I haven't seen one video talk about to ensure the grip is lined up properly which is the most difficult part of re-gripping IMO. Would be nice to see a video on that.
As usual, really great tips and tricks. I am guilty of all the above listed - 😂 - Only after some expensive trial and error did I figure it out. I use a new grip and measure the length, then make a cardboard template to ensure I did’t stretch the thing when installing or, compressing it either.
Great video, very helpful. Do you have a video that explains what to do with grips that take a lot of force to put on? Like putter grips, and JumboMax grips. I've done a few of my clubs with JumboMax, which I love, but it takes so much force to push them on that I feel like I'm missing something.
Great video as usual. Another easy mistake: When installing grips that take the embedded Arccos sensor, be careful not to slide the grip on too far. Otherwise the sensor won’t seat properly in the end. Don’t ask me how I know this!😁
The stretch thing is why I do my own grips. I always make my installed grip look just like an uninstalled grip. another thing I didn’t see mentioned is some places won’t bottom out the grip and so there will be like a 1/16th of an inch left in the butt. That stuff drives me nuts.
Struggled with the wrong grip tape and solvent combo. Leading to issues 2 n 3. Mineral spirits wasn’t working for me and usually required air. Now the Brampton solvent works wonders.
I've been using a tee to help install grips for a long time. I push the tee into the hole in the grip butt. This helps in a couple of ways. First, it makes the application of solvent neater, since it won't leak out from both ends of the grip. Second, the tee compresses the air inside the new grip just enough to ease the insertion onto the shaft, and helps to avoid pushing the grip too hard. Try this and see if it helps.
Regarding issue #3, Use an unfinished grip and compare the length. Something else regarding keeping everything aligned before putting the grip on, fix your club in your vice so the grooves are in the position you want to see when you look down on the club in a standard position.
2:55 - The blade is indeed the best one. What I do is instead of holding the knive vertically, I set it horizontally on top of the shaft, and try to keep the tip of the blade about in line with the center of the shaft, This way I make sure I do not scratch the fiber, and the cutting is not any harder than with a vertical position, but way safer for teh material underneath.
Awesome video and crystal clear instructions. Im new to regripping clubs. Which good double sided grip tape and from where do you recommend using. Strips 2”x10” or roll. Ive noticed some double sided tape come in 1.93” width and some 2”. Not sure which i need Thnx for feedback
Love the tips , have question did a grip and grip ended up shorter in length than other grips I have ,is there something I did wrong,your advice would be appreciated,thank you
You just did not stretch that one grip out the same amount as the rest. Could have been a result of less solvent being used or just happens as we aren't robots. Could also be the grip itself might have been stiffer and did not stretch as much as the others.
hi thanks for the response , filled the grip up to the top with solvent and poured more on the golf club, redid grip and made sure i stretch it out , thanks again @@EFGMC
Good day and thank you for the video Haven't regripped a club in 30years what's the best solvent to use in your opinion? And no i don't have an air compressor. I do but it's a, very tiny one for airbrushing rc models so might not be powerful enough(how powerful must they be?)
Great video! I have a recurring issue with the butt ends of the grip getting loose and being twistable. I Ensure the grip is clean and that I am using fresh tape. Am I using too much solvent?
Are the grips new. Sometimes if you reuse grips the butt end can be stretched out and cause issues. Also try not completely covering the shaft but with tape and sealing the hole. Use just enough tape to fold over the lip but not enough to plug that opening.
What is the gripping station that you use? I believe I’ve seen a GolfWorks in there somewhere… how do you like that and is there a big difference between GolfWorks and Golf Mechanix?
Personally on that last tip I tend to take a loose grip and compare the length to the grip being installed. If I only push from the back it will bunch up, depending on the amount of solvent used and type of grip of course.
Can you share tips on how to use air for grips like the super stroke oversize on irons? There seems to be a tube inside versus other types of grips with no tube inside. Or can you not use air for every grip?
