I did it once.  At the time, the two Rule's I had were a little too dull but there was a lot of oil downlane.  I hit it very lightly with a burgundy scotchbrite.  Reacted pretty nicely.  Not as early as the two Rules but definately a tad earlier and stronger downlane.

I hit pearls with scotchbrite quite often.  I hit them very lightly, just enough to knock the polish off and get the ball to read the lane a little earlier.  The Xception has been strong enough so far to not need the surface other than that one time.
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Anthony Chapman

Just wanted to post this about the X-ception.

This ball is NOT for fresh patterns when the oil is fairly heavy. My monday night league house decided to put done a heavier oil pattern last night and I tried the X-ception the entire first game and could never find a place on the lane to play. I am going to try to scuff it up a bit and try it again next Monday.

I know most people that want to buy this ball know this already, just wanted to confirm.


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If they only made a ball that would carry that da_n 7 pin (and I am right handed!!)

jkiser01