My Best Restoration (So Far)

[@scottmcguire1774]

I can’t get enough of these restoration videos. Thank you so much. Fills me with hope that someday I can restore my dad’s old set in the basement.

[@jeffbanfieldsflwr3537]

Do it bro. That will be so rewarding for you.

[@TokyoReggie]

You outdid yourself with this one Brad. Love seeing you get creative with the restorations, very nicely done.

[@wjohnsonism]

Just in time with morning coffee.

[@stephendaniel168]

Absolutely stunning. Imagine picking these up new and sporting them on the course.

[@BradMeehan]

Thank you. This club is my favorite. And the video is super chill. I call it "informative StonerVision".

[@donaldrippetoe5246]

Such an incredible result! I find it as interesting as it is fascinating! Thank you for sharing your knowledge and bringing these clubs and their history back to life!

[@hazmanp4203]

Incredible

[@stanleychun5989]

Brad, could you show us what the restored club looks like after playing a round or two?

[@amoonduh21]

Is this comedian/actor Brad Meehan doing these amazing restorations? Amazing work

[@BradMeehan]

@@amoonduh21 Thank you 😊

[@adamdillman486]

as a fellow tinker with refurbishing clubs, WELL DONE SIR!! I've watched several of your restorations and I think its your best by far, if you could do the whole set!

[@BradMeehan]

If you like this video, please SHARE it with your golf mates or someone who just needs to chill out! More full restorations:
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[@SGTredman545]

Legend. Please continue.

[@boypiercemusic]

PURE BLISS!

[@TheKeenej]

Great Job Brad

[@BradMeehan]

Thanks, Jon. I love the face on this one.

[@QGG639]

These are very inspiring. I've just picked up a set of 1965 Hogan PC5 and I'm hoping to faithfully clean them up.

[@TheBooze13]

Wow that’s pretty incredible! Nice job

[@themuscovyducks]

So good on this one! Really cool to see the contrast with copper highlight on the face. If you ever want to do a whole set of heads I got a 3-pw Founders Club forged cb.

[@jasonstrider79]

Me too! Same set!

[@KarlEBrand]

Absolutely MAGNIFICENT!

[@texasgreg]

Love the old copper faced MacGregors! Another fine restoration. Wondering how the copper and nickel is holding up on some of your previous repairs? Time for a video of you playing some of these gems. Thanks for the entertainment and lesson.

[@acastro8968]

I can watch your videos all day! 😅 1. Where do you sell your clubs after you're done? 2. Do you find clubs at garage sales, Goodwill, online?? 3. Why don't you do more putters? Keep doing what you do. Your work is first rate!

[@vntgstks]

Brad, you do amazing work! Thank you for the tutoring.

[@xringdriven]

Spectacular work!

[@BradMeehan]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@jesseparra570]

Just stunning, the bottom triangle will darken over time too and the contrast will be awesome!! As always incredible restore to a rare club

[@curtisgay5472]

Well done one again! Iron head is awesome

[@AvusM5903]

these are awesome videos! i just picked up a set of good condition MP-32's and I am considering running the whole set through this process. I think I read in other posts that the nickle plating isn't as durrable as the Chrome plating? I am sure you have played a set you have restored..... do you consider the new finish durrable? thanks!

[@BradMeehan]

It's quite durable. You'll see when you sand a club to remove scratches. It takes a LOT of sanding to wear it down. Someone in my DIY golf facebook group just tried a product called Reprochrome that is more durable than the nickel. So there are options for the DIY crew if you don't want to pay to have them professionally chromed.

[@Iamennomic]

This is the content I signed up for

[@BradMeehan]

Hell yeah. Thanks, H!

[@nathaneggert6124]

Amazing job, brad! Love the videos....question, what grit media do you use on with the blaster?

[@cheemomugdoo799]

How durable is a nickel plating when compared to chrome?

[@hunterpalmer1442]

you are a king

[@BradMeehan]

Thanks, Hunter. This is one of my favorites!

[@cagedcode]

That was so good!!! Great job Brad!

[@widespot_]

That's so nice.

[@bobsofia68]

Amazing work, yet again!! Thanks for sharing!!

[@FrankJames-vk1fy]

Brad, will you restore my Mizuno MP33? 5 thru sw. How do I get in touch with you?

