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Alex1975
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Hi all,
I have had 3 Black Widow multi compound drips lying around my study for months from a competition I won. This evening I thought it would be nice to fit them to my two Vokey wedges so that I had all new grips across my irons. I have never re griped a club before but have seen a few posts on here and some youtube vids.
I popped down to the hardware shop and got some double sided tape and asked for some mineral solvent, they did not have the solvent but there was a guy in there who said he used to work at a golf club and they used paraffin. The only paraffin they had was in a two letter bottle so they guy said I should try lamp oil. I knew the wife had some so back home to try it out.
I could not find the lamp oil as it was right by my feet where I was doing the re-grip and I am a man so I don’t look properly. The next best thing was nail polish remover. Took the 56 and cut the grip off and cleaned all the mess off the shaft, re tapped it and covered it in nail polish remover and put some into the grip. It was tough to get on and the grip tried to fold in on its self. By the time it was on I was naked to the waist and red in the face. Onto the 50 and having found the lamp oil, I got stuck into grip number two. It worked so badly that ¾ of the way on the grip was stuck and would not move either way, my hand was bleeding and I was sweating like mad. I had to cut it off and start again, back to nail vanish remover.
Next time I will be getting a pro to do this, it cost more in bits and stress to make it worth me getting good at it, I do hope I have not bent my shafts, don’t think I did though.
They look great but to hell with doing that again.
Alex
I have had 3 Black Widow multi compound drips lying around my study for months from a competition I won. This evening I thought it would be nice to fit them to my two Vokey wedges so that I had all new grips across my irons. I have never re griped a club before but have seen a few posts on here and some youtube vids.
I popped down to the hardware shop and got some double sided tape and asked for some mineral solvent, they did not have the solvent but there was a guy in there who said he used to work at a golf club and they used paraffin. The only paraffin they had was in a two letter bottle so they guy said I should try lamp oil. I knew the wife had some so back home to try it out.
I could not find the lamp oil as it was right by my feet where I was doing the re-grip and I am a man so I don’t look properly. The next best thing was nail polish remover. Took the 56 and cut the grip off and cleaned all the mess off the shaft, re tapped it and covered it in nail polish remover and put some into the grip. It was tough to get on and the grip tried to fold in on its self. By the time it was on I was naked to the waist and red in the face. Onto the 50 and having found the lamp oil, I got stuck into grip number two. It worked so badly that ¾ of the way on the grip was stuck and would not move either way, my hand was bleeding and I was sweating like mad. I had to cut it off and start again, back to nail vanish remover.
Next time I will be getting a pro to do this, it cost more in bits and stress to make it worth me getting good at it, I do hope I have not bent my shafts, don’t think I did though.
They look great but to hell with doing that again.
Alex
