A polish bowling ball tends to store more energy down than any other bowling balls. Putting polish bowling ball when help the ball hook later down lane. A polish bowling ball is very good on dry lanes due to the polish that can hold energy down lane so will not hook to early. You can polish any bowling ball and you and more polish to a bowling but I would add too much. You can take off the polish or reduce the amount of polish that can fit what you want to do. If you take your bowling ball to get a deep clean, this will remove all the polish from the bowling ball.