You also can blow the grip apart if you use too much air. When using air to try and save a grip I use a needle, syringe, with grip solvent in a couple of places then slide a piece of PVC tubing that is just slightly bigger than the grip you're trying remove then apply a small burst of air. You should be able to twist and slide the old grip off and reinstall with new grip tape. The PVC tube may keep you from blowing a hole in the old grip.@@EFGMC
I have some old TM Burner woods with minimum .600 and .620 butt sizes. I could barely get the opening of the new grip over the butt and wasn't able to finish the install. Do I need specific grips with larger openings to deal with this issue or is it operator error?
Does your putter have a sight line? If so that is the easiest thing to line up off of. If not, you will want a vice for this. Use a level or level app to make sure the face is perpendicular to the ground, then use the same level across the top of the installed grip to make sure it is level to the ground.
Interesting. I find putter grips to be the easiest. It's the regular club grips that sometimes gives me problems. Not so much the irons as it is the driver and woods. Certain drivers can look square in the vice, but sit different when you put the club head down on the ground in address position.
Use an air compressor with a grip attachment - much easier to remove and put on grips. I don't even use solvent anymore. Significantly quicker as I can remove a grip in about 5 seconds and put one on in about the same time. Also, without a ton of solvent, grips are much less likely to twist. If you don't have it straight, just hit with some more air and align correctly. Total game changer. Also don't have to wait hours for solvent to dry before you can swing the club.
Heat gun will soften tape making it easier to remove. Just don't get it too hot or you can warp or melt the shaft if it's graphite. Steel, no problem. I don't short cut the process by putting new tape over old. It will make the new grip thicker than you might want. Best to remove old grip and old tape before installing a new grip
I use the blunt end hook blade. They are 3x the price but it doesn't have a point on the end and won't get into the graphite. Basically idiot proof which I need. lol
I recently salvaged 2 putter grips using near boiling water. Big kettle on the stove and a food thermometer. It worked okay not great. Perhaps I should have given it about 2 or 3 more minutes.
One other mistake I have made is … When pulling the grip on TOO FAR, the butt end of the shaft cuts through the butt end of the grip 😩 Or tap the butt end of the grip on the floor too hard cutting into the butt end of the grip. I learned my lesson the hard way … ruins the grip and have to replace it immediately with another new one 🙄
I haven't seen one video talk about to ensure the grip is lined up properly which is the most difficult part of re-gripping IMO. Would be nice to see a video on that.
Huge help! Thanks 🙏
Thank you.. you are avesome
As usual, really great tips and tricks. I am guilty of all the above listed - 😂 - Only after some expensive trial and error did I figure it out. I use a new grip and measure the length, then make a cardboard template to ensure I did’t stretch the thing when installing or, compressing it either.
Great tips!!! I used to do it the traditional way, but now with air it's a 2 second process with no mess. Love the channel 👍
I do plenty of air also. After thinking about it, these tips work for air install also. Air just makes it easier to fix if you mess it up.
Love the vids! Thanks for all the info you give freely.
Not free. Ad revenue for 48k views. He is making $.
Not a lot... But some. 🤷♂
It's free to me!
@@jasontaylor7215 Fair enough! 😁
Spot on vid👍👍👍👍👍👍
Excellent video! Question: Can you put together a "how-to" showing how you would polish a club after a long season? Cheers!!
Great video, very helpful. Do you have a video that explains what to do with grips that take a lot of force to put on? Like putter grips, and JumboMax grips. I've done a few of my clubs with JumboMax, which I love, but it takes so much force to push them on that I feel like I'm missing something.
Great video as usual. Another easy mistake: When installing grips that take the embedded Arccos sensor, be careful not to slide the grip on too far. Otherwise the sensor won’t seat properly in the end. Don’t ask me how I know this!😁
The stretch thing is why I do my own grips. I always make my installed grip look just like an uninstalled grip. another thing I didn’t see mentioned is some places won’t bottom out the grip and so there will be like a 1/16th of an inch left in the butt. That stuff drives me nuts.
