Unlike resin, polish on a true 100% urethane coverstock, be it pearl or solid, not only makes it go longer, it decreases the overall hook. Please be aware that many of today's urethanes are either special blends of urethane or actually resin/urethane blends. SO they may not act like true urethanes with regards to polish.

 

I do not own, nor have I tried a Storm Natural, so I cannot comment on it. I do own and love 2 other urethanes: a Brunswick Avalanche (pearl) Urethane, and a Seismic Desperado, also a pearl, but it has an asymmetric core. It should be a long. long time before I get rid of either of them.

 

 

Edited by charlest on 10/4/2011 at 8:20 PM

I polished up my Natural.  I have a very aggressive stacked layout on it and as urethane tends to read the lanes sooner the polish gives it a little more length.  It also enables me to throw it almost dead straight and use it as a spare ball.  I think I have it at 1,000 grit sandpaper plus polish.

 

On another note,  the ball looks better polished IMHO.

Thanks to the repliers.

And for r534me,  yes I do now own a Natural - just purchased a pre-loved, resurfaced one yesterday.  Had it drilled for me with a new thumb slug. Ball has three tiny marks and one minor one about an inch long  - paid $55 (inc. tax) so was pretty happy about that.

Read some reviews on it and it seemed to suit so am keen to test it out tonite in my league, will let y'all know how it goes.

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In my opinion, neither the Natural nor the Grenade works well polished, too inconsistant. The Avalanche Urethane works polished, but is probably too strong. If you find the lanes too dry in the fronts to use a Natural/Grenade at 4k, I would suggest the new Blue Hammer. It is a little weaker overall, and does work as well polished as in box finish. I have also seen others have success with the Ogre Urethane polished, if you are not concerned about PBA product registration.

Threw the Natural for the first time at league  last night and was stoked at the way it rolls. The ball has a smooth, predictable roll (on fresh house pattern).

It is also versatile  - you can throw it flatter and still get some slight curve or your regular shot would have a nice predictable hook - for me, I don't have to do anything fancy with the ball, just roll it with the hand slightly to the side (palm under about the 5 0'clock position) and got a nice amount of hook.  And I also tried it giving it the full hand around the ball lift and it really hooks then.

I would recommend this ball no problem at all.

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Edited by aussiedave on 10/6/2011 at 1:35 AM

The Seismic Desperado is a very good urethane blended ball for certain conditions and has a very strong asymetric core which is the only urethane ball i know that has that type of core. Now Hammer has the WidowSpare with the gas mask core and a plastic cover. I can play up the boards but have to worry about the length of the pattern. A little too long you can still get to pocket but leave 5 pins. But when you try to get more angle, sometimes leaves weak 10s. But once you find a certain conditon for it, urethane balls can strike for days and easier to handle and adjust to compared to reactive or particle balls.

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Dull.  I give 2 exceptions: owning 2 urethanes or playing on dry wood.

I think the beauty of urethane is that it reads the front part of the lane and won't give you that snap in the backend, why polish it and have it skate through the front of the lane and turn over at the end?  May as well buy another reactive...

Brandon Riley

Brunswick Advisory Staff

The opinions expressed are solely those of the writer and not of Brunswick Corporation.