lane to lane or even shot to shot. tried easy slide, cigarette ashes, Dust and a Iron brush did very little to help. I think one approachs may have had a foreign substance on it but the guy at the desh refused to even look at it.

RANT OFF: I had to vent that out. Now I remeber why I bowl at a wood house in summer so much less to worry about.
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Motiv Girl · « **Reply #1 on:** August 09, 2009, 03:43:21 PM »

You are so correct.It's also just the opposite in dry climates such as Arizona
and Nevada.I can't ever stop sliding.
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DON DRAPER · « **Reply #2 on:** August 09, 2009, 04:01:53 PM »

humidity and synthetic approaches are the worst combo in the world. i was at a house yesterday where their wood approaches were that tacky......poor cleaning routine was part of the problem. thank goodness for my 3G tour ultras. 6 soles and 6 heels solve almost every sliding problem.

Dan Belcher · « **Reply #3 on:** August 09, 2009, 05:11:23 PM »

I fight tacky, sticky approaches every week in one house, simply because they're synthetics, and I live in a humid environment. I have slide troubles there year-round, even when it's 20 degrees outside in the winter!

MI 2 AZ · « **Reply #4 on:** August 09, 2009, 06:12:17 PM »

I've been told that synthetic approaches require more cleaning maintenance than the older wood approaches. Simply wiping the synthetic approach off is not enough, that it has to be cleaned with a warm wet mop and then dried/wiped off to keep it from getting that tacky feel. Is this true?

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Smash49 · « **Reply #5 on:** August 10, 2009, 11:52:27 AM »

Slick, Tacky, Wood or Synthetic I never have a problem. Even on spotty approaches nothing. We literally tested in a center that sits in the Trinity River bottom area and has humidity so bad that we were told that it fogs. Florida to Vegas no difference. When the approaches are really slick(Example: Plano Super Bowl)just rubbing it to a fresh carpet area solves the problem. In Las Vegas at BowlExpo at couple of years back, VIA had a lane set up and they were sweeping EZ Slide of the approach with a street broom. People were using supplied house shoes and sticking everywhere. If you struck and they drew your name you won a shirt and $100. I left Vegas $98 up and no slide problems at all.

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Author Topic: Humidity and approaches (Read 1818 times)

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