[@bobcat-zw6pt]

If I use a fine deburring wheel and sandpaper on cast irons, will they rust eventually if I don’t nickel plate? I also have used this combo on forged wedges, but I don’t mind if they rust.

[@redhed9776]

wow...impressive home.

[@johndonohoe3778]

I can picture these on the rack in the pro shop back in 1961. Wow. That 8 iron 40 degrees of loft maybe? Nice video for after a hard days work on Sunday,today. Thank you sir your a craftsman.

[@VanishingImage]

Masterpiece!! Wow

[@brenton8210]

Impressive

[@Starboi1337]

wow.. you are an amazing artist!

[@BradMeehan]

Thank you. I was really proud of this one.

[@Starboi1337]

did you do any video of hitting it? would be cool to see! cheers Bad!@@BradMeehan

[@ciaranscullion8263]

Love the videos man! Just a quick question, when restoring clubs with electroplating. Should I sand blast face and then plate or plate and then sand blast face?

[@BradMeehan]

I only did it before because early on, I blasted away a bit the plating because I didn't know how to control it, and im using a pretty aggressive media in the gun. Lower pressure with glass bead would allow you to do it after. If you're doing a matte finish on the entire club, I'd still do it beforehand.

[@viktoro35]

Love these videos! Hope you make more

[@BradMeehan]

I appreciate that! Please share with someone who loves to chill and watch these transformations!

[@quadrapayunir]

Beauty Brad

[@keatonhaskell6842]

How do you add recharge to the electroless solution? Is it just 1oz per club head?

[@BradMeehan]

Yeah, there's a calculation but I add a sip or two throughout the boil.

[@lukedriscoll9656]

Love your videos mate

[@tonycrews2758]

😍 me likey , you the man Brad , wow

[@brfam1977]

Great video!

[@18MoreGolfShop]

Wow 😮. Great job

[@mikeymike975]

Bro, this is the coolest club I've ever seen. (Not just because I love lowriders)😂 Amazing ❤

[@MichaelTocchini]

Hey Brad, What sanding belts are you using to refine the metals?

[@BradMeehan]

They're scotch Brite belts. They're the texture of a kitchen scrub pad, so they're measured in Fine, Medium, and Coarse. I hardly use the coarse because it's pretty aggressive.

[@dannybrant6758]

Stunning. All that rain I thought you’d move to the UK

[@BradMeehan]

Lol. I always say the richest man in the UK is the umbrella maker.

[@dannybrant6758]

@@BradMeehan if I sent you the sombreros would you refurb them? Just cover postage and they’re yours

[@ivanlopez763]

is it mandatory to nickel plate the clubs? i kind of like the brushed chrome look. is there a solution that i can use to have it protect the metal but keep the brushed look?

[@BradMeehan]

The nickel is just there to delay rusting again and to provide some scuff prevention. You can leave it and wipe it with corrosion prevention spray or a sealant, but that's not sustainable and it will only delay the inevitable. Modern clubs (non-forged clubs) you can just polish and you're done because they don't rust. But exposed carbon steel will rust again eventually.

[@Jeter839]

Hey Brad! Thanks for another video. Looks awesome. Would you mind letting me know which type of belt you use on the bench grinder attachment? I tried finding it on the Amazon page.

[@BradMeehan]

This is the one I use: www.golfworks.com/3m-scotchbrite-finishing-belts/p/mt0004/

[@Jeter839]

@@BradMeehanthank you!

[@landencroteau4665]

Hey Brad, love the videos. Quick question, I’ve noticed from when you first started it seems you are hand sanding less with finer and finer sandpaper and just spending more time with coarse sand paper like 80 or 120 and then going to polishing. Is that true? Because these came out awesome and don’t look as shiny but look better almost in my opinion than earlier videos. Thanks!

[@aname7092]

Hi mate i have a few scratches on top of my driver head that wont come out with polish or toothpaste. They arent that deep but deep enough that the gloss is affected. Any advice?

[@BradMeehan]

You could lightly sand with like a 1000 grit to make it hazy, then spray clear coat on top of it (after you clean and remove wax/grease) and should look new again. Practice on a shitty thrift store club and get the hang of it. The 2K clear coat has only a 2 day lifespan once you break the seal, so practice, then get on it.

