The Putter Refinishing Thread

[rickterp]

My project is coming along; I picked up a hobby file kit to help smooth out dings and gouges and that has been helpful. Sanded all the way to 2000 grit which left the head with a really cool mirror like finish. Noticed some dings I missed so I went back to the file, 60, 100 and 220 grit sandpaper to clean it up some more. I will probably drop it off soon to get cut down to play at 35" and put on a new grip. I haven't decided how I'm going to finish it yet. I do know I want to finish removing the paint fill for some updating, and boy is the sole challenging. Acetone doesn't quite soften enough, and it is hard to get it out of the Made in the USA and FGP stamps. I'll be looking into some alternatives to assist. I'll add some updated pictures soon.

 

[Hawk]

Looking forward to the pics. How are the hands holding up? That's tough work.

 

[rickterp]

Looking forward to the pics. How are the hands holding up? That's tough work.

Hands are holding up alright; they've seen worse from boat maintenance. I used a hand sander briefly with finer grits too which adds some time savings as long as I'm careful

 

[Matt]

Found this at my parents house, its was pretty rusted. i hit a ball with it and was surprised at how nice it felt and puts a lovely roll on the ball.
This is the 1st time ive done a putter so im just going to try some different things on it.

 

[Golf 'N Gator]

Found this at my parents house, its was pretty rusted. i hit a ball with it and was surprised at how nice it felt and puts a lovely roll on the ball.
This is the 1st time ive done a putter so im just going to try some different things on it.

Looks good, but you picked a tough one as all the old Wilson putters are plated.

 

[Canadan]

Found this at my parents house, its was pretty rusted. i hit a ball with it and was surprised at how nice it felt and puts a lovely roll on the ball.
This is the 1st time ive done a putter so im just going to try some different things on it.

That looks really good matt!! What process did you run through to get to this point?

 

[rickterp]

I was finally able to strip the old paint fill on my project FGP; I'll get some pictures up tonight. I have it playing at 35" with an SS5.0 on it now. Fun project so far.

 

[Matt]

i 1st removed the head from the shaft.
left it in coke overnight.
filed, sanded and deburring with different grits and grade. to a high polish finish.
then torched it until it turned that colour.
oil quenched it.

hardest part was getting the plating off.

 

[Getitclose]

Just did a paint fill on my Newport Button Back. Tried to get as close to the "Tiffany Blue" as I could. Looks pretty close to me? Also added a fake site dot with white paint because I didn't dare drill one lol.

 

[rallo]

Just did a paint fill on my Newport Button Back. Tried to get as close to the "Tiffany Blue" as I could. Looks pretty close to me? Also added a fake site dot with white paint because I didn't dare drill one lol.

That thing is sexy!

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[TRyan]

Goof work Get It Close. Looks awesome

 

[andeti02]

bought this spalding TPM to refinish. Almost have removed all dings. Does anyone know if I torch it, does it make it impossible to paint fill?

 

[andeti02]

Here is after the first round of sanding and using a dremel to remove the dings

 

[fupresti]

Just did a paint fill on my Newport Button Back. Tried to get as close to the "Tiffany Blue" as I could. Looks pretty close to me? Also added a fake site dot with white paint because I didn't dare drill one lol.

Im not a Scotty homer by any means but I have always had a soft spot for the Button Back models.

 

[baldguy]

I'm working up the courage to start refinishing my M3.

funny story - I came to this thread looking for tips on how to refinish this very M3 . I'm glad you decided to let me have a chance at refinishing it. It will be my first refinishing project club of any type!

I'm thinking about trying to add a "milled" face by using a light circular stamp, once I have it all stripped and smoothed and colored. Anyone ever tried something like that?

 

[andeti02]

Ready for the torch, wish me luck

 

[andeti02]

Just got done with the torch, can't wait to paint fill and finish this guy up

 

[deuce]

I was finally able to strip the old paint fill on my project FGP; I'll get some pictures up tonight. I have it playing at 35" with an SS5.0 on it now. Fun project so far.

Rick, any pictures documenting your progress? I have an FGP that I am going to either sell or customize ... would like to see what you have done.


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[rickterp]

Rick, any pictures documenting your progress? I have an FGP that I am going to either sell or customize ... would like to see what you have done.


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I plan on paintfilling and getting pic's up this week; I've been pretty busy recently but I want to get it out on the course.

 

[deuce]

I plan on paintfilling and getting pic's up this week; I've been pretty busy recently but I want to get it out on the course.

If you can throw up a before pic too, I would appreciate it. Would allow me to judge just how much effort I need to throw into my own FGP. Thanks!

 

[andeti02]

Finished product

 

[adamw238]

Finished product

Looks awesome! I'm going to do a bit of this myself. This thread has been an awesome resource

 

[rickterp]

I'm stripping the platinum finish to bring it down to bare stainless steel for now, and may blacken it with Caswell's stainless steel blackener gel.

I've been able to get most of it off with 60 & 100 grit sandpaper so far. I plan on continuing to sand everything by hand (except the face) with 220, 400, 600, 1200 grit paper. I may give a quick block polish to the face with 1200 because it's nicked up a bit.

I will need to re-shaft as well (thinking vibrant flat black) and throw a super stroke 3.0 on it. It's probably going to take a couple of weeks but I've got snow to melt and time to kill. Here's how it looks today:

So I never could decide how to finish this, but I did put on a SS Fatso 5.0 grip and finished paint filling it last night. Took it out for a round today and had some nice putts.

 

[Hawk]

Paintfill looks great dude. Awesome work.

 

[djames2399]

I just bought an older Scotty. The only nicks I really want to get rid of are the ones on the topline. I am completely new to any type of refinishing. Any type of basic tips you guys could give me would be much appreciated.