Im curious to see some responses regarding surface changes on my Brunswick and Dv8 eqiupment. Was wondering which surface would give me less burn up, 500 siair plus royal polish or 4000 grit no polish. Balls which i am referring  to are my Mastermind Intellect, Ruckus Schizo and Rude Dude. How would midlane and backend be compromised with both surfaces? Pros and cons with both surfaces?

Im curious to see some responses regarding surface changes on my Brunswick and Dv8 eqiupment. Was wondering which surface would give me less burn up, 500 siair plus royal polish or 4000 grit no polish. Balls which i am referring  to are my Mastermind Intellect, Ruckus Schizo and Rude Dude. How would midlane and backend be compromised with both surfaces? Pros and cons with both surfaces?

The problem with this comparison is the unknown amount of human factors involved with polishing a ball. Royal Shine is fairly aggressive but you just don't know how much polish will be applied, how much pressure, and how long the ball will be spinning. These factors make it very hard to determine a true comparison.

In the vaguest general terms, if the resulting polish is a high gloss shine (the usual results), the polished ball will go longer than the 4000 grit dull one, have a more sudden change of direction, be more susceptible to carrydown, won't handle shots puled inside of target as well. The 4000 grit one will need more maintenance, but it's not a huge amount. Both need to be cleaned after each use. The 4000 grit needs to be refreshed lightly after every 9 - 12 games; the polished one needs to be refreshed maybe every 15 - 25 games. These numbers depend on the lane surface, the amount of oil bowled upon and the user's rev rate.
(FYI My polished balls need to have their surface refreshed every 3 - 6 games due to the age of the synthetics on which I bowl, my rev rate, and the very light amount of oil both houses use.)

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(FYI My polished balls need to have their surface refreshed every 3 - 6 games due to the age of the synthetics on which I bowl, my rev rate, and the very light amount of oil both houses use.)
 

Jeff, when you do this surface refresh after such a few games, how do you do it? In other words, do you say for example add a really-really tiny amount of polish to barely shine the ball or what?

For polished balls, I use a small amount of polish, maybe a nickel size, for each half. After all, it's just the track area and small amount of flare off the track that's affected. I use medium pressure for maybe 20 - 30 seconds per side. Every 40 - 50 +/- games, I completely redo the sanding I want under the polish, from 500 grit to xxxx grit, then I repolish the base surface.

For 4000 grit dull balls, I use a 4000 grit pad, wet, for about 25-30 seconds per side.