Author Topic: Lane Surfaces (Read 2180 times)

n00dlejester · « **on:** March 09, 2009, 12:36:11 AM »

I've heard a lot of people saying that the actual lane themselves determines ball choice/where to play patterns. I completely agree, as I've played the Viper pattern a ton of different ways with different balls.

My question is: what surfaces have more or less friction? And how do you tell which surface is which?
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azguy · « **Reply #1 on:** March 09, 2009, 08:45:26 AM »

US Bowler had a nice article on lane surfaces and how each played, wood vs synthetic.
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Pinbuster · « **Reply #2 on:** March 09, 2009, 08:54:29 AM »

Pretty easy to spot wood. This is the softess surface.

Pro Anvilane has dark tracer boards down the lane. It is the hardest surface.

AMF HPL doesn't have the down lane tracer boards, at least the older versions installed around here. It is a medium surface with the down lane panels being softer providing bigger backend reaction.

Lane patterns make the most difference in how lanes play.

Let your ball reaction be your guide.

charlest · « **Reply #3 on:** March 09, 2009, 09:51:51 AM »

If I recall the summary was something like this, from the least friction (most skid without oil) to the most friction (earliest hook):

1. Brunswick AnvilLane
2. Brunswick Pro AnvilLane
3. AMF HPL
4. Wood
5. Guardian overlay

I am not technically minded about lane surfaces but I do remember specifically their being 2 distinct Brunswick Anvil synthetics at one point in time. I also have suffered intensely on Guardian in the old days they were not taken care of. I bowl on half Guardian and half pine now and the oil guy does an incredible job given the situation. I rarely see carrydown any more.
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Leonidas · « **Reply #4 on:** March 09, 2009, 10:16:58 AM »

Add to this Funk!
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n00dlejester · « **Reply #5 on:** March 09, 2009, 10:33:08 AM »

Thanks for the input guys.

I'm sure age in lane surface also plays a factor.

Quick question: what does guardian overlay look like? I don't think I've ever seen it. I've seen the all the others (I think) except guardian.
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Beef STL · « **Reply #6 on:** March 09, 2009, 10:57:16 AM »

quote:
If I recall the summary was something like this, from the least friction (most skid without oil) to the most friction (earliest hook):

1. Brunswick AnvilLane
2. Brunswick Pro AnvilLane
3. AMF HPL
4. Wood
5. Guardian overlay

I am not technically minded about lane surfaces but I do remember specifically their being 2 distinct Brunswick Anvil synthetics at one point in time. I also have suffered intensely on Guardian in the old days they were not taken care of. I bowl on half Guardian and half pine now and the oil guy does an incredible job given the situation. I rarely see carrydown any more.
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charlest,
I'm about 99% sure that Pro Anvilane is a harder surface than regular Anvilane.
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Oskuposer · « **Reply #7 on:** March 09, 2009, 11:00:07 AM »

the first batch of anvilane was the hardest then when they had newer versions pro anvil was harder but not harder than the first batch of anvilane
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charlest · « **Reply #8 on:** March 09, 2009, 03:58:27 PM »

Beef STL/Ricky,

Pro could very well be harder. I do recall their being two separate AnvilLane surfaces. Both are like rocks.

Steve,

Guardian isn't very visible. It is very thin and is applied right over the feshly sanded (i imagine) wood. Only if there is a crack or an air bubble can it be easily seen, if properly applied. Curtis Suburban Lanes, just off 95 going from Ewing into norther Trenton, on Scotch Road has the Guardian over the front 25/30 feet of the lane. In fact, they got a new layer this past Summer. I bowl there on Friday nights.

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AStrikingChink · « **Reply #9 on:** March 09, 2009, 05:51:12 PM »

Anybody know of any houses that still use the GE Permalane? To my knowledge Woodale Bowl in Illinois the first to install them sometime in 1976 and this was the first known occurance of synthetic surfaces? Wooddale changed to Brunswick Anvilanes in the 80's after a flood ruined the center and they rebuilt. I know the Morehead State University Bowling Lanes have the Kegel Edge Lanes, but I don't know much about them and never seen them outside Morehead's facilities and when they used them on the USBC Women's Specials and the Teen Masters event.

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