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**LowPost42** · 11-07-2005, 03:33 PM

Re: Regripping

GENERALLY SPEAKING it doesn't matter how you put a round grip on. Ribbed grips, however, need that grip on the underside. Some of the new grips (Dual Durometer, V17) that have 'thumb spots' are great... provided the thumb spots are where you put your thumbs.

But for, say, your standard Tour Velvet grip, you just put it on however you like - in fact, I have a couple of cheap customers that come back and simply ask me to rotate their grips 180º. I charge them half the cost of the grip for this - they get longer lasting grips for cheap, and I make a little coin.

**Mizunoman** · 11-07-2005, 05:41 PM

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Rotating grips????? Man that's cheap.....

You can get a new Lamkin Crossline for £4 fitted, what do you charge for rotating one? £2??? how can that be worth it.....

Some people....

D.

**LowPost42** · 11-07-2005, 08:18 PM

Re: Regripping madeness?!?!...?!?!

Mizuno, I make the same argument - I don't clubmake to make money (yet).

I try to explain that grips are cheap - just regrip with brand new grips.

The first time it happened, I had nothing in stock that the guy liked, so we just turned his grips (for free). Now, he comes 3 times a season, and has his grips rotated 120º (about a 1/3 turn, wear to the lead palm).

Then he told a couple guys, and I figured I had to charge SOMETHING... and I actually thought 50% of my grip cost would be a bit of a deterrent... but these guys are the kind of guys that want a discount if they don't wear spikes and promise to sweep the ball...

This is NOT an 'adverstised practice'.

**malaysia_junior** · 11-09-2005, 02:33 AM

Re: Regripping madeness?!?!...?!?!

owh...its like that huh??

so it doesn't matter if i put it anyway i like it???
ok...thx alot!!!
im gonna regrip it NOW!!!
byeee...
but...if anyone has some comments about regripping....
please do share it as i wanna know some tips...
or somekind of info!!!
bye!!!!

---dinz---

**LowPost42** · 11-09-2005, 03:03 AM

Re: Regripping madeness?!?!...?!?!

IF you're going to regrip your own clubs:

My first and best advice is to COMPLETELY AVOID grip tape and solvent and catch basins and mess and wet hands and soaked aprons and wet clothes.

Buy a small air compressor, preferably oil lubricated, and it must have a tank. A nice little 1/3 or 1/2 hp and a 2 gallon tank is relatively cheap. They run a lot compared to a much larger tank, but it's still better than the above method.

Use said compressor to both remove and install grips.

If you choose to go cheaper (because a compressor isn't exactly cheap - it's the price of a golf lesson with an above average pro), then be prepared to work fast.

I don't have much advice if you're going to regrip with solvent, etc, except to make sure you have a hook-blade knife to cut the old grips off, and to use a ton of solvent (and then use some more) when installing your grips. I put 3 grips on using the tape and solvent method... you have very little time to line up your grips properly (if you need to) before the solvent starts drying, and the tape starts holding. After that fiasco, I went and bought said compressor. After a little practice, I could grip off and re-grip a set of irons in less than five minutes, and any grip adjusting is a breeze (pardon the pun).

**HEATHCLIFF** · 11-09-2005, 08:16 AM

Re: Regripping madeness?!?!...?!?!

I use a glue called Bostik Contact Bond which I get from the supermarket. A 50ml tube does about 3 or 4 clubs.

Once I have the masking tape on the shaft for the correct size I use an old piece of shaft to coat the inside of the grip with the glue.

Then I coat the masking tape with glue, place the clubhead on the floor in the corner of the room and slide the grip on in one motion.

Always make sure the grip is on all the way and quickly align it properly before the glue sets hard.

Have newspaper on the floor to catch excess glue drops (always use plenty of glue) and have a rag to wipe the ends of the grip. Some excess glue will come out of the small hole in the grip cap.

Common faults with this method include:
1 - not using enough glue and getting the grip stuck halfway
2 - getting glue all over your good clothes
3 - failing to re-grip in a well ventilated area and passing out

Acetone will get the glue off the club/grip when it pisses all over the place.

Clubmaking is the sort of adventure your wife/girlfriend/mother will not understand.

**LowPost42** · 11-09-2005, 01:11 PM

Re: Regripping madeness?!?!...?!?!

