Putter Refinish Question

Taki27 · 2021-11-17T14:57:25+00:00

I bought a Mizuno-Bettinardi BC1 putter from Typhoon, with the intentions of getting it refurbished if I liked it. Golfworks was under $50 for putter refini...

Rickochet

I think the biggest issue of DIY is being able to put a durable finish on the head. Rattle can paint does ok but is easily chipped off and soon the head looks worse than before you started.

Par4QC

Rickochet Depends 100% on the prep, + paint used.
And 'know how', to finish. 😉

Are you one of "those"............that I need ask WHAT a headcover is for?????

darpar

Rickochet
I powder coated that putter.
Some putters look best 'raw', just polished/oil quenched or bead blasted.
Depends on what you like.

Rickochet

Par4QC Are you one of "those"............that I need ask WHAT a headcover is for?????

Headcovers on a putter are a royal PITA. Just my humble opinion. 😜

Eguller

Another option is Continental Golf out of Raleigh NC. They won't charge $150. My guess
is between $50 - $75 and they do VERY nice work. I've had several driver heads done there.

Typhoon

I used BOS for refