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lilpossum1

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Pitch black not the dry lane ball I wanted
« on: August 12, 2015, 09:25:25 AM »
What can I do? I encountered super dry lanes Sunday night. My Misfit pearl was burning up kept coming in light with no drive. I brought out the pitch black and it hooked up so early I couldn't keep it right of the head pin. I was better off with the misfit

 

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Re: Pitch black not the dry lane ball I wanted
« Reply #1 on: August 12, 2015, 09:36:57 AM »
Polish the Pitch Black and/or come up more from the back.
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Re: Pitch black not the dry lane ball I wanted
« Reply #2 on: August 12, 2015, 09:59:26 AM »
Polish the Pitch Black and/or come up more from the back.

The pitch black does not take polish well.
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Re: Pitch black not the dry lane ball I wanted
« Reply #3 on: August 12, 2015, 10:01:57 AM »
I already polished it lol. I did that when I first realized how strong it was. I didn't try coming more up the back

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Re: Pitch black not the dry lane ball I wanted
« Reply #4 on: August 12, 2015, 10:19:11 AM »
Well, the Pitch Black is the strongest urethane currently on the market...  :P
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Re: Pitch black not the dry lane ball I wanted
« Reply #5 on: August 12, 2015, 10:31:55 AM »
Were you lofting the gutter?
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Re: Pitch black not the dry lane ball I wanted
« Reply #6 on: August 12, 2015, 11:24:37 AM »
Which gutter? I moved from the 7 board at the arrows to the 15 board at the arrows trying various lines. In every case, the ball picked up way too early and arced away. Once I reached the 15 board, I kinda gave up and though that the ball wouldn't have enough pop to carry deeper angles since it was urethane

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Re: Pitch black not the dry lane ball I wanted
« Reply #7 on: August 12, 2015, 11:29:25 AM »
You couldn't  adjust with the misfit at 15 or try getting deeper with the misfit or something more aggressive?

Are you left handed by chance?
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Re: Pitch black not the dry lane ball I wanted
« Reply #8 on: August 12, 2015, 12:19:01 PM »
With Urethane, the "pop" comes from your release.  If they were hooking as much as described, you probably wouldn't need to work the ball very hard to get it to return. 

It sounds more like you were fighting the heads which as kidlost suggests means moving your feet further left along with your target. 

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Re: Pitch black not the dry lane ball I wanted
« Reply #9 on: August 12, 2015, 01:45:31 PM »
I wish I had your problem, lol.   When I first used it, it read perfectly, early with a smooth continuous motion, but for the last 5-6 months so so, it goes 50 feet, and 6/7 out of 10 times, it rolls out, and I've adjusted to almost at every surface possibles, even used a scotch brute pad  ( which I posted on here with no luck).

I give up on it (left handed) it's now a expensive spare ball. I'm also aware that it's a very conditional ball, but when your playing up 5-10 and it rolls out, it's time for a change.

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Re: Pitch black not the dry lane ball I wanted
« Reply #10 on: August 12, 2015, 02:14:24 PM »
Adjust the surface with newspaper.
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Re: Pitch black not the dry lane ball I wanted
« Reply #11 on: August 12, 2015, 02:30:34 PM »
Why not go 20ish or deeper at the arrows with the Misfit?
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Re: Pitch black not the dry lane ball I wanted
« Reply #12 on: August 12, 2015, 02:34:21 PM »
Remember... Conventional urethane has more friction in the oil than reactive urethane and less friction on the dry than reactive urethane.

The adjustments I make with urethane are usually parallel... with reactive equipment I usually move my feet more than my target.

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Re: Pitch black not the dry lane ball I wanted
« Reply #13 on: August 12, 2015, 04:36:21 PM »
Urethane is earlier, flatter and provides less recovery off dry boards than reactive making it awesome for short patterns like cheetah.  I can't imagine many scenarios where I would want earlier hook on dry lanes and unfortunately many bowlers have been given bad information resulting in sales of urethane balls for dry lanes.
 
I'd recommend adding polish to your Misfit and continuing to move left while making hand tweaks to get the ball to shape correctly.
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Re: Pitch black not the dry lane ball I wanted
« Reply #14 on: August 12, 2015, 05:24:26 PM »
On the type of conditions you describe, I would try plastic with a non-pancake core.  Several available today and the core helps greatly with carry.  I have the no longer available XXXL from lane 1.  But have watched others throwing the hammer version dominate dryer conditions as the plastic will still clear the heads and the core will carry