regripping clubs

[Golf ball wacker guy]

just curious about regripping clubs....maybe different do-it-yourself technics, tricks I'm wanting to regrip my clubs myself. Any ideas welcome!
Thanks, Cody

[Slavera]

Re: regripping clubs

just curious about regripping clubs....maybe different do-it-yourself technics, tricks I'm wanting to regrip my clubs myself. Any ideas welcome!
Thanks, Cody

Just do it.
It ain't rocket science.

[LowPost42]

Re: regripping clubs

Guys will tell you to use solvent and tape.

I'm telling you to use an air compressor - faster, easier, infinitely less mess. By far, the superior choice.

When your regrip takes less than 15 minutes to go from old to new with clubs that are immediately ready to hit, you'll never go back to tape and solvent again.

[indacup]

Re: regripping clubs

Guys will tell you to use solvent and tape.

I'm telling you to use an air compressor - faster, easier, infinitely less mess. By far, the superior choice.

When your regrip takes less than 15 minutes to go from old to new with clubs that are immediately ready to hit, you'll never go back to tape and solvent again.

Yup, that's pretty much the only we we do it too....no mess, no fuss, cheaper as well...

Should you choose to do it the ol fashioned way with solvent and double sided tape, a good cheap solvent substitute is Lamp Oil which you can find at Wal-Mart or any similar store for about $2.00 a gallon as opposed to $7 a quart of solvent.

[LowPost42]

Re: regripping clubs

Yup, that's pretty much the only we we do it too....no mess, no fuss, cheaper as well...

Should you choose to do it the ol fashioned way with solvent and double sided tape, a good cheap solvent substitute is Lamp Oil which you can find at Wal-Mart or any similar store for about $2.00 a gallon as opposed to $7 a quart of solvent.

Not to mention you can use double sided carpet tape if you don't have any other 2 sided tape handy.

[release]

Re: regripping clubs

I have tried the double sided carpet tape when I ran out of the grip tape a few years back, it's not recommended from my experience.
The glue on the double sided tape overwhelms and dried up faster. If you're not careful you'll make a big mess.
I've tried to use air compressor for grip installation. It's fast and no mess to deal with, but the grip sort of shifted out of alignment after a few rounds of golf. Plus I couldn't use extra layer of built up tape if using the compressor method.

[LowPost42]

Re: regripping clubs

I have tried the double sided carpet tape when I ran out of the grip tape a few years back, it's not recommended from my experience.
The glue on the double sided tape overwhelms and dried up faster. If you're not careful you'll make a big mess.
I've tried to use air compressor for grip installation. It's fast and no mess to deal with, but the grip sort of shifted out of alignment after a few rounds of golf. Plus I couldn't use extra layer of built up tape if using the compressor method.

You need to pay attention when gripping that the ID of the grip is smaller than the OD of the shaft. In most cases this means buildup tape, or most OEMs have moved to installing a .58 grip on a .60 shaft (actually making it slightly oversize).

If you can't get your grip on over one layer of buildup tape, you're doing something wrong. Try more air. Don't forget that even with air, you lubricate the first 1/2" of the grip.

[golfshooter]

Re: regripping clubs

Hi all you DIY blokes, I have just started on this journey. I like my grips oversize. Anywhere between 4 and 7 layers of tape depending on the shaft. I did one with glue and it will be the last one I will do it, what a friggen mess. I had to stop half way through , clean up the mess remove the tape, clean up the glue from every bloody surface including inside half of the grip,and my hands. I cut the tape off and retaped and fitted the grip just using compressed air. Here is a tip from a mate of mine, get a piece of poly pipe and if the grip gets stuck and blows up like a balloon it will save injury if the grip blows. You just let it slide down behind your hand.

Regards golfshooter

[LowPost42]

Re: regripping clubs

Golfshooter, try this link. Sounds like you were missing a little lubrication.

[golfshooter]

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I think you are absolutely right, a little solvent would have made it a snap. It was a putter grip a mate gave me, I think it may also have been a little small for that amount of tape. I am going to regrip it with an oversize. It is all good practice. It is amazing how when one starts down this road of club making and repair, every throw away club at the course or junk sales become gold mines,and you will never look at a club superficially again.

Regards, golfshooter

[LowPost42]

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Things to pay attention to when gripping with air:

75 psi is ample for most grips. Super-oversize you may need to go to 90 to get over the tape.

Wetting the first half inch of the mouth of the grip serves two purposes: it allows the grip to "get on" the club more easily, and makes it much easier to slide the grip down the shaft.

Always, always, always use a protector tube when taking grips off. A grip can blow up faster than you can react - and grip shards in the eye just aren't funny (unless you're in a contest and can win $10,000).

[golfshooter]

Re: regripping clubs

LOL, good one! but you would need that much for the surgery. When I did that grip I couldn't believe how quickly it blew up, I was just lucky it was a new grip going on and not an old one, possibly a bit perished, coming off. Is the drill much different with cord grips? I would imagine they wouldn't expand as much.

golfshooter

[LowPost42]

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LOL, good one! but you would need that much for the surgery. When I did that grip I couldn't believe how quickly it blew up, I was just lucky it was a new grip going on and not an old one, possibly a bit perished, coming off. Is the drill much different with cord grips? I would imagine they wouldn't expand as much.

golfshooter

After having a Tour Velvet blow up (thankfully I was wearing my goggles) - I use the protector tube no matter what.

Cords do expand a little - so I imagine if you blew one up it'd be something to see. I'd wager they're a little less "explodable" - but not immune.