Great. That's the easiest to fix. Is start by just taking polish off with a 4000 pad. It will give it a little more bite. Keep in mind it is not as strong as zero gravity or hyper cell. I usually have good luck at 500/4000 or 500/3000 surface on fresh medium oil. With my tilt at 26 degrees I only use polish on very very weak balls and only use in lanes where the heads are burnt.
Current surface on my arsenal
Hyper Cell. 500/1000/2000/3000
Disturbed. 500/2000
Asylum. 500/3000
Lights out. 500/1000/2000/3000/4000
SOS. 500/2000 polish
Yes I do see a difference in skipping grits vs progressive grits. With the tilt I need more grip on fresh. So I skip grits, clears heads and then reads hard. I