Restored Mystery Club Revealed

[@boypiercemusic]

Truly a legend in the game. A beautiful piece right here!!

[@lucandria9090]

Brad! The result is awesome. THe videos of your work are truly inspirational by their focus with simplicity. No bla bla, steps and results of the process. A wow factor indeed.

[@BradMeehan]

Thank you. My early vides had the 'bla, bla' for sure. Now it's fun to just relax and watch the transformations.

[@redhed9776]

absolutely magnificent. You are top shelf in this realm. Keep doing this please.

[@BradMeehan]

Thank you. More to come!

[@johnhoward8668]

That is spectacular. Thank you!!

[@TheKeenej]

Truly one of the best yet. Ben Hogan was truly ahead of His time. What a beauty. jon in Ga' I Can't wait for the next one.

[@scottpowers5191]

Yes Ben Hogan clubs are absolutely stunning!! And so great to play with, pure butter! Great job!!!

[@cagedcode]

Do you re-shaft these, or do you just have a wall of club heads? I think a disco ball with all the shiny heads would be fun 🪩🕺

[@josephroberts6865]

You do fantastic work in restoring these old clubs. But it seems the face of every club has grooves in excellent condition. I would really like to see you restore worn grooves as part of a restoration project to see exactly how you do it. But, your work is simply fantastic!

[@charlesbartholomew2910]

Beautiful work!

[@Paul-cm7ie]

Amazing how you can do this. Great pick on the club to make such a difference. Wow

[@brianhull5125]

Another beaut restored…loved the additional copper plate 👌🏼

[@hi-tech55]

Looks fantastic

[@Sjermestreech]

Really cool, astonishingly nice results! Would love to see you try and hit a ‘78 4 iron and see if you can get some distance on it…!

[@TheBigwillistyle]

Probably go like today's 6 iron😂

[@BradMeehan]

I'll do it. I'm a 15 HCP, so you might not see it airborne.

[@fordcorsair]

Used to play with these - magnificent irons! ❤

[@fkillers12]

beautiful!!!!

[@rbryson16]

Amazing work Brad!

[@steveregotti8542]

Just awesome 👏 👍🙏😀

[@BradMeehan]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@markbowes3970]

Love the timer Brad! The copper finish is amazing! ❤

[@BradMeehan]

Thanks, Mark. His face lost some detail, but still looks cool.

[@paulgoy9325]

You are amazing at what you do

[@BradMeehan]

Thank you, sir.

[@strength945]

so good

[@craigaucoin7055]

Beautiful work as always.

[@BradMeehan]

Thanks Craig.

[@simonhuggett3598]

Fantastic job.

[@BradMeehan]

Thank you, Simon.

[@brodiebrusasco1163]

Hi Brad, could you please explain the electrocleaner and the brush you use? I notice that it's always used to assist the water break test, could you explain about that process? Been loving your videos and I'm slowly building my repertoire to give some old clubs new life!

[@alangibson4499]

nice job again, i really must try the plating

[@ToraxReborn]

Yea, I wonder if i can even get those things where I live.. :(

[@BradMeehan]

You can make the nickel solution if you have some nickel. I'd also reach out to schools or university chemistry departments to see where they source their supplies.

[@silentassassin1108]

I’ve got a vokey wedge I need to try this on. Awesome work

[@BradMeehan]

Thank you. Check out my vokey video. You might like that one too. kzbin.info/www/bejne/m4a5qK2ugMyhnLc

[@scottpowers5191]

Beautiful Job!! Another great Ben Hogan club !!! It is a great question, do you re shaft or place back original shaft back in?

[@BradMeehan]

Excellent question, Scott. At this point, I'm doing single clubs for the channel, but I normally put the old shaft back in to keep it original. Modern shafts and these heads would be a great upgrade. You'd have to account for the weight loss if you really removed a lot. I have a video about weight loss.

[@GivathBrenner]

Brad.......Very nice clean-up and restoration. Blair Phillips - Canada - Retired - persimmon wood 4R's person on sabbatical.

[@BradMeehan]

Thanks, Blair. More to come!

[@joecox1679]

Awesome work, do you do any outside work. I have two vokey wedges that needs restored

[@BradMeehan]

I'm just messing around in my basement. Check out the tutorials and you'll be able to do this easily at home.

[@ikigai47]

Wow. Just amazing. Makeovers for men, now I see why women like them so much 😁 Kind of odd how the best looking part of the club was the face (pre-restoral).

[@BradMeehan]

"Makeovers for me" - perfect!

[@taterowell7703]

Could you plate 2 clubs at once? And would you have to double the amp in doing so?

[@BradMeehan]

Definitely. Real estate in the tank is key. You need distance between the anode and the club heads. I would experiment with the additional load, but I think a settling of double is too high. Start with the same and adjust a tiny bit if current from there.

[@erickl2635]

Have you changed your red paint? It looks more metallic or possibly translucent? Awesome work as usual!

[@BradMeehan]

It was an accident. I liked the color of it in the jar but didn't realize it was more of a candy, transparent paint. I'm back to old-school red now.

