William Jackson

09 Apr 07:42

Simo

Coach Daniel Puerto I received the Pyramid Bowling Ball Revivor on Saturday. The system sets the temperature at 158 degrees for either a 30 or 45 minute cycles. Pyramid states that you should never exceed an hour and a half. I choose my Roto Grip Attention Star as the first ball since it showed the most performance loss (over 100 games with 3x league and weekly practice.)

I performed the first 30 minutes and wiped off the oil and a quick ball clean. I repeated the process with the second 30 minutes. From there I applied surface back to the original spec. However, the Attention Star used a Reacta Gloss, so I went with 5,000 grit (500>1000>2000>3000>4000>5000 increment.)

I also did the same process with my Phaze II, which is the first ball I received from the Brad & Kyle program. It had been replaced with my Ion Pro on my last renewal. For this ball, I went with 45 minute cycles and resurfaced the ball to 3,000 grit.

I took both balls to my Sunday practice session. I saw performance increases out of both balls.

I really enjoyed doing the process. However, resurfacing by hand is a pain in the butt. It was almost worth the $50 to have my Pro Shop do the work. I'm thinking a ball spinner is in my future.

I contacted my pro shop. The $25 is only for extracting the oil. It will cost $50 to extract the oil and resurface. I'm thinking about getting one of the bowling ball revivor systems and play around with it on one of my non-league balls to learn how the process works. 

Posted

26 Mar 08:27

Let me start off by stating I’m still relatively new to bowling, will be two years in June. I’m looking for advice on whether a bowling ball revivor is worth the money. Mostly cause I don’t want to buy a new ball everytime one stops producing. I was looking at the Pyramid bowling ball revivor for about $200. My pro shop charges $25 to extract oil, so the machine would pay for itself after eight uses.

I’ve been throwing my Roto Grip Attention Star for about 100 game (leagues, tournaments, and practice). I’ve started noticing that it wasn’t snapping off of the backend as it had when I first got the ball. I switched to the Phaze AI, which should have less hook, but ended up hooking more, providing me with the angle I was looking for. Talking to an experienced bowler, they mentioned that I can use a bowling ball revivor to remove the oil form the Attention Star the help rejuvenate the ball, allowing the ball to regain performance it once had.

1. Do bowling ball revivors work as advertised?

2. Does heating the bowling ball cause damage to the ball?

3. Besides paying my pro shop $25 to extract oil, is there an alternative?

I appreciate any feedback.

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