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Kid Jete

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Looking for a hard arcing medium-light oil ball?
« on: November 19, 2008, 07:28:22 PM »
I am getting fed up with the reaction I'm getting this year at our house.  I'll be the first to admit more times than not it's the indian and not the arrow but even when I do stay pretty consistant with release, speed and line it's not uncommon to get unpredictable results.  A lot of this is due to our house being really small old wood house so our lane guy oils by hand and rarely touches the backends.  

I'm looking for a ball I can go a little straighter with that will provide a nice hard arc to try and ingore some of the backend issues.  I was thinking maybe a particle pearl or even a weaker particle but with how strong the reactive covers are now you rarely see anything like that.  Would a duller weak reactive still do the trick?  The only thing I'm worried about is burn out as we don't have a tremendous amount of oil laid out, there's rings but it's far from soupy.  I would say medium to medium-light.

Anyway my PAP is 4 9/16 over and 1/2 up if I remember right.  Revs and speed match up pretty well, if I had to guess I would say 17mph and 325-350 rpm.  Speed varies from night to night though depending on where I'm playing the lanes.  I'm open to any suggestions as I just sold off most of my equipment other than my Cherry Vibe, Break Pearl, Xception and WoMB... only have 4 balls now, crazy right?  Anyway if anyone has any questions let me know.  Thanks ahead of time for the help.

 

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Re: Looking for a hard arcing medium-light oil ball?
« Reply #16 on: November 20, 2008, 11:37:04 AM »
quote:
Thanks guys.

So I'm hearing low flaring cores... good.

A lot of you recommending B/G Centaur or Avalanche Solid.  Anything else I might want to look into or would most of you agree these guys may do the trick?

Oh and what about the OOB finish on these?  I noticed the centaur is at 1000 and the Avalanche solid is ruff buff.  Good at these finishes or possibly take them up a bit?

Edited on 11/20/2008 11:52 AM


I have used the BGC with many surfaces. FYI The stock surface is 1000 grit US, which is the way Visionary defined the Scotch-Brite light grey pad. Most people regard it as 800 grit US. I find the 2000 grit Abralon (FEPA grade, not US) to be closest to the stock surface.
A lot depends on your release, ball speed and oil. Here's my best surfaces, with different releases/ball speeds:
1. 4000 grit Abralon
2. 800 grit US + high gloss polish
3. 2000 grit Abralon (stock surface)

Many people can use the stock surface on medium-light to medium oil.
Right now I'm using the polished one with light oil.

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Kid Jete

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Re: Looking for a hard arcing medium-light oil ball?
« Reply #17 on: November 20, 2008, 11:43:11 AM »
quote:
quote:
Thanks guys.

So I'm hearing low flaring cores... good.

A lot of you recommending B/G Centaur or Avalanche Solid.  Anything else I might want to look into or would most of you agree these guys may do the trick?

Oh and what about the OOB finish on these?  I noticed the centaur is at 1000 and the Avalanche solid is ruff buff.  Good at these finishes or possibly take them up a bit?

Edited on 11/20/2008 11:52 AM


I have used the BGC with many surfaces. FYI The stock surface is 1000 grit US, which is the way Visionary defined the Scotch-Brite light grey pad. Most people regard it as 800 grit US. I find the 2000 grit Abralon (FEPA grade, not US) to be closest to the stock surface.
A lot depends on your release, ball speed and oil. Here's my best surfaces, with different releases/ball speeds:
1. 4000 grit Abralon
2. 800 grit US + high gloss polish
3. 2000 grit Abralon (stock surface)

Many people can use the stock surface on medium-light to medium oil.
Right now I'm using the polished one with light oil.

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I would love a Centaur but I can grab a NIB Avalanche solid for 50 bucks shipped so I may have to go with that.  Although Christmas is coming so maybe I can give the woman an extra 2 minutes and take my chances, Lol.