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normy

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Resurface
« on: July 03, 2009, 02:14:25 PM »
Im doing my summer maintenance on my t road pearl, dimension, and gravity shift. Im going to do a full resurface and was going to start with a maroon scotch brite pad then use a green scroth brite then go with 1000 grit as my final finsih.
 My question is will the maroon pad be a deep enough cut to start with?
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Re: Resurface
« Reply #1 on: July 03, 2009, 10:20:00 PM »
I dont think so. Get some abralon pads and start with 180
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Re: Resurface
« Reply #2 on: July 04, 2009, 12:47:53 AM »
IMO and from my own experience scotch brite is not good for a full resurface. I get a MUCH better ball reaction if I start with at least 500 abralon
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No Revs00300

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Re: Resurface
« Reply #3 on: July 04, 2009, 02:41:37 AM »
I agree, I don't really care for scotch brite pads.
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leftyinsnellville

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Re: Resurface
« Reply #4 on: July 04, 2009, 06:19:19 AM »
A maroon scotchbright should work fine.  Just use plenty of water and work the ball evenly.  For a resurface I would cover all six sides of the ball for at least two minutes per side.

I don't really agree with your plan to follow up with a green scotchbright and then 1000 grit, but you didn't solicit advice about that so I won't give any.  What works for me may not work for others.
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normy

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Re: Resurface
« Reply #5 on: July 04, 2009, 09:45:19 AM »
Of course Im always open to advice. I was only gonna use a green scotch brite because of the storm recommendation for resurface. The finishing grit of 1000 was just my favorite finsh. After the season starts and I see what kind of lane conditions Im bowling on I would tweak it accordingly.

 Scotch Brite is just cheaper and it lasts longer. I get just as good a reaction as abralon the only draw back is that abralon has a wider variety of grits.
 Thats why I wrote out my whole process so as to get advice on all of it. So feel free.
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the pooh

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Re: Resurface
« Reply #6 on: July 04, 2009, 09:54:31 AM »
I like to start with the maroon, then go to grey, then go to the new gold(1200) or whatever level of abralon I want to end up with. In our area,with my style,Gold scothbrite(1200-1500 US) with no polish kills most houses! Very similar in reaction to 2000 abralon. I have gotten away from using exclusively abralon, as scotchbrite lasts much longer,is more uniform during it's life, and is much cheaper.
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joeschmoe

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Re: Resurface
« Reply #7 on: July 04, 2009, 10:35:31 AM »
Normy, All of the equipment you mentioned is abralon finished, I would agree with Mr 300 Start with 180 grit abralon and bring the surface up to your desired finish. I'm not saying Scotch-Brite won't work, but you may be disappointed with the results...
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fluff33

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Re: Resurface
« Reply #8 on: July 04, 2009, 10:42:58 AM »
Since almost all the ball manufacturers now use Abralon, it would probably be best to start off with 180 Abralon and bring it up to whatever surface you want.
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normy

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Re: Resurface
« Reply #9 on: July 04, 2009, 10:46:35 AM »
I have been using scotch brite to touch up the surfaces of my balls for a year now. It reacts the same IMO. So most have said to start with a lower grit is that the consensus? I could prolly buy a low grit abralon pad and just use it the once a year or so when I resurface stuff that shouldnt be to bad.
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TheFreeAgent

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Re: Resurface
« Reply #10 on: July 04, 2009, 11:21:43 AM »
I would go maroon, green, Grey for the scotch Brite pads then with to abalon pads then go 500 up to 4000 then back down to what ever finish you want then throw it in the rejuvinator for a few house to clean the pores back out
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