REFURBISHING MY SCOTTY CAMERON PUTTER BY HAND - SAND PAPER PT.1

[@terrymcgovern613]

orbital sander, buffing wheel, dremel, hell even a $25.00 usd polisher with some foam pads. I buffed out my Z765's and they look brand new. 20 minutes entire set. love the content!

[@allanwoods8163]

Cool Terry...what product do you use for polishing? And what grits of sandpaper did you use with orbital? I have an orbital, but just have been using a dremel with their standard sandpaper (I think 60 grit) and haven't done the polishing yet. Practiced removing laser etching on demo clubs hosels.

[@charlottehudson4110]

Simon .... my mate does this sort of thing on old clubs .... he brought himself a “Dremmil multi tool for about £50 ... his clubs look amazing

[@SASGolf]

Thanks for that Charlotte, will definitely look into that! Appreciate it.

[@aKeckers1]

@@SASGolf A dremel multi tool will be a massive help. I used to do some hobbyist refurb on cricket bats and it saved me so much sanding and buffing time. Worth having in the toolbox anyway if you need any home repairs.

[@peterdeshields3248]

Definitely the way to go is the dremmil.

[@chadvanbuuren7413]

You can also buy mini flap sandpaper wheel (attaches to a drill)

[@SASGolf]

Thanks For Watching Guys! I’m off to put ice on the elbow.... will have it finished by the end of the week so watch out for that vid!

[@MrWkendwarrior]

Doing a very nice job! I also this year as a hobby began restoring putters, drivers, and irons. For anyone new to club restoration your process of sandpaper and sand blocks works great. I tried a wire wheel on a drill, Vice, eye and hand protection, rubber shaft holding clamp for Vice, ...knocks out big nicks and scrapes fast. The key is minimum metal removal because it affects balance and performance. Wire wheels come in many shapes and sizes, very fine to thick steel strands. DREMEL, random orbital sander, Nevr-Dull wadding polish, Simple Green, old toothbrush , mineral spirits, car detailed and final coat of Turtle Wax ceramic spray wax is my technique. Be patient, experiment on throw away clubs first, take your time and have fun.

[@kchamot]

I did the same thing with an older Bobby Grace putter, it's not perfect but it looks much better than when I started. It takes some effort but a great method.

[@richjennings6341]

Hi Simon, great work. I would recommend a sanding mouse for the face of the club. You can change the grit paper and will give you a perfect flat face. Keep up the good work

[@2piecechickenbox]

Those putters (pro platinum) are carbon steel with a nickle coating over the steel, if you sand off that nickle coating you will expose the carbon steel that with rush pretty quickly

[@oatechaosincycles]

You can electroplate nickel back on very easily.

[@chrisnemesis9327]

I’m really interested in this as I have considered trying to refurbish some old clubs as well. Great content an thank you

[@mrwoo33]

Hi Simon. I do a bit of club refurbishment. I have an electric drill with clamp. Then get some flapping wheels (various grit) and a polishing wheel and compounds. Probably cost me £30 without the drill. Saves so much work. Good luck

[@lambrettabad]

I’ve done a few and wet and dry sandpaper is best, always dip your sandpaper in a bucket of water. Steel wool too. Dip your club in acetone first and then a wire brush drill attachment to get the old paint off. Oil can wedges are so cool. Yes, the time element makes this not a viable profit scheme but fun to do

[@seanglackin8580]

As soon as I seen the sandpaper and block I knew you were in for a long evening lol a multi tool will speed your prep and leave a better finish. Love this series every golfer has a pile of old clubs in the shed they would like to have back knew you will definitely start a new trend

[@ddarrenwillsond3620]

I just bought, cleaned and restore a set of 1967/1969 Top-Flite Professional blades ( Bird on Bird ) Matching serials numbers and all . I got them looking mint !

