duvalite,
If you've had your DC for any length of time, it could very well have absorbed some oil and that may have reduced its performance. So you might want to first consider either having the oil extracted, or, a resurfacing, by using a 320 grit nylon pad (maroon; green is considered to be about 600 grit) WITH Track's Clean and Dull. This can/will help extract some of the oil from atleast the upper layers of the resin cover. (A professional pro-shop extraction job, as recommended by Brunswick, may help get some of the deeper embedded oil out to the surface.)
After resurfacing with 320 grit and C&D, sand to 600 with the green pad, then 800 with a grey pad. Then polish with Storm's Xtra Shine to the original level of polish (1500 grit). Although Xtra Shine can polish to 3500 grit, it's the amount of polish and amount of pressure that get it to 3500 grit, which is a very high gloss. You only want a 1500 grit level, which is how it came out of the box, according to Storm's webpage.
One of your other options, after using 320 grit maroon nylon pad and C&D, is to take the surface to 600 grit with a green pad and then use a no-grit polish like Black Magic or Brunswick's High Gloss polish. This will leave the surface at 600 grit but add polish to get the length you need. Use just enough polish to put a LIGHT shine on the ball. You can always add more if that's what you need!
Storm's Xtra Shine has grit in it which changes the surface; the original surface is 1500 grit. 600 grit should add a decent amount of grab and hook over that provided by the 1500 original grit level.
If this is not enough, then Billy Ray's suggestion of leaving it at 800-1000 grit dull may be your only alternative. My feeling is that will make the ball very different from what it used to be, but it may what you need/want.
Edited on 3/23/2005 9:55 AM
