Author Topic: Does oil on the lanes dry out? (Read 7410 times)

dicnic · « **on:** April 27, 2009, 03:07:58 AM »

I was reading a review of the Brunswick Power Groove (as I just bought one) and noticed a reviewer mentioned "thin oil" and "drying out in a few hours". I thought that USBC specified the consistency of acceptable oil and especially on artificial lane surfaces, really did not "dry out".

I bowl in a morning league and also practice on Sunday mornings. In each case, the lanes are quite dry. The lane guy says he oils at midnight every night, the pattern is 7 - 7 and short.

Does lane oil actually "dry out"? Drying out usually means evaporate and I never heard of oil evaporating.

Can anyone shed some factual scientific knowledge on this phenomenon?
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Astroman · « **Reply #16 on:** April 30, 2009, 02:22:39 AM »

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The other is dust collection. If you oil lanes, then leave them for several hours, the dust that is in the air will collect in that oil, and that dust acts like particles in particle coverstocks, grabbing at anything that happens to be rolling on it. Dust is a friction multiplier.
Jess

Jess explained what dust does to an oil pattern in one of his previous replies, I didn't realize the vagueness of my reply.

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Author Topic: Does oil on the lanes dry out? (Read 7410 times)

dicnic

Does oil on the lanes dry out?

Never take a sleeping pill and a laxative on the same night.

Astroman

Re: Does oil on the lanes dry out?