[@damarapoledna3636]

For the past year I've been restoring the finish on used clubs and reselling them. I use a Dotco pneumatic sander to do the heavy work (to save my fingers). Then use a bench polisher with different cloth wheels and various grits of polish. I use steel wool to to remove rust spit and clean steel shafts. (Nof sure what to treat the shafts and heads with to prevent the rust returning). If grips are slick I will use sand paper to lightly scuff them to bring back some tackiness.

[@LucasWagstaff]

Sorry bit late but does a putter rust after you do this?

[@damarapoledna3636]

@@LucasWagstaff depends on how much material removed. If it does rust, just hit it with some steel wool

[@welderryanrondeau]

Simon, you can buy a cheap bench grinder. You will use a fine scotch Brite wheel to take off the deep marks. Then you will use a sisal wheel for first stage of polishing ( use with a rubbing compound, black). The last couple stages you will use polishing wheels with different stages of rubbing compounds, white and brown. Then finally polish with Brasso, metal polish. Acrylic paints work good for lettering. I have refurbished a few clubs and found this process to work best. Hope this helps

[@5ebra1]

Definitely a job for a power tool. Like the idea. Keep making these videos.

[@sillva36]

Looks awesome man! Can’t wait to see the finished product

[@jephfandingo1438]

I love it, man, I bought a Cleveland Huntington Beach blade and put a Herrick fat grip on it but hated the color, so I used Krylon Paint+Primer Semi Gloss spray paint on it and and it looks like a brand new putter and is super comfy :D It's awesome you're showing people they can make old things new again instead of paying 500$ for a 2020 club.

[@stringerbell4711]

A good solid start interested to see how you progress. Learning about the paper grits will prove key skill! Good vid!!

[@Tredwayj]

I just picked up a Pro Platinum Del Mar 3 from 1999 and want to refurbish it. This is a great start to the series. My only problem is I want to keep the Pro Platinum finish so I’ll wait to see how yours turns out. Keep up the hard work mate. Cheers

[@blakeg.1093]

The timing of this is perfect. I just acquired a 6 year old Scotty Cameron today and it is in rough shape. Didn't think it was worth sending it in to be refurbished (about $380. cdn funds) so was going to try and do this myself. Can't wait to see part 2!

[@jasonharris5201]

I hope your putter turned out, great. I just purchased an old Scotty as well and can’t wait to refinish it.

[@ericdalgleish8987]

Hi Simon, strong acetone nail polish remover and a cotton bud takes paint out of the lettering really easily. Car touch up paint from Halfords with the very fine applicator is ideal for the new infills, pretty cheap too 👍🏻

[@williamworm7961]

Amazing! You should've weighed it before you started sanding and after, just to see how much metal you actually ended up removing.

[@SASGolf]

That’s way to clever for me! But great idea, definitely will do that on future projects. Thanks William.

[@samhirst7331]

I thought that too.

[@HarryT101]

From experience with putters in similar condition it’ll only be 2-3g I’d say. Negligible in feel, but lead tape is everyone’s best friend.

[@williamworm7961]

@@HarryT101 thought it would be way more, considering he's using quiet goarse paper

[@jakobnordin]

I would start with i fine metal file to get the highs and lows off. Then wet polish it with 120 grit and 180 grit if you want an unpolished look otherwise continue with 400 grit and 800 grit and end with a metal polishing paste like autosol.

[@spookerz35]

I was thinking the same thing with the file. It could have taken off that rolled edge in no time and saved a lot of sandpaper.

[@Mr9miller]

would love to see more of this. like a montage from start to finish would be sick

[@orvil88]

Hi Si, Was inspired to spruce up m Taylormade Rossa Fontana Ghost after you talked about do this. Sanded down all elements possible with snadpaper, still has a few dings, but now has a smoother coat of paint. After first round on the course some paint has come off the edge of the face so going to investigate a hardner.

[@paulgilligan1535]

I bought exactly the same putter from American Golf shop for 30 quid. It also looks a bit tired now, so I'm looking forward to seeing how this turns out.

