I don't have an Invasion but from what I've seen on a medium oil house shot, this ball OOB has too much surface. IMO, light polish will do the trick.

Thanks for the replies so far. As for polish, is there a typical type a pro shop uses, or...?

I can't move any more left at this point without standing on someone else's lane... So, looks like polish may be the route to go.

When I was practicing with it last night, the lanes I used only had 3 games on them - so they were far from dry.

You know, looking back, I have a Full Swing that I thought may have died - but the Invasion is doing the same thing... Kinda wish my Brunswick house would throw some oil out there.

The ball looks good, I like the colors on yours.  Now, onto business!

Firstly, I would suggest trying to move right.  If you are standing way left, and hitting the 3-6 pocket, my guess is the ball doesn''t have the strength to make a sharper turn towards the 1-3 pocket.  With a drilling like your pics have, the ball will want to hook earlier in the lane, and not later down lane.  

Now, if you''re standing more right and going through the nose or hitting the 7 pin, or perhaps striking on the lane to your left, I would suggest polish.  I would tell your pro-shop operator what kind of reaction you''re getting, tell him what kind of reaction you WANT, and s/he should be able to help you out from there.  

I''m sorry to hear that the Invasion isn''t living up to expectations.  But from the telecasts I''ve seen and the Storm Staffers using this ball, they ALL seem to have polish on them.

Good luck, and let us know how it goes!
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Edited on 2/8/2010 11:41 AM

I moved around the lane last night - stood 20, 25, 30, 35, 40 - to see if I could get any consistent reaction. Standing more right, I could almost get it to cross over to go brooklyn, but nowhere near the pocket. It seems as if as soon as it hits dry, it's done - at least in my hands, at the current surface prep.

I usually average 208-210 on a house shot, but these past couple weeks have been... interesting... to say the least.

Part of the reason I bought the Invasion was that my Full Swing was burning up and hitting at the 3 and 6 pin, when I've been used to swinging it out (standing around 35) and having it come back.

I thought it was "dead", but apparently summer/fall shots at my house play different than the winter shot. I'm not sure whether they're putting out a less volume of oil, or just less oil in general.

Again, thanks everyone for their replies and suggestions. I'm willing to give anything a go, at least once...