Great tips … could you do one about tips on using air. I’ve tried put have never been successful. Thx
Struggled with the wrong grip tape and solvent combo. Leading to issues 2 n 3.
Mineral spirits wasn’t working for me and usually required air. Now the Brampton solvent works wonders.
I've been using a tee to help install grips for a long time. I push the tee into the hole in the grip butt. This helps in a couple of ways. First, it makes the application of solvent neater, since it won't leak out from both ends of the grip. Second, the tee compresses the air inside the new grip just enough to ease the insertion onto the shaft, and helps to avoid pushing the grip too hard. Try this and see if it helps.
Regarding issue #3, Use an unfinished grip and compare the length.
Something else regarding keeping everything aligned before putting the grip on, fix your club in your vice so the grooves are in the position you want to see when you look down on the club in a standard position.
Would love to see how you take a double bend putter and convert it to a short slant neck.
Do you recommend the air system for regripping?
2:55 - The blade is indeed the best one. What I do is instead of holding the knive vertically, I set it horizontally on top of the shaft, and try to keep the tip of the blade about in line with the center of the shaft, This way I make sure I do not scratch the fiber, and the cutting is not any harder than with a vertical position, but way safer for teh material underneath.
Awesome video and crystal clear instructions. Im new to regripping clubs. Which good double sided grip tape and from where do you recommend using. Strips 2”x10” or roll.
Ive noticed some double sided tape come in 1.93” width and some 2”. Not sure which i need Thnx for feedback
I always buy 2 inch wide rolls from Golfworks. Honestly any of it will work though.
**REQUEST** can you do a video on grinding clubs, but more specifically, grinding/rolling the leading edge
We need a leather grip install video
Love the tips , have question did a grip and grip ended up shorter in length than other grips I have ,is there something I did wrong,your advice would be appreciated,thank you
You just did not stretch that one grip out the same amount as the rest. Could have been a result of less solvent being used or just happens as we aren't robots. Could also be the grip itself might have been stiffer and did not stretch as much as the others.
hi thanks for the response , filled the grip up to the top with solvent and poured more on the golf club, redid grip and made sure i stretch it out , thanks again @@EFGMC
Good day and thank you for the video
Haven't regripped a club in 30years what's the best solvent to use in your opinion? And no i don't have an air compressor.
I do but it's a, very tiny one for airbrushing rc models so might not be powerful enough(how powerful must they be?)
55-60 psi is how much pressure you ideally need for air install. Grip solvent is solvent in my book. Any of them work.
Great video!
I have a recurring issue with the butt ends of the grip getting loose and being twistable.
I Ensure the grip is clean and that I am using fresh tape. Am I using too much solvent?
Are the grips new. Sometimes if you reuse grips the butt end can be stretched out and cause issues.
Also try not completely covering the shaft but with tape and sealing the hole. Use just enough tape to fold over the lip but not enough to plug that opening.
New grips. But I will give it another go!
I have investment cast irons where would I go to get the lie corrected .
What is the gripping station that you use? I believe I’ve seen a GolfWorks in there somewhere… how do you like that and is there a big difference between GolfWorks and Golf Mechanix?
Yes and yes. Golfworks gets the majority of their tools from Golf Mechanix.
Personally on that last tip I tend to take a loose grip and compare the length to the grip being installed. If I only push from the back it will bunch up, depending on the amount of solvent used and type of grip of course.
Always a good way to double check.
About the tape. Tape i have needs the paper peeled off before adding the liquid then the grip. Do you use a different type tape?
I use a grip dispenser that pulls the backing off for you. Maybe the best shop tool you can buy!
I like my Mc4 grips but I bought regular golfpride grips, how many tape shoulda put to match the size of the mc4 grip
Assuming you are talking about Golf Pride MCC Plus4. In that case, it's 4x layers under the lower hand.
Can you share tips on how to use air for grips like the super stroke oversize on irons? There seems to be a tube inside versus other types of grips with no tube inside. Or can you not use air for every grip?