[@bazzaclarky7445]

Liking this direction of content mate. I've been playing about with refurbishing wedges and clubs recently. I've actually just fitted some uprated shafts to my irons, extended my wedges and fit new grips to them all this morning. Would be good to see if I'm doing it right! 😬

[@tombanks6630]

I think you’re going about it the right way. I’d buy a cork sanding block/or wood... basically something with no give so you can ensure it’s flat. Also a thing called a sliding bevel so you can set it to 4 deg and run it along the face. Keep up the good work man!

[@mjsgolf7004]

I'm impressed already ! Its going to look great but its taking time. Your other subs comments are coming up with great suggestions to speed up the process so soon it will just be a 30 minute job !! Ha ha, you wish ! Great vid Si, looking forward to the next installment. Take care pal

[@davidhaywood3279]

Hi Simon, just bidding on a ping Anser putter £10.50 at the moment and hope to try and follow in your footsteps and do as good a job as you are doing.

[@renmay3171]

Watched a video of a guy “restoring” a rusted wedge. Soaked it in vinegar overnight, that worked well on the surface rust. Then he steel wooled it. The rust had made deep pitting marks all over. He liked the look of the pitting??? Anyway, told him he should have buffed out the pit marks and then heated it up to glowing with a torch like on your video. Then could have oil quenched it in some used motor oil. If you do this Simon, have a fire extinguisher handy, use long tongs and seriously heavy duty gloves. Be safe my friend.

[@ChoppedMutton]

Try a rotary tool with a buffing bit and compound. Save the elbow grease. Maybe pick up some practice junkers at the thrift shop to see what works and what doesn't.

[@josephoconnor4427]

Love the video Simon a lot of work to get it looking good,but very interesting, hope your fingers dont fall off, cheers

[@Cambomj]

Maybe try wrapping the paper around a flat file to keep the edges from rounding over and try and polish in the one direction as much as possible - going random just introduces more scratches that you need to remove later. Might also want to strip the Nickel off the putter first. It is likely to leave your surface finish uneven unless it is fully removed. Try Metalx B9 for this part and looking forward to the finished product!

[@robertdavis2200]

For the lettering, use nail polish or something to paint over it all, than use nail polish remover to clean up the face and the lettering will stay painted inside. I’ve done that for lettering in the past for customization

[@adamtaylor9162]

Simon use a drill. You can buy attachments that act like sand paper, an these like buffer wheels that shine it all up.

[@scottmorton7023]

Managed to do this to 3 Woods recently. Sanded then all down with paper from amazon that had 6 different levels of roughness. Buffed them up with silver metal polish and look like mirrors. Forearms are huge now 😂

[@mattobrien1085]

Do a torch blue finish and oil it every now and again to protect it. Will look great 😁 and get yourself some sanding paddle wheels to go on on a drill will save you hours of work

[@vinnyfarrell8391]

Emery cloth is for metal, sand paper for wood. Wire wool also good and try some autosol paste from a car spares shop

[@gomd3rd]

I’d suggest using a block to keep everything squared. Then using a bench buffer to put a high gloss finish on it and coat it so it doesn’t rust.

[@bobbyk3469]

Invest in a small(6 inch) bench grinder with a buffing wheel (about $40) and some rouge to polish out the small scratches from the sandpaper. It'll save a lot of effort and sore hands and arms.

[@bertusstrauss3072]

Simon, get a dremel tool and maybe a metal file, that will get rid of the nicks a lot quicker and save you a lot of pain. Putter is looking good btw. I just bought my first scotty on friday, its a select newport 2.5, worth every penny. Paid 1500 Namibain dollars for it, thats about £70.

