cleaning question

My driving range got this 5 gal bucket with soapy water and has like 4 inch bristles about 8 inches deep in the bucket bolted to both sides so there is like a .5" gap in the middle. I started using it and it cleanes my clubs better than I have ever seen them before and it only took like 2 mins for all my clubs vs. the usual 30 mins if I do it at home with a bucket of soap and a scrub brush. but back to the point

is it bad to stick my club in water past the ferrul? can water get inside the shaft, or is it sealed there?

It should be a sealed unit with shaft and hosel and ferrule,even if there is no ferrule, I really don't think putting them in water past the ferrule is going to do anything, if so, than something is wrong.

hi
make sure you take an old towel with you and give them a quick dry and they should be fine.
cheers
bill

thanks for the input guys

You'll get just as much moisture in through the grip vent hole as dunking the head. If you dunk the head and notice bubbles, there's a hole!

You would only notice bubbles if the grip vent was immersed as well.....but I digress.......

I use an ultrasonic bath sometimes, I know not everyone has access to one but its the very best way to clean your bats. Every single particle of dirt gets flushed ou of every groove and stamping.

Mind you I have to say I quite enjoy cleaning my clubs the old fashioned way sometimes, can be quite theraputic.......

D.

MM, is an ultrasonic bath the equivalent to a pressure washer?

hi
if you use a foot spar you get really good results too, hot soppy water and and it on full vib, if you have an old foot spar laying about get it out in the garage and use that it works good but i dont let the water go above the hosel as its only 4 inches deep, works a treat. not as good at the ultrasonic baths we used in the power station that left clubs look like new. used to put them in an ultrasonic sand bath that really did the trick.
cheers
bill

I tried that Bill but got a nasty case of Athlete's Sand Iron

nice one Brian

Ultrasonic bath:

http://www.emsdiasum.com/microscopy/...n/branson.aspx

just for your information....they sell them as club cleaners as well not sure what company does them, but I know a couple of the more upmarket courses in this country have them.

I also sometimes use the bath with a basin of weak nitric acid to strip the rust from raw wedges to let them go rusty again the nitric acid removes the iron oxide from the surface with the help of the ultrasonic agitation leave them in for only a few moments and take them out to check how much of the old rust layer is left. Evenually there will be very little old rust left and the surface of the wedge will be a little cloudy. Then give them a good rinse in cold water then a quick rub down with some fine grade wet and dry and let them rust again (which takes time of course), obviously you can only do this a few times or the acid starts to strip the grooves and stampings out. But its well worth it for wedges that have been sitting and gone a bit shiny.

D.

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