Beeks,

  My polished granite IS my first ball out of the bag.  Like you, I didn't like it when dull, and even offered to sell it for $25, but he backed out on me.

  I left it at the shop to get it plugged and re-drilled, but called them before they started on it and told them to just " polish the nuts off it" and I would try that first. They left it at factory finish and applied the polish over that until they got it to shine.  They said it took20-30 minutes to get it to luster up and shine, but it looks like glass now and I apply a light coat of polish after every use to keep it this way.  Thank goodness I did.  This thing is AWESOME like this.

  It is drilled 3 X 0, yes cg is on pap with a weighthole drilled in it, but I can do something with it I haven't done in years, namely PLAY THE TRACK LIKE THE STROKERS!!!!!

  Every ball I've had in the last 5-6 years wanted to over react to the wet/dry oil line that you HAVE to play here to score.  And for me it was an almost impossible balancing act, given what they were telling me and drilling into my balls.  Bought this one used, already drilled like this, and it fit like a glove, so I didn't want to plug it except as a last resort.

  For the last 2 months since I have been using it, I have been averaging almost 240 and have 3-4 boards at the arrows. If I get out of it clean and hit it, it stikes virtually every time.  The only times I can honestly say it didn't strike were times that I KNEW I had thrown it bad.

  I will ALWAYS keep one of these like this from now on.  Now that I have found this, they will probably discontinue them
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Just call me Darreyl, it's much easier to say!

O, I agree with you exactly.  I have been having problems using the same ball for an entire set.  The G-3 would work great for a few frames but as soon as the backends start to break down the G-3 would jump.  Making it very hard to control.  The Green Gargoyle wouldn't jump as hard but it sometimes slides too far down before it flips.  I have been using the Burgundy Gryphon in box condition but that ball is too agressive in box condition for wood lanes.  I didn't polish the Burgundy because it works great on med/heavy oil synthetic lanes that I bowl on in a different house.  I use to love my Blue Sparkle but it's seen a lot of games and is now given an over/under reaction.  

The polished Grantite Gargoyle is exactly what I have been looking for.  When the backends are too strong for the reactive equipment and there is some head oil the Grantite Gargoyle is awesome.  It gets through the heads with ease and makes a nice controllable arc to the pocket.  It's very easy to keep it in the pocket the whole night.  And I must say again, this ball hits very HARD!!!  I used it Monday for the second time since I polished it and finished with a 747 series.  So far I am averaging 242 with it polished.

Edited on 5/5/2004 1:31 PM

I am thinking about picking up another in case they go out of production too.  The Granite and Green are the two oldest balls in Visionary's lineup and they are due to discontinue a few.

I dont know if it would still get that fuzzy feel after polishing, however, I know after sanding the ball, it is smooth and gains the fuzzy feel after it travels thru the oil a few frames.
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I just want 2C was'zzub.
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It looses it's fuzziness after you polish it.  I agree with MI 2 AZ that after cleaning it with a scotch brite pad it felt some what smooth.  After I threw a few frames it would start to feel fuzzy again.  With it polished it feels very smooth.  Not tacky at all.  In fact it feels a lot like the Green Gargoyle.  Also, with it polished it doesn't get dirty.  
Another thing about this ball is it doesn't seem to wear.  I have had it for a few years and I have thrown many games on it and still there is no track or any sign of wear.  I have only threw a few games since I got it redrilled but even with the old drilling there is no track where there should be one.  Stange.  All of my other Visionary balls have a track and developed one rather quickly.  Maybe because I have only used the Granite Gargoyle on synthetic lanes until recently.  I will have to wait and see if the wood lanes cause it to track up.