[@bravoA-su8xm]

I would use a fine tooth strait file so you are not shaping a curve into the face of the club then you can get some 500 grit and a final pass with 1000 for for a nice clean smooth look also if you do the heat cycle on the irons can you baseline test for them before heating. if you heat metal it will harden unless it is bronze (will soften)

[@johncunnington6437]

Flap wheel with a drill or angle grinder with a sand paper disc. It’s all down to ur touch tho as can be to hard. Test on something else first. Bench grinder with a polish mop head might be a investment for the future. G6 car polish might be a idea by hand tho to get the shine up. Use a water spray tho

[@clintonkildepsteen3982]

I just bought that same putter in the same condition for $75 (about 58 pounds)... I might try this

[@wje013]

Looks good. U did this way further than me by hand. I ended up getting a grinder and deburring wheel. Took an 1 hour

[@neilwaite2514]

What I would suggest is that you wrap the sandpaper around something hard and flat so that you keep the surface relatively flat ! If you use your hand or fingers it will result in dips 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@bobofthelinks]

Use a sanding block!! You must keep the club face flat. If you put low spots in the face, you will have high spots on the face. You will never be able to have consistency. And it will rust when you get through the nickle finish.

[@leemaskel3236]

Simon, if you get some gun oil and rub it onto the putter after each round that will slow the rusting process down but it is still going to tarnish.

[@geewilliams2178]

Yep i've used a dremel too. works great

[@martcoombs9031]

Don't be bloody giving me more idea's for a hobby.... already building golf clubs...!!! great content, always very interesting

[@brianbrinegar6086]

Excellent work

[@sdt_thomas]

Hi, To get the face dead flat have you considered attaching sandpaper to a piece of 24mm mdf using double sided tape.

[@martynrogerson6157]

I'm doing similar using a bench grinder with sisal wheel and polishing wheel, managed to get an old rac mb looking great

[@SASGolf]

Yeah I’m looking forward to using machinery after this one!

[@martynrogerson6157]

@@SASGolf I bought the cheapest bench grinder from toolstation and got the silverline polishing wheel set and it has done wonders for keeping my clubs lovely and shiny so I don't go into magpie mode wanting different clubs just because they are shinier

[@jackmiller6636]

I’m working on a Scotty Cameron TE I3 right now. I think the body is made of carbon steel, and has a black oxide finish. I want to remove the finish it has now so I can torch finish it, but I’m not sure how to remove the finish. Should I try bathing it in an acid.

[@ab7047]

This is what I'm here got that exact club that needs refurbishing

[@chrisgreen5358]

Try using a flat needle file that would get most bumps out, then you can use a draw file technique to smooth the flat surfaces, for a better finish wrap your emery paper around a file and draw file. Use scotchbtight to buff up there are different grades a dremel just might be to aggressive and might give you dips in the face

[@anricoscholten23]

I think you have to do this so all of us on a small budget can play and pay our subscription to golfcourse. What is important is that you separate they good and workable idea from the fiction and give us as viewers a clue on time and costs.

[@dacot27]

A Dremel tool is deffo the way to go 👍

[@sharkfinn6469]

Wrap the sandpaper around a small block of wood ✌🏽and autosol type of polish

[@johnp8131]

Simon, I hope you're not using "sand paper" but you are actually using emery cloth? Sand paper's for wood etc... and about as much use as a chocolate fireguard! Others have said use a Dremel and they're right. It's probably a good initial investment. Four different cuts of half round hand file from dreadnought to smooth might be an idea too. Especially if you want to keep putter faces flat?

[@RajKumar-zm4ll]

Good luck Simon

[@jamesbrown6372]

Rather than sandpaper and a block, wet and dry. You should get a handheld drill with a sanding drill bit. You’d get through that in mins rathe than hours

[@kirbybruc]

I have a question about what you think Wilson Staff Ci11 iron heads are worth? 4 through PW in what I would consider 4.5 to 5 condition. FYI, they are asking $218 USD. I offered $50 USD.

[@aimeagle]

Did you weigh the putter before and after? I have a Scotty but I'm worried about taking to much weight off and changing the feel of it.

