Scuffing my new BWS

[Fastpitch Girl]

I just bought a new Black Widow Solid. I am getting ready to start bowling in high school (I'm a freshman), and I wanted a more aggressive ball for use in the synthetic house (I've always bowled in a badly maintained wood house). The first time out, the lanes were flooded, and I could barely get the ball to move. I am afraid this may be the normal condition. Can I scuff this ball to get more movement? Green or burgandy scothbrite?

[BubbaRay]

Hi FastpitchGirl and welcome to the Hammer message board. Before you go scuffing the ball wait untill you bowl again in that house and see if the conditions are the same as when you first threw. It just might have been a fresh pattern . What line did you try and play. How did you have the BWS drilled to do what? If this is the normal condition in this house you can scuff the cover to get a better reaction out of it.

Take a look at this post for some tips on playing the short and long oil patterns.

http://forums.hammerbowling.com/showthread.php?t=4829

[Fastpitch Girl]

My normal shot is straight up the 7 or 8 board. Sometimes I'll slip out to 5, but it should come back. I roll a fast ball about 17 mph, so I asked it to be drilled super aggressive. The pro shop owner has coached me, and thinks it's the right set up. The pin is below my ring finger and right with a balance hole. My dad wants me to get one more ball to hook smooth, but I already have to carry 4 on the bus.:mad:

[Street Racer]

take the ball to 1000 grit...

but also how is it drilled?

[Rowdy]

DON'T CHANGE THE BALL YET! Tell your Dad you'll take the other ball as long as he picks you up from now on.;) Like Bubba said,first find out if those are going to be the conditions all the time. You may have to find another line to play. We play the same line and speed,but my BWS is drilled to skid/flip and it handles that line really well,even with a ton of oil laid on. You'll probably have to take some speed out of the shot or put more revs on the ball. Welcome to HammerLand!

[aigaios]

DON'T CHANGE THE BALL YET!

Why?

I see no reason why she would be disadvantaged by dulling the ball up a bit if it isn't doing what it's supposed to be doing. She can always take it back up.

[WAL]

Why?

I see no reason why she would be disadvantaged by dulling the ball up a bit if it isn't doing what it's supposed to be doing. She can always take it back up.

I think he means that she should find the problem with her bowling pattern before she buy another ball:)

[Young300]

Why?

I see no reason why she would be disadvantaged by dulling the ball up a bit if it isn't doing what it's supposed to be doing. She can always take it back up.

I agree here. You ask any of the pros and the first thing they do with a new ball is change the surface... They rarely EVER keep it OOB. They may take it down and then bring it back up, somewhat close to what OOB is, but they will rarely ever keep it OOB when they both their first Regional stop.

[Rowdy]

Let's fix one problem at a time,here. If you start changing a bunch of different things all at once,how are you gonna know whats working and whats not? If after everything else is sorted out and she still needs the ball to do more,THEN go ahead and change it. That ball is plenty strong at OOB. Changing the coverstock should be the last thing on the list.

[slap]

Generally I prefer to give a ball some time at its box finish. This is kind of a base line to plan the next step.

As far as the poster, I would give the ball more games at its current surface. One session isn't really enough time to gather information about the new house.

Also I recommend you make changes in gradual steps.

[willard46]

yes scuff to match your lane to ball match is a good thing
but it does take a little trial and error Burgundy is most aggressive then green then gray then white

abrolon is 180,360,500,1000,2000,4000

i use both gray is about 800 grit

white is 1000

green i think is 600

burgundy is about 400


i agree with 1000 to start

the more u can find out about the pattern on the lane the better

like i said trial and error

it good on some ball to take off the factory bow finsh cause the balls have a wax on them according to bill Calhoun of ebonite he told me this during a demo day I have a couple years back

center don't like to tell u that though I know I've worked in one for 30 years