Yikes!

While the contact cement sounds more economical, it also sounds less forgiving on mess (or mistake!)

I take it you cut off grips that didn't go on properly?

**HEATHCLIFF** · 11-09-2005, 07:38 PM

Re: Regripping madeness?!?!...?!?!

LowPost42

Yikes! is right untill you get the knack, which means doing it about once. Unless there is beer involved, then anything can happen.

The contact cement is O.K you only want to do a small number of clubs or just want to try re-gripping to see if you can do it. Also you can do it while you're away from home.

Yes, there will be something of a mess but the key is to have newspaper and a rag ready BEFORE you need it. The more prepared you are the smaller the mess.

Mistakes? I've made a few...
Really the only way you will get a grip stuck (yes, cut them off) is to not use enough glue or to not slide the grip on all the way on in one motion.

This is just an easy way of doing a job with minimal equipment. I have heard that you can also use a mixture of baby shampoo and water instead of glue but have not tried it yet.

**LowPost42** · 11-11-2005, 02:15 AM

Re: Regripping madeness?!?!...?!?!

I've heard of the hairspray method as well. My understanding is that with grip tape you're just looking for a reagent to 'slime up' the tape, and keep it slick long enough to slide the grip on and align it.

But let me warn you: Once you use the compressor method, you'll never go back to anything else. Everything becomes a breeze - taking grips off, putting grips on, aligning them, whatever.

**HEATHCLIFF** · 11-11-2005, 07:29 AM

Re: Regripping madeness?!?!...?!?!

Sounds great if you have lots of clubs to do but I've found that as a hobby clubmaking is fun but as a sideline it soon takes over from playing and becomes a sort of obsession.

I hadn't heard of the hairspray method - sounds like something MacGuyver would use...

**Jim Allen** · 11-27-2005, 03:09 PM

Re: Regripping madeness?!?!...?!?!

Using a compressor? This sounds like something I might like to do. I have a compressor that I use to drive a brad nailer. What specifically do I need in order to use it to take a grip off and put a new one on? Where is the compressed air directed? What tip is used to direct the air flow? Thanks in advance for any explanation.

**LowPost42** · 11-27-2005, 09:37 PM

Re: Regripping madeness?!?!...?!?!

Hi Jim,

It sounds like your compressor will work just fine. (This assumes it's got a resevoir tank and a regulator).

Get your blowgun, and your tapered nozzle. The tapered nozzle is my preference, I've heard of guys having success with the ball inflation nozzle.

Get an old piece of small-diameter PVC ~ 10" long, or a piece of 'shaft protector tube' - cheap stuff at any golf store, and cut it to 10".

Put the club in a vice (to free both hands). Slide the protector tube over the grip. Generously spray some grip solvent or mineral spirits in the vent hole of the grip, making sure to puncture the tape inside first.

Then put the nozzle of the blowgun in the vent hole, and start applying bursts of air. The grip will start to expand - give the protector tube a bit of a twist to help break the bond. If the grip doesn't start to slide off, pull the blowgun out, and apply more lubricant (grip solvent or mineral spirits), reinsert your blowgun, and add the air again. Eventually, the grip will ride off on a cushion of air - usually no muss, no fuss. You may have to remove the buildup tape from off the shaft (and put new masking tape on), but in some cases it stays put (like in the case of grips put on with a compressor).

Putting grips on is even easier. You wet the first 1/4"-1/2" of the grip (mouth end) with either mineral spirits, grip solvent, or soapy water, and manually start it on the shaft.

Then you pop your blowgun into the vent hole, and apply air while you push the grip on FROM THE MOUTH END. The grip slides on quickly, and can easily and quickly be aligned properly with just a burst of air.

The first time you do it, I promise you'll then blow that grip off (now it's stupid-easy), just to put it on again.

And as I've said before, once you've used a compressor, you'll never go back to tape-and-solvent.

And for all those who think it's a waste of money to buy and use a compressor, I offer this:

I'd rather take 15 minutes to regrip my irons, and make my tee time in 20 minutes with the same clubs I just regripped with my compressor, rather than take 30 minutes or more (assuming I'm trying to save the old grips) using the solvent method, then wait another couple hours for the solvent to dry before I can even think of playing them.

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