[@liamfrancomb3535]

Use a small Jewllers triangle file on the sharp edges, the nicks and burrs would be removed in under 5 min. You can properly ruin your elbows with to much rubbing with sandpaper

[@Peter1990Jhg]

Love the videos mate you can get knife shapening wet stones/ paper might be an idea to get really fine

[@SASGolf]

That’s a great idea mate! Thanks

[@mikeowen6445]

You could buy a garnet blaster for a couple of grand along with a gold plating machine, would bling the shit out of everything .

[@chrisnemesis9327]

Please try repairing an repainting sky marks in woods in the future.

[@fauzanrashidi318]

Really interested with how this goes i want to try this on my own putter

[@puttputt524]

There is a guy on Ebay who sands and blowtorches weird putters to upsell. I have gotten an old Honma putter from him, he gets a lot of TP mills, running out of Titleist putters.

[@paulkruyshaar5889]

Love the videos

[@goodymb]

Just sent it back to Scotty for a restore, worth every penny.

[@jbplays7302]

$300 + to restore a club that's not really a collectable model? Maybe if there was some sentimental value there...

[@byronstobbart830]

You need to buy a Dremel multi tool and will definitely speed up the process

[@Skelly6752]

You need a Bench Grinder with Sanding Belt, initial outlay Just under £100

[@andylinacre8231]

Power tools & a vice 👍

[@robertharper874]

Use some tapping oil on the sand paper it will help a lot

[@davidhill6841]

With it being played, wouldn’t it rust really quickly afterwards?

[@Stannyhand]

Your voice is sounding a bit high pitched in this mate. Only during the close ups of the putter. Might just be me lol

[@dgreen8388]

I definitely heard it too haha

[@jimadams5279]

Your method will work important muscles for golf, who needs a orbital sander, or professional buffing and polishing equipment, you will add ten yards to your drive now by doing it by hand!

[@zacharyutesch9593]

Will you replace the shaft and grip as well? Great video wish I could watch them all at once.

[@theputterdepot]

FYI, you've likely taken off about a third of the nickel plating and exposed the carbon steel. You're going to end up with surface rust very quickly on the areas where you sanded off the plating.

[@thatgeezeruk]

What did the previous owner use the putter for is what I'm thinking :)

[@wildensteins1]

Groove sharpening of wedges or irons next

[@neilcrook7401]

That looks great, I’m sure there’s a way to coat it rust proof, be a shame not to protect your hard work

[@chrisgonzalez1597]

Get a Dremel tool.

[@markhilton4920]

Emery paper might be better than the sandpaper on metal will last longer and goes upto 1000grit unbelievabley fine, dremel for the harder bits and curves

[@michealweathers4769]

I used steel wool before buying a dremel.

[@CW_GOLF_]

Why don't you use an electric orbital sander to save time?

[@ryn10211983]

Is that a Newport 2?

[@Whteprivy]

35 year old male beginner golfer what flex should I start with?

[@SASGolf]

Regular steel flex in irons, regular flex in woods.

[@cat30285]

I want to see finished putter after big dings are done

[@pauldunleavy2033]

Haha some patience to do that I would of smashed the putter before it got anywhere near refurbished

[@SASGolf]

What until I drop it... once I have finished polishing it. Straight off the balcony 😂

[@eamo30]

why dont you get one of those multi tool kits the dremel is it..? they have small tools for those tiny bits ha ha

[@dmcclinton843]

Are you restoring this club or destroying it. !!!

[@gmac9284]

Steel wool?

[@viperr007]

A $20 Dremel will help in future projects

[@nicholasbaker2904]

Instead of stripping paint try nail polish in the engravings then just sand it flush when you do your fine/polishing step.

[@Ourathe7thcolumn]

You need a buffing/polishing wheel chum

[@dcheever07]

files would help you bring down the corners much faster than sandpaper

[@nickbrazier864]

Did the previous owner putt rocks 😂