ok this is the absolute last post for me about this ballwhen i first got it out of box it was great then it seemed to get weaker and weaker. when i finaly got to play it in some heavy oil it looked like my white dot.I have cleaned,polished it resanded it to 400 and whalla,still nothing.point in case,i was bowling today on a less than fresh sport shot,but it was still pretty wet 10 to gutter,this ball slid and slid and even when i pointed at the pocket it slid. My layout as near as i can figure,4 in pin 3oz top,pin is at 4:00on the ring finger,cg 2 inches right of the thumb at 2:00, 1 1/8 weight hole 3.5inches on center and right of my thumb hole and directly inline with the thumb. the cg and pin line disects the thumb and weight hole line.15 lb ball. I am a med. speed low rev player,more comfortable playing out than down and in.rather stand 25 and feed the ball right to 10 than stand 10 and feed up 7 or 8.other balls i shot ,roto oracle ,same as the wmb, ebonite addiction gave me the best reaction,roto global assault ,and track assassin these three balls were polished and all out performed the wmb and oracle hands down, is it me or is something wrong with this picture, my heavy oil balls slide and my medium oil balls react as i would expect the heavy oil balls to, does anyone have any thoughts or suggestions or help in general.

The answer you wanna here is that it's oil-soaked...time to put it in the oven

It's a really aggressive Particle cover cover and its gonna soak up oil
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Mr. NooB of the F.O.S

When I first got my WMB I could not use it at nib finish (500 wet sand), the ball was using up too much energy and would hit like a water ballon. I took it up to 800 grit and the ball responded much better, moved later and more pronounced. After another 9 games I preped the surfaced and cleaned it to 1000 grit and then buffed it on the spinner using a 1200 grit white scotch brite pad, to add some sheen or satin finish, now it is better than before, reads the mids better and has added length with more backend finish.

Moral to the post is: you can not always use a ball in nib finish, mattter of fact I do not own a ball that I have not had to re-prep the finish to get it to react the way I needed it to. Sometimes you have to adjust the finish to obtain the desired look you need for your game. Do not be afraid to make small adjustments with the cover,if you do not get what you like change it until you get what you need.

i keep hearing not enough oil and it is really perplexing.If i have a flood outside of 10 where nothing hooks how is that not enough oil.If i play up 10 where there is a moderate amount of oil for the first 38 feet and every thing else reads this transition except the balls that are supposed to be for heavy oil when do u use these, "heavy oil balls".I stood on 18 played the wmb to 8 and watched it go straight for the 10 pin, stood on 25 and played to 15 and washed out.The ball never backended,but on a medium length house shot i play the ball from 30 to 5 and it is decent all the backend I need that translates to me that this is not a, "heavy oil ball", or my drilling is wrong i guess i am not gonna worry about it anymore ,i ordered the t s and a boy am i gonna get it.I dont mean hook either ,mammas gonna tan my bottom.