My buddy took his to 2000 and it looks a lot more like the IQ Tour than it does the Pearl but it is a lot smoother off the spot.

So at 2000 unpolished the IQTP will hook slightly sooner and tame the breakpoint a bit?

Thanks for the responses.

Took my pearl down with a 500 grit pad that was so wore down it may have been equal to a 4000 pad before Monday night league and seen a big improvment,So big i bowled my first 300. Great ball is all i have to say.

One of the high school kids I coach was having a problem with his going sideways at the break point (he has a big hand). We hit it with 2000 lightly and it slowed it down at the spot. Now he won't put it away.

1000 and light polish and I shoot these games in order.... 258, (279,259, 227, 765). The last three were a set and the first one was the back end of another set. If you tame the backend, IMO, the ball rolls tremendously better, and thats saying a lot.

When I got mine I had the shop take the OOB to a fresh 1000 and hit it with a pretty good shine.  This made it REALLY hard off the spot and REALLY go sideways.  I noticed a lot of people mentioning about hitting their IQTP with a 4000 so I tried it and this ball is much more controllable.  I took mine down to a used 2000 and then hit it for about 10 seconds on all sides on the spinner with a fresh 4000.