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nospareball

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T-Road Pearl not finishing
« on: January 30, 2008, 02:42:18 AM »
I've been having some issues lately with my T-Road pearl.  It just doesn't seem to want to do much on the backend of our Tuesday night Men's league.  When I bought it they had a 38' lighter volume shot for our league nights, and it was a monster.  A couple weeks later they upped the volume and lengthened the shot to 41'.  Naturally the ball would be a bit squirty the first and part of the 2nd game, so I had it taken down to 2000grit no polish.  That seemed to help, for a while.

Fast forward to last night.  I couldn't get anything going.  I started off with my usual 15-10 line, and was coming in real light.  Lots of 2 pins or 2-8 leaves.  So I squared up a little more, and had a bit more luck but still lots of light hits.    I'd consider dulling it up a little more, but I see guys using similar strength balls polished and getting great reactions out of them.  Guy on my team just got a Shift and it was motoring on the backend just fine, he's got a little more hand than me but also has more speed on it.

I went to a different house last week for practice and had trouble keeping it on the right side.  Shot lights out there for 3 games in practice.  The pattern there felt way shorter and less volume, but I couldn't verify for sure.  I could get it back from just about anywhere on that shot though.

So here is my dilemma.  Do I take the surface down to 1000 to try and get it into a roll earlier, or is my ball actually burning up and has nothing left for the backend?  

Stats are in my profile, and no my RSX isn't much better, it's maybe a board or 2 stronger but dies on the backend just like the T-Road.
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Re: T-Road Pearl not finishing
« Reply #1 on: January 30, 2008, 10:55:29 AM »
How much does it flare?  

Mine didn't flare at all and wouldn't make a consistent move on the backend, so my driller put a small hole on my val, down from my PAP.  

The ball reacts much more consistently now.
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Re: T-Road Pearl not finishing
« Reply #2 on: January 30, 2008, 11:02:54 AM »
One thing I will say is that you mentioned that Shift being polished and still doing fine...  It has quite a motor inside so yeah I could see that.
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Re: T-Road Pearl not finishing
« Reply #3 on: January 30, 2008, 11:03:48 AM »
Sometimes balls just won't work on certain conditions. I have an Nsane that wouldn't make a move on the backend that much, so I took it from 4000 OOB to 2000 abralon and now its a beast but it made it much more archy. If I was you I would try taking it down to 500 grit or so then hit it with Brunswick High gloss finish. Do not use Ruff buff as it will take away the 500 grit and make it finer. So use the high gloss finish on it after its been sanded down well.

What this should do is have a reaction like a 500 grit ball but with the high gloss polish, help it get down the lane and conserve its energy for a big pop on the backend once it finds a little dry boards.

This is just an idea though that may help.
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Re: T-Road Pearl not finishing
« Reply #4 on: January 30, 2008, 11:08:45 AM »
Sounds like the new volume/length is just to much for the cover. The Shift is a particle pearl with a big motor so it should grab a little earlier and more consistent.

I hate to say it but if you can't move right and get the reaction you are looking for it sounds like you need one more ball in your arsenal.
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Re: T-Road Pearl not finishing
« Reply #5 on: January 30, 2008, 12:17:58 PM »
My Tuesday league puts down a longer, higher volume pattern.  And I quite simply cannot use anything pearl until maybe the third game.  I have to use either a solid or a particle pearl to get midlane read.  The natural characteristic of a pure pearl is to skid through oil better than a solid or particle pearl so that it can react harder to the dry.  Unfortunately, if there's not that much dry, it's going to have trouble reacting.  That's where the Shift can take advantage of its light particle load, and its strong core, to rev up harder in the midlane and turn the corner better.
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Re: T-Road Pearl not finishing
« Reply #6 on: January 30, 2008, 02:34:08 PM »
nospareball, I am going to state the obvious since I have not read it yet. Your rev-rate needs to go up or your speed needs to come down because right now they are not a match for the volume. 38' + light volume + your physical game, you were probably having a field day out there.

The pattern is 41', why not put a ball in your hand that is a match? Storm has plenty of "oil-friendly" pieces that will allow you to match-up without working so hard. Attitude, Rapid Fire, T-Road Solid, Shift, Special Agent.
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Re: T-Road Pearl not finishing
« Reply #7 on: January 30, 2008, 03:11:37 PM »
While I agree with everybody that speed / rev rate ratio may be a factor, there is one other possibility.  My TRoad Pearl is quite the oil sponge, if you had the ball for a while and put 50-60 games on it, it's quite possible that it's oil logged and needs a session in the revivor oven to get the pores cleaned out.

The other thing you could do to get it into a little earlier roll is to move right a little bit and change your hand release to come up the back of the ball a little more instead of around the side.  This will get the ball into an earlier roll with more of an arcing backend reaction. Hope this helps.
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Re: T-Road Pearl not finishing
« Reply #8 on: January 30, 2008, 06:27:44 PM »
Try a cheap route first. Take it into a shop and have them repolish it. My sons was doing the same thing recently. Took it into the shop and they polished it up and it worked fine.
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Re: T-Road Pearl not finishing
« Reply #9 on: January 30, 2008, 10:07:13 PM »
Thanks for all of the suggestions guys.  I do have about 50 games on it, but like I said it moves like a SOB at another house that I practice at.  So I don't think it's oil clogged.

I'll probably go the cheap route first and have the shop polish it back up to box with maybe a little more surface under the polish.  What would you guys suggest?  500? 1000?  What's Storm's recipe for 1500grit polished?

If that doesn't work then it looks like I'll just have to add to the top of my arsenal.  I'm thinking something along the lines of a Cell, Attitude, or a Rapid Fire.  Any other suggestions?


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Re: T-Road Pearl not finishing
« Reply #10 on: January 31, 2008, 08:05:32 AM »
NSB, your later option, good move. Save that T-Road for the centers you can go off with it.

My T-Road Pearl has 100+ games, still hooking, never rejuvinated.
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Re: T-Road Pearl not finishing
« Reply #11 on: January 31, 2008, 08:22:47 AM »
why not T Road Solid?
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Re: T-Road Pearl not finishing
« Reply #12 on: February 06, 2008, 10:28:00 AM »
Good news, I had my proshop take the T-Road down to 500 and put a coat of polish on it (clean & sheen I think) and the ball came alive last night.  I didn't shoot all that well, but it was finishing nice on the backend and in the pocket all night.  The surface looks pretty close to box, a little less tack though.

Thanks for the advice guys, it really saved me a lot of headache.
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