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machine35

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substitute for polish
« on: February 01, 2012, 10:23:24 AM »
i wondered if u could use another substance as a subsitute besides polish.


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MI 2 AZ

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Re: substitute for polish
« Reply #1 on: February 01, 2012, 09:06:16 PM »
Why?
 
If it is because of price, one quart bottle of polish will probably polish almost two hundred bowling balls ( assuming one teaspoon per ball, 192 teaspoons in a quart), so it is not really that expensive overall. 
 
 


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Re: substitute for polish
« Reply #2 on: February 02, 2012, 12:48:34 AM »
Please make the term "polish" more concrete. There are various products out there that leave surfaces that are shiny to the eye, but literally do different things. And what do you want to achieve?


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mattypizon

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Re: substitute for polish
« Reply #3 on: February 02, 2012, 04:38:16 AM »
 Rubbing compound will also smooth out the surface.  

White scotch brite pads used at high speed with lots of pressure and no water will achieve a nice shine as well as long as you get the surface hot from the friction.  This will surface flow the resin and shine the ball up without the inconsistency polish sometimes brings.

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charlest

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Re: substitute for polish
« Reply #4 on: February 02, 2012, 05:24:33 PM »
The only substitute for polish is ball speed.
Everything is relative.
Polish is just another step in making the surface of the ball finer and finer, in order to get more and more length on the ball. You start with sanding the ball with abrasives of any and all sorts. Then when you can't get any more length, you start using polishes, going from non-abrasive polishes to abrasive polishes to polishes that add slip modifiers (e.g. UFO, Control-It, Delayed Reaction).
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