[@aname7092]

@@BradMeehan absolute gent. Thanks for getting back to me

[@LostArkitekt]

Brad...could you do a video on taking chrome plated irons and turning them into a raw finish?

[@BradMeehan]

Yes!

[@claytonj7590]

@@BradMeehan I have a set of these exact irons and want to make them raw! Did I miss the raw video?

[@BradMeehan]

@@claytonj7590 check out the "Make it black" video. It's in that one.

[@matthewhurley3263]

Nice!

[@pedrosolermartinez6273]

Art

[@BradMeehan]

Perfect comment here. These clubs are my canvas.

[@alanduncan9204]

Good job. It would be nice to know if dimples on the club face reduce or increase spin ? Many clubs from the past had those dimples. I guess the logic was a collision between ball dimples and the club did something?

[@charlesbellemare3657]

Great work. It would be useful to have videos on reshafting clubs (steel and graphite) and likely issues that may arise. Others have posted such videos on youtube but fun when information is centralized on a single channel.

[@Paul-cm7ie]

This was great. So glad you make these videos. The commentary was hilarious. Interesting how you can get the copper off that spot.

[@jonscobey677]

Brad, Im fascinated by your skills. I have a VERY old putter that was my dads. It looks like a 1 iron without any loft. It’s boxed up in my attic along with his McGregor woods. Could I hire you to refinish the putter? I’m guessing this putter is from 1920-1930. He was born in 1914 and died in 1978

[@marang1966]

Damn nice! Did you have two of the Scotch brite silicone carbide wheels side by side? Also, and I think I asked you this before. Do you use glass beads for the blasting?

[@ddirubbo5]

what would happen if you just stopped after sandblasting the face? would it be "raw" and you would get rust? or is there still finish on the club

[@BradMeehan]

There's still nickel on it, so not purely raw. I have a video called Make it Black where I remove all the nickel to make it raw.

[@ddirubbo5]

@@BradMeehan what would you see if you did not remove the nickel, will you run into issues down the road or are they still be good to go?

[@matthiasbisessar8137]

Hey gruncle brad when I was at my age of 17 I am carpenter and I used to know to modified golf club by using metal pip e and it has an improving the durability and it's hard than the shaft so I will use a golf club head and a metal pipe together and there u have it a metal golf club with improved durability metal pipe shaft

[@sawyer7as]

What's he spreading the club face with?

[@BradMeehan]

@@sawyer7as It's a mini sandblaster

[@DavidPerez-ck3dw]

You rubbed out the copper stain with Mothers, how long will the plating (nickel and copper) last if the iron is played?

[@BradMeehan]

I rubbed it for a long time! I was trying to avo8d sanding and polishing again. It slowly removed it but by bit. The nickel is quite durable. I sanded the remaining bits of nickel off this club for maybe an hour, so imagine how many strokes of play that could be. It's not as durable as Chrome, but it's pretty tough.

[@irishjj3623]

Brad, That club is beautiful now. Just as it came out of the factory all thise year's ago. Is it a 1950' club? I remember seeing johnny Miller's 1973 US Open winning Macgregor tourney irons ,i think from the late 40's. He cut the hossle shorter and added weight to them. Beautiful set of clubs. Irish jj

[@Rmvm77]

Just found you channel. Do you refurbish only for yourself or do you take customers? If you take customers how is that done and is there a price list for work?

[@4g63mark]

Another beauty Brad. How much would you charge to restore my Titleist heads?

[@richardkent2200]

Just beautiful Why are they not still a major equipment force?

[@BradMeehan]

Did you see they returned with a new wing-back MT-86? They look awesome. www.macgregorgolf.com/more-pages/mt86-irons/

[@richardkent2200]

@@BradMeehan Yes just had a look beautiful-The new logo looks a little like Maura When I was in my early teens (I am now 72) Macgregor was only to be dreamed about) Thank you for such a great channel

[@felloffmybike1775]

Great video Brad! Copper face is 👌🏻. When you use the electroless solution, how much do you have to replenish at a time and how often? Thanks man! I’m almost all setup on my own. Just finished my workbench today and everything arrived 😀

[@BradMeehan]

The instructions with the kit are horrible. They're don't even describing the same kit (they talk about Part A and B, which is from their 'regular' electroless kit, not the One-Plate). I add a half oz (half of a shot glass) of solution at the beginning and the other half at 15 minute mark. TOTAL guess work, but it's inline with a forum post I read where the responder recommended only a few milliliters at the 15 min mark.

