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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