I can tell you how my DT is and maybe that will help.  Let's see...

I did the high flare drilling which I believe was layout #3.  I wanted a ball that was a good deal more juiced up than my Tropical.  Whoops!  This ball was a bit stronger than I anticipated (a lot more juiced up).  That's not to say that it's a bad thing, but it was hooking earlier than I wanted.  Therefore, I am currently putting the Reacta Shine from Storm on the ball to shine up the surface more.  Now when I practice with it, it retains all the power to destroy the pins.

Now you say it came shined up?  I can tell you that this ball has a great amount of power and hook if you can figure out how to use it right.  If you are using it on your fresh shot and it looks like maybe it is just skidding all the way down the lane, try the OOB condition (1000 grit matte).  If it just seems to be turning sluggishly and hitting light maybe it is dying out on you.  I am telling you if you have it set up right for your style and conditions, this ball makes it easy.  It doesn't have the uber-snap that a lot of people think they want but it has a really smooth/strong/even turn that you can get a good read on.

It's hard to tell without seeing your ball but if it isn't making a hard turn to the pocket it's either slipping too far or it's dying out early.  I guess you will know after tonight, but I can tell you I don't have a great amount of revs either (I throw using the classic stroker style) but this ball does all the work for me.  I think if I wanted to use it as my first ball on fresh shot, I may need to scuff it up again.  I've used this ball sanded on some heavy oil and it did the job, but I just don't bowl on those conditions enough to warrant sanding the ball.
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Edited on 8/22/2006 10:15 AM