[@felloffmybike1775]

Thank you for the reply. When you say 15min mark, do you mean every 15min while each club is in the bath?

[@BradMeehan]

@@felloffmybike1775 Yes. With traditional electroplating, you're stealing nickel from the anode plates. With electroless, the nickel comes from the solution itself, so you have to replenish it along the way.

[@felloffmybike1775]

And each club roughly takes about how long to plate? I’d assume a couple hours? So you’re standing by and every 15min adding a half oz? I thought the rep said you can do 12 clubs before adding replenishment? Damn, feeling confused 😕

[@BradMeehan]

​@@felloffmybike1775 I'm plating it for 30 minutes, so i add it once during the cycle. Yes, you're supposed to get 12 before it's completely useless, but if you replenish, you keep the solution at an appropriate level and it won't 'crash' (according to their insufficient documentation). I know it's confusing and i've reached out to their support for clearer guidance. Electroplating (with anodes) although pretty easy, is more 'difficult' to get right for first timers. But if you learn that process, you can substitute copper or even chrome for nickel. Eventually, the anodes get eaten and you have to replace them. To put in into perspective, I've only replaced my anodes twice since i started this - once because they were too small, and the second time because they were eaten too far. Electroless is VERY easy, the instructions are horrible, and you have to maintain your solution during the plating run. I add a few sips along the way to play it safe. There's ZERO math with my approach, but it's still maintaining its ability to plate.

[@ThinkingMan482]

I didn't see chrome removal in this video. Were these clubs just stainless steel without chrome?

[@BradMeehan]

Good eye. Yes they were chrome. Probably just edited for time. But yes, it needs to be removed.

[@BirdieBeaman]

Hello! Recently found your page. Do you do contract work? I'd love to have you restore a putter of mine

[@nathanbray334]

i am interested if u could weight the club head before and after the restoration just for science

[@BradMeehan]

I got you: kzbin.info/www/bejne/f322pniGdtmaqsk

[@christopherowens2635]

Is that baking soda blasting you used? 2:25

[@BradMeehan]

No, it's aluminum oxide 60 grit media.

[@PNWLiving1725]

I haven't seen my youngest son. Due to Navy, being away. I get home. And all the kids wanted to sleep with me and the wife. He turns on something like this and said its amsr. And I'm like wtf. What is going on. Do we have to go to bed to this. Hahahaha. 😂😂😂 you are genius to do this!

[@kaibsix]

If you use electrical tape when sandblasting, the media will just bounce off instead of using masking tape and metal tape

[@mattp6355]

Yeah I live these vids. I wouldn't mi d tou raking a Crack at some of these Copper face clocks tourney mcgregors. It's not the face in need its thre rest where the nickle or chrome is chipped off

[@mattp6355]

Ooh what paint did you use those look like a juice match

[@djmitch1]

Can't get enough of this stuff....forgive me i'm just a romantic.

[@BradMeehan]

Thanks, man. I thought about what I wanted to finish this club for about a month and kept envisioning the contrast of the copper against the shiny club face. Turned out so cool.

[@djmitch1]

@@BradMeehan yeah love the look of copper. I've got my dad's old Tommy Armour blade putter with a leather wrap grip and that's gonna be the first thing I work on when everything comes in from Amazon. The cursive writing on a golf club just looks classy.

[@Jtbisleofman]

This is pure golf porn, better than O/F…. Top job ❤

[@BradMeehan]

Thank you. Check out my latest... it's cool to watch it all unfold.

[@danielmitchell3941]

will you adopt me?

[@BradMeehan]

Lol. We have six kids already. What's one more? My house looks like an orphanage at this point.

[@SPCFOGUS]

Hello sir just wanted to say your doing an amazing job is there any way to reach out to you fb, email i have some questions thanks

[@BradMeehan]

@SPCFOGUS thank you! Yes I have fb group called "DIY golf club restoration". Check it out when you get a chance