Author Topic: Slippery wood approaches (Read 6938 times)

Heavy Lefty · « **on:** November 16, 2011, 04:53:55 AM »

I've been having big problems slipping on wood approaches in one of my leagues

I have the 3g tour ultra shoes and am using the red sole and ripped heel. I've been using a shoe brush, putting water on the sole (temp fix) but it just ain't working. Very frustrating to feel like both of my feet are slipping etc

Any help??

I was debating between the tour ultra & the Dexter 8s when I bought the shoes. Am thinking I bought the wrong shoes.

I have zero problems on synthetic approaches, sticky is ok, have lots of soles/cleat for that

Minnesota Don · « **Reply #1 on:** November 16, 2011, 02:18:57 PM »

Dexters will have many options that one or more will tame down slippery approaches. I would suggest you go to http://www.bowlersslidesock.com/ to look at their product. I have ordered two in the past and have friends who also use them. They will give a low cost option to having a consistent slide. They not only can slow slippery approaches but will work on tacky approaches. They have a reversable sole to allow a different feel from one to another over time.

Aloarjr810 · « **Reply #2 on:** November 16, 2011, 05:17:32 PM »

I have to ask a "water on the sole"?? Do you go on the approach with a wet shoe? or are you wetting it before bowling then letting dry so its stiff?

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Edited by Aloarjr810 on 11/16/2011 at 6:19 PM

charlest · « **Reply #3 on:** November 16, 2011, 05:46:17 PM »

That's an old solution to an old problem when we didn't have didn't soles and inserts in soles.

A little dab of spit or just touching a wet finger to the rough leather sole of your slide shoe and you have less slide. Of course it's not a cupful of water placed on your sole. The rough leather absorbs the water and a portion of your sole is less slippery than the rest. It's similar to changing one or more cleats or inserts, when you have 5 - 7 inserts as part of the make-up of your sole (3G and Linds use/used this system, much more flexible than Dexter's single sole).

Aloarjr810 wrote on 11/16/2011 6:17 PM:I have to ask a "water on the sole"?? Do you go on the approach with a wet shoe? or are you wetting it before bowling then letting dry so its stiff?

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Edited by Aloarjr810 on 11/16/2011 at 6:19 PM

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milorafferty · « **Reply #4 on:** November 16, 2011, 06:01:32 PM »

In one of our local alleys, they refinished the wooden approaches a couple of years ago. I bowled a tournament the very next morning after they had done half the lanes. The only way I could bowl was to step on a damp towel before every shot, otherwise my foot would just slide way too much. The product they used caused the approach to be so slippery that people would just bowl in their street shoes and even then you felt very uneasy when walking on the approach. It reminded me of an ice covered sidewalk.

Aloarjr810 wrote on 11/16/2011 6:17 PM:I have to ask a "water on the sole"?? Do you go on the approach with a wet shoe? or are you wetting it before bowling then letting dry so its stiff?

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Edited by Aloarjr810 on 11/16/2011 at 6:19 PM

Heavy Lefty · « **Reply #5 on:** November 17, 2011, 10:20:03 AM »

That's exactly what it feels like, an icy sidewalk. I have no traction and I probably should use street shoes

I've tried spitting on my sole etc. It's just not consistent & it's so frustrating to spend $60 a week to bowl a league there and have no footing

milorafferty · « **Reply #6 on:** November 17, 2011, 10:31:55 AM »

If they used the same product our local house used, it's some kind of teflon based coating. It just ruined the approaches. They have since replaced the lanes and approaches with used ones from the Showboat Casino in Las Vegas.

You may need to do what I did, just keep a damp towel and step on it before you bowl.

Heavy Lefty wrote on 11/17/2011 11:20 AM: That's exactly what it feels like, an icy sidewalk. I have no traction and I probably should use street shoes

I've tried spitting on my sole etc. It's just not consistent & it's so frustrating to spend $60 a week to bowl a league there and have no footing

kidlost2000 · « **Reply #7 on:** November 17, 2011, 11:34:26 AM »

How old are your soles? Most ware down after several games and become slicker then you would think. I use Dexters with the brown sole and the older cleat heel on backwards. Usually need to replace the sole part twice a year and that is bowling one night a week.

Try bowling in a house that has synthetics with lots of humidity. The place use to put down powder on the approached prior to league with a giant sweeper then later went to using furniture polish to buff the approaches.

I promise you no one makes a shoe for that.

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sabman · « **Reply #8 on:** November 17, 2011, 12:54:42 PM »

I have been having a similar problem with Dexter soles not being sufficient for slippery approaches, and was wondering if I should have gotten 3g Tour Ultras. I think on some of those slippery approaches, any shoe will have problems.

guffnuh · « **Reply #9 on:** November 17, 2011, 01:37:37 PM »

When the approaches are slippery for me, I use a Dexter T1 traction sole. Does the trick every time.

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vkowalski1970 · « **Reply #10 on:** November 17, 2011, 01:48:51 PM »

Have you tried the Chome leather? Although it says its supposed to slide easily, if seems to give me the most friction, even more than the orange teflon....

I usually use the deer skin for most...

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Smash49 · « **Reply #11 on:** November 17, 2011, 03:25:16 PM »

Slick approaches are usually the last place people think of a slide sock. The Bowlers Slide Sock does work on slick approaches too! If for some reason the approaches are slick rub the Slide sock into a carpetted surface and be careful for a couple of frames until it dials in.

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