[@BrotherCatelli]

How do you make it look so easy?! You've given me hope to refinish some beat up 99 apex irons

[@dpack122590]

Have u ever had the Activator solution make what looks like burns on the metal? I’m having the problem even as low as 2 Volts Keep pumping them out love the content and awesome work!

[@BradMeehan]

I have encountered that and I'm not sure what causes it. Can you confirm it happens everywhere or just in spots? I'm trying to figure out if it's reacting to a bare steel spot or the remaining nickel itself.

[@dpack122590]

Hard to say I’ve always stopped as soon as it started. Figured I was doing something incorrectly

[@teapeg]

Super job but I would love you to test it out with all your restored clubs and let a regular player use it a lot to see how long it lasts for and how well the newly plated nickel or chrome lasts and its durability.

[@BradMeehan]

@teapeg thank you. check out my Facebook group. A lot of people there have done tests and they hold up well.

[@kirbymarsh]

What do you use for an air compressor??

[@BradMeehan]

My air compressor sucks. It's a tiny one that runs constantly. If you don't have one, I'd recommend buying the biggest one you can afford

[@kirbymarsh]

@@BradMeehan mine is small too, plus it doesnt have the power to hit the face of the club without any pressure. I went thru a ten lb bag of sand on one face with minimal results

[@BradMeehan]

@@kirbymarsh was there still chrome on the face?

[@kirbymarsh]

@@BradMeehan yes

[@윤솔-l6y]

How long is the nickel sinking voltage and time?

[@BradMeehan]

Around 3.5 volts, 1.5 amps for 30 minutes. Longer if you want it thicker.

[@윤솔-l6y]

@@BradMeehan Thank you for the comments. Can I know the nickel voltage that activates electrolytic degreasing even in brush plating? And you can laser work from ready-made products to iron wedges, but the plating you're doing right now comes off like paper if you laser. Have you tried laser?

[@BradMeehan]

@user-us9mw7ni8l i have not tried laser. The electrocleaner uses 10 volts with the brush

[@ZaneGrayMusicMaster1]

I wonder what the stuff on the back of the club was? I picked up a set of MacGregor irons and two of them had that same exact stuff on it

[@BradMeehan]

It's lead tape to make them heavier.

[@ZaneGrayMusicMaster1]

@@BradMeehan that makes sense. I’d never seen it used like that. I build clubs and I’ve used it sparingly, never like that. Good to know

[@raindogred]

My local auto store has a cheap kit with a couple of sisal pads and the various coloured bars of compound..but its for either a grinder or corded drill (not sure).could i get away with that on my old cobras?? Or would I need the revs of a bench grinder? The plating looks amazing..is that just regular dc power supply commonly used by electronics hobbiest? love this channel..liked and subbed

[@BradMeehan]

I would only worry about the how much load you're putting on your drill. I will run and run and run. Nearly every estate sale (if you're in the US) has a bench grinder or you can get one at Harbor Freight for cheap. If you're going to spend money, i'd put it towards something you can use for a long time.

[@raindogred]

@@BradMeehan yeah your right I will invest in a cheap bench grinder. i used to own one mostly for sharpening drill bits and knives etc..handy to have..getting me one :)

[@TheBigwillistyle]

Holy lead tape Batman! As if hitting Hogan blades wasn't hard enough.😂

[@BradMeehan]

It's strange to see how many clubs from the 70's / 80's actually have lead tape on them. For me, they feel heavy enough without them. The good part of this was the lead tape really helped protect what was underneath it.

[@danielcoxheadmantell459]

Hey Brad, absolutely love your videos. Is there any way to send you heads to be restored? i have a set of Hogan Bounce sole +1 that I actually still play with. but they have just about reached their limits. If you'd be interested please let me know!

[@ikigai47]

He doesn't take orders. Just showing us regular folk how to do it ourselves on the cheap!

[@BradMeehan]

My man! Teach a man to fish!

[@megatesla]

What a shame that all the detail of the copper coin was lost. Otherwise it looks great.

[@BradMeehan]

Barely nicked it and that happened.

[@tz9392]

Looks like you lost definition on the medallion. The medallion should have been removed prior to polishing the head, and re-installed at the end. (The medallion had good definition just after the lead tape was removed)

[@BradMeehan]

Barely nicked it and it was GONE

[@dbuckfanplays7991]

That lead tape was just disgusting. Great results

[@BradMeehan]

It was bad, but i think it saved some of the metal behind it.

[@timmoriarty133]

Why don’t you ever complete the whole club? Shaft, grip, etc. show hitting a ball? Great work but incomplete.

[@BradMeehan]

Filming and editing takes such and long time and watching those steps aren't very exciting so I skip it. Now HITTING the ball is something I would do if you want to see a 15 HCP hitting blades.

[@timmoriarty133]

@@BradMeehan Don't show it. Just go from finish to hitting.

[@RC.Time-Crawlers]

Just incredible! This is very therapeutic, I don't know why it just is.🫤

[@NeoB-Lac]

Is that trumps silhouette ?

[@BradMeehan]

Lol!

[@brandonhoyt1198]

Why would someone plaster crap over just the name on the face of club. The rest of club didn't look bad besides plastered material section.

[@BradMeehan]

It's lead tape. They let that on for extra weight. It preserved what was underneath for sure.