DIY Grip fitting
- Thread starter Sybez
- Start date
Oddsocks
Ryder Cup Winner
What damage can be done during "grip installation"......??
Depends if you use a hammer and chisel
Use to do it but I'm a lazy arse these days and so pick my grips from Gamola and pay the pro to put them on.
garyinderry
Ryder Cup Winner
I once didn't use enough solvent and got a grip stuck about 3/4s on. In the end I soaked it in boiling water and fought with it for about half an hour to get it back off. boy did it put up a fight.
Sybez
Challenge Tour Pro
Suction base vice looks pretty neat (stuck next to the cooker - I'm sure she'll never notice!)
Oddsocks
Ryder Cup Winner
Scotty Cameron
Head Pro
Airsporter1st
Assistant Pro
What damage can be done during "grip installation"......??
Direct answer:- in my experience, the main risk of damage during installation is of dropping the club.
If your question is rhetorical, as it appears to be, then you you need to re-read what I have said; I was referring to risk of damage when trying to hold the shaft rigidly - which occurs mainly due to movement within, or overtightening of, vice jaws. If you don't use a vice or workmate, then there is no risk of damage from that source.
Personally, I do use a workmate with the aforementioned rubber clamp. It allows me to properly align grip and shaft, and to use two hands for grip installation. I also clamp a plastic tray to the workmate underneath the grip area to catch the solvent for re-use.
Last edited:
bobmac
Major Champion
When you get to the stage of applying the white spirit,
fill the grip half full, sealing both ends, shake to make sure its all coated. Then dip the shaft end with the tape on into the bottle of white spirit again to make sure it's all coated.
That will give you loads of time to fiddle with the grip to make sure it's straight and not stretched (check with the others to make sure they are all the same length).
fill the grip half full, sealing both ends, shake to make sure its all coated. Then dip the shaft end with the tape on into the bottle of white spirit again to make sure it's all coated.
That will give you loads of time to fiddle with the grip to make sure it's straight and not stretched (check with the others to make sure they are all the same length).
MashieNiblick
Tour Winner
Very important not to be stingy with the spirit. You cant use too much. Watch this guy at 3:14.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1N6KIxE3iY
(apologies for the music)
I use a workmate and put a couple of bits of old grip on the shaft to protect it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1N6KIxE3iY
(apologies for the music)
I use a workmate and put a couple of bits of old grip on the shaft to protect it.
Region3
Ryder Cup Winner
I bent a shaft once when the grip was a little difficult to push on.
I had the shaft in a vice but hadn't noticed the bench had moved and the only resistance to me pushing was the club head against the wall!
I had the shaft in a vice but hadn't noticed the bench had moved and the only resistance to me pushing was the club head against the wall!
StrangelyBrown
Tour Winner
I do all my own, no vice required. Just tape and plenty of lube 
Don't forget to peel the backing tape off the double-sided tape.
Last edited:
Sybez
Challenge Tour Pro
So I've had delivered a liter of solvent and a butt grip installer tool (both from Gamola) but I'm now thinking to use the air method and blow them on.....
Any advice which route to go peeps?
I have a tire air compressor that would do the job and some masking tape already.... I should of researched this better! lol
Any advice which route to go peeps?
I have a tire air compressor that would do the job and some masking tape already.... I should of researched this better! lol
Lump
Tour Winner
So I've had delivered a liter of solvent and a butt grip installer tool (both from Gamola) but I'm now thinking to use the air method and blow them on.....
Any advice which route to go peeps?
I have a tire air compressor that would do the job and some masking tape already.... I should of researched this better! lol
You can't/shouldn't blow on corded grips, that's the only thing that limits the blowing on grips. I personally don't like blown on grips, they never feel secure enough and have always tended to twist during use.
Sybez
Challenge Tour Pro
I assume a Golf price MCC falls under corded/part corded grips then....?
Airsporter1st
Assistant Pro
They are corded.
But I honestly don't see any advantage to compressed air fitting. It is the work of seconds to fit grips the conventional (tape/solvent) way and a lot less risky.
markgs
Tour Rookie
re gripped a full set if irons and a 3 wood yesterday with x6 layers of extra tape in kitchen easy
Val
Ryder Cup Winner
I used the air method till my compressor broke, a bit fiddly and there is a definite knack to it. The benefit of a compressor is you can take grips on and off without wasting the grip however I found corded and MC grips didn't come off easily with air and had a tendency to blow.
