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General Category => Miscellaneous => Topic started by: bamaster on June 17, 2004, 07:03:10 PM

Title: Rosin Bags
Post by: bamaster on June 17, 2004, 07:03:10 PM

How many if you use rosin bags?

I usually do.  But the problem is that they usually start to rip a hole and the little beads start to fall out.  Then of course it falls on the floor and makes everything too slippery.  

I sweat a lot and bowling centers don't care to maintain hand dryers.  

What aboutchu?

Tony
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Title: Re: Rosin Bags
Post by: jimensminger on June 18, 2004, 10:10:19 AM

I prefer the "hand conditioner" , the rosin is too sticky for me,..I put mine in a folded towel to keep it from getting all over the place..jim
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Title: Re: Rosin Bags
Post by: MarvinsSkeleton on June 18, 2004, 10:10:31 AM

I usually use a rosin bag when I start practice, just to make sure I have a good grip on the ball when I start.  I always lose the ball when I first start warming up if I don't use some rosin.  After that, I just use a dry ball, and I seem to have good luck holding on to the ball.  My hands (among other parts of the body) also sweat a lot while bowling, so I always have a dry ball around.
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Title: Re: Rosin Bags
Post by: Ragnar on June 18, 2004, 10:42:27 AM

I use one - well many.  I've left probably several hundred of the things in various bowling centers.  When I bowl one of three things is always in my hand; the ball, a beer, or the rosin bag.
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Title: Re: Rosin Bags
Post by: MI 2 AZ on June 18, 2004, 11:31:24 AM

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 When I bowl one of three things is always in my hand; the ball, a beer, or the rosin bag.

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Wonder what BK will do when he gets old enough to drink beers while bowling?  As it is now, he has three things in his hand.  
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Title: Re: Rosin Bags
Post by: card79 on June 18, 2004, 11:41:23 AM

I just use this huge dry bag my wife made me.  People laugh cause they say it looks like a pillow, but it works well.
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Title: Re: Rosin Bags
Post by: Smash49 on June 18, 2004, 11:41:56 AM

What would be nice is something like soapstone that would have those qualities. Just scrape the amount you need and go.

Smash49
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Title: Re: Rosin Bags
Post by: TheBowlingKid25 on June 18, 2004, 11:52:06 AM

Hey hey, I have 2 things in my hand while bowling, while in the bathroom is when I have other things!
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Title: Re: Rosin Bags
Post by: Strider on June 18, 2004, 12:10:03 PM

Rarely use rosin, but constantly use a puff ball.
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Title: Re: Rosin Bags
Post by: MetalGod666 on June 18, 2004, 12:45:37 PM

I've strayed away from using a rosin bag as of late.  I used to get those bags that would always rip open and the little round rosin things would come flying out.  I tried using one of those that was shaped like a ball, but they dried out my hand too much or not enough at times so I never really had a consistent grip on the ball, resulting in either a drop or sticking.  Now, I just have a giant rosin bag that's basically like a hand conditioner seeing as it's just a powder.  Use a little when my hand feels a bit sweaty and I haven't had any problems with my release since, unless I messed up myself.

Title: Re: Rosin Bags
Post by: MI 2 AZ on June 18, 2004, 02:09:19 PM

Years ago I remember seeing a product that was a green powder that came in a plastic bag.  You had to add water to it and it formed something like a slick slimey playdo and it was designed to keep your hand dry.  I havent seen that around lately, anyone ever try it besides me?
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Title: Re: Rosin Bags
Post by: Brickguy221 on June 18, 2004, 04:10:17 PM

I never use rosin. If you have to use rosin, then the holes in your ball are too large to begin with. Also, I never use powder. I use soap stone that I've ground to powder and carry in a bottle in my bag, in place of shoe slide, baby powder, lip ice, ets. Takes only a timy bit, lasts longer, and the ball stays the same from frame to frame and not slick one frame, less the next, more the next, etc. I can grind a bottle of soap stone powder about the size of a 100 count asprin bottle in about 10 minutes using a wood raft that isn't too coarse and this bottle of powder seems to last forever. A file for metal is too fine for this.

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