Air only works for some grips. Super stroke, Winn, some cord grips don't do as well with air install.
You also can blow the grip apart if you use too much air. When using air to try and save a grip I use a needle, syringe, with grip solvent in a couple of places then slide a piece of PVC tubing that is just slightly bigger than the grip you're trying remove then apply a small burst of air. You should be able to twist and slide the old grip off and reinstall with new grip tape. The PVC tube may keep you from blowing a hole in the old grip.@@EFGMC
I have some old TM Burner woods with minimum .600 and .620 butt sizes. I could barely get the opening of the new grip over the butt and wasn't able to finish the install. Do I need specific grips with larger openings to deal with this issue or is it operator error?
If it's the Bubble shaft, then you need a specific grip that has a much larger inside diameter.
I always have problems with aligning putter grips. Do you have a tip to install putter grips perfectly aligned to putter face?
Does your putter have a sight line? If so that is the easiest thing to line up off of.
If not, you will want a vice for this. Use a level or level app to make sure the face is perpendicular to the ground, then use the same level across the top of the installed grip to make sure it is level to the ground.
Interesting. I find putter grips to be the easiest. It's the regular club grips that sometimes gives me problems. Not so much the irons as it is the driver and woods. Certain drivers can look square in the vice, but sit different when you put the club head down on the ground in address position.
@@C-mac_in_the_6ix I always double check alignment with the head on the ground.
Use an air compressor with a grip attachment - much easier to remove and put on grips. I don't even use solvent anymore. Significantly quicker as I can remove a grip in about 5 seconds and put one on in about the same time. Also, without a ton of solvent, grips are much less likely to twist. If you don't have it straight, just hit with some more air and align correctly. Total game changer. Also don't have to wait hours for solvent to dry before you can swing the club.
Yeah but not everyone has the space for a compressor
Do you prefer tape and solvent, or air compressor? Is there one that’s better than the other?
Just depends on the grip and the application. Sometimes one is better than the other.
Any tip on getting the old tape off ? That’s were I spend most of the time. I’m not a fitter I just like doing my own.
Heat it! Usually helps to loosen the adhesive making it much easier to pull the tape.
Heat gun will soften tape making it easier to remove. Just don't get it too hot or you can warp or melt the shaft if it's graphite. Steel, no problem. I don't short cut the process by putting new tape over old. It will make the new grip thicker than you might want. Best to remove old grip and old tape before installing a new grip
By solvent, do you mean white spirits? One and the same thing?
Both will work. Solvent is spirits based.
definitely guilty of the traditional blade on the carpenter's knife. Never cut past the edge and easy on the graphite.
What is the best tape type or brand to use?
I use Golfworks brand double sided tape.
@@EFGMC thank you for sharing
I use the blunt end hook blade. They are 3x the price but it doesn't have a point on the end and won't get into the graphite. Basically idiot proof which I need. lol
I’ve been using 1 since i first re-gripped my dads clubs in 1977. Just be careful. I’ve also cut graphite shafts at the grip area never had an issue.
I recently salvaged 2 putter grips using near boiling water. Big kettle on the stove and a food thermometer. It worked okay not great. Perhaps I should have given it about 2 or 3 more minutes.
I'm not coming over to your house for soup. 😃
One other mistake I have made is …
When pulling the grip on TOO FAR, the butt end of the shaft cuts through the butt end of the grip 😩
Or tap the butt end of the grip on the floor too hard cutting into the butt end of the grip.
I learned my lesson the hard way
… ruins the grip and have to replace it immediately with another new one 🙄
Stretching the grip is also bad for the rubber.
I feel attacked...
This video was already cut together I promise.
@@EFGMC Haha, I'm just playing around. Thanks for the tune up on the sticks, cheers!
Don't cut yourself or your shaft. Align your grips correctly. Don't stretch your grips.... saved you 8 mins!! Ya welcome
These people have no business changing grips in the first place 😜😜😜😜
the blade does not matter.
Align grip the worst thing ever invented..........