Author Topic: Will a dull particle backend harder than a polished particle on dry backends? (Read 1537 times)

Ric Clint · « **on:** August 01, 2003, 12:08:13 PM »

Title says it;

If there is good head oil to keep the ball from burning up, will a dull particle backend harder than a polished particle on dry backends?

T-GOD · « **Reply #1 on:** August 02, 2003, 03:21:02 AM »

It all depends on if you can get the ball into a roll or not on your own. A polished ball will backend harder than a dull ball, because there is more surface touching the lane, just like a racing tire. But, if there's too much oil, the polished ball will not hook. It depends on your release and the lane condition. So, yes, if there's enough head oil, a dull particle will/can backend harder than a polished particle. =:^D

Edited on 8/2/2003 11:14 AM

Pinbuster · « **Reply #2 on:** August 02, 2003, 08:05:09 AM »

Iâ€™m in agreement with T-God. The match up of lane condition, ball, and bowlerâ€™s release dictates what reaction you will get. Any ball can go long and snap hard on right condition.

In general I would say no. The dull ball will tend to roll early and use up some of its energy in the front part of the lane. The polished ball will save its energy and release it on the dry backend.

C-G ProShop-Carl · « **Reply #3 on:** August 02, 2003, 10:59:35 AM »

Speaking in general terms A polished ball will have great backend than a dull ball.

As stated before though, release, condition etc all have a major effect.

Ric Clint · « **Reply #4 on:** August 03, 2003, 06:00:42 AM »

Well, here's what I experienced the other day. And can you tell me why/how this happened, please?

I had a "600 grit dull" Rock-On and "600 grit dull" Reaction ARC and a "2000 grit polished" Mass Chaos.

While dull, the ARC and Rock-On had as much backend snap as the the polished Mass Chaos.

I then had the Proshop guy to polish the 2 dull balls to 2000 grit polish and went back out played the same line but BOTH of them lost there backend drive seriously (I had to play alot tighter with these 2 balls), where as the Mass Chaos (which is polished to the same grit) was still just bum rushing the pocket.

Why is this?

Do the big oil balls not like being polished, or...

Bjaardker · « **Reply #5 on:** August 03, 2003, 11:35:57 AM »

Ric,

There's so many variables, including how were the balls polished & using what to polish them.

From what I've seen, the TEC balls from Columbia hate having their surface tweaked. Also, they have pretty fragile particles, so using anything more abrasive than scotchbrite can do some damage.

Other than that, drillings, and a whole slew of other things come into play.

C-G ProShop-Carl · « **Reply #6 on:** August 03, 2003, 12:31:54 PM »

Ric,
Instead of having those other two polished to 2000, try having the pro shop polish them with 1000-1200 grit compound. That should do the trick.

Author Topic: Will a dull particle backend harder than a polished particle on dry backends? (Read 1537 times)

Ric Clint

Will a dull particle backend harder than a polished particle on dry backends?

T-GOD

Re: Will a dull particle backend harder than a polished particle on dry backends?

Pinbuster

Re: Will a dull particle backend harder than a polished particle on dry backends?

C-G ProShop-Carl

Re: Will a dull particle backend harder than a polished particle on dry backends?

Ric Clint

Re: Will a dull particle backend harder than a polished particle on dry backends?

Bjaardker

Re: Will a dull particle backend harder than a polished particle on dry backends?

C-G ProShop-Carl

Re: Will a dull particle backend harder than a polished particle on dry backends?