You know that feeling of a new golf ball how they feel so smooth and even a little slippery (for lack of a better word/vocabulary)? I think i remember one golf ad from topflight even touting some finish coating they apply to the ball to achieve such a slippery feeling.
(1) has anybody here ever applied some type of wax to their older balls to regain this slippery feeling or to shine them up a bit? if so, what kind of wax would do it?
(2) wouldnt applying some type of wax to a ball help acheive better distance? it seems like it would take some of the spin off of it. now, i realize what i'm saying may be edging over into a rules violation. i dont think its legal to apply a foreign substance to the ball or the club head. (in my very young golf days, we used to spit on the club face to make it "knuckleball" so it would roll farther. we were just kids learning the game, it seemed natural.)
but, if it was being done simply to get the ball back to its original condition, that seems like it would be ok. i have a couple of thousand found balls and i'm looking for a way to return the luster to their finish.
(1) has anybody here ever applied some type of wax to their older balls to regain this slippery feeling or to shine them up a bit? if so, what kind of wax would do it?
(2) wouldnt applying some type of wax to a ball help acheive better distance? it seems like it would take some of the spin off of it. now, i realize what i'm saying may be edging over into a rules violation. i dont think its legal to apply a foreign substance to the ball or the club head. (in my very young golf days, we used to spit on the club face to make it "knuckleball" so it would roll farther. we were just kids learning the game, it seemed natural.)
but, if it was being done simply to get the ball back to its original condition, that seems like it would be ok. i have a couple of thousand found balls and i'm looking for a way to return the luster to their finish.