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Old 11-09-2005, 03:03 AM
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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).
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