Conditioning Glass/Crystal

[vt35mag]

Just wondering if anyone else conditions the entire surface of their glass/crystals when they are over a plain sound board?  Plain as in no artwork, photos, signatures, feathers etc.  For example, take my poplar bronzed glass over aluminum I got from Brad.  Instead of just playing and conditioning the one spot he conditioned.  I went and conditioned the entire surface, but conditioned it so if I turn the call 90 degrees I have a fresh surface to play on, and the striker drags perpendicular to the direction I conditioned it.  That way if I am in the middle of working a bird and the surface starts acting like it needs freshening.  I just rotate my wrist and have a new spot to play on the call.  Also keeps me from conditioning one specific spot on the call, which I would imagine would thin out over the years.

[CMBOSTC]

I do, I use the entire surface.

[davisd9]

Depends but usually do at least half the surface


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[SwampRooster17]

I condition the whole call unless there is something on the soundboard then I condition half the surface


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[jed clampett]

I never condition more than just a 1/4 of the call...usually no more than the spot that has been conditioned....never had a problem when calling...i won't buy a pot that has the whole surface conditioned....but that's just me...i just feel it takes away the looks and value of the pot.

[Happy]

I condition half. Plenty of surface to work a bird. Course I don't sell any calls if it snt good enough to hunt with in my opinion then I won't sell it. And if it is good enough to hunt then I keep it.

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[Jbird22]

I condition maybe a 1.5" square or so. I don't see the need to condition more than that really but that's just me.

[Bowhuntr73]

I like to only condition what part needed to run the call. I like calls that I can see the soundboard and I shy away from buying calls that to me are "over" conditioned. Just IMO.

[vt35mag]

I shy away from buying calls that to me are "over" conditioned.

That's understandable. I don't buy calls fully/over conditioned either.  If I want the whole surface conditioned I want it to be my choice to do so.
I don't condition the whole surface of a call with a plain sound board, unless I am 100% I am keeping it. Out of the 25-30 pot calls I have, I only have conditioned the whole surface on three of them.

[HFultzjr]

What I have done on some calls is condition 3 spots
9 o'clock....12o'clock....3o'clock
Using a different conditioning method in each place. Different stone, drywall, sandpaper, etc.
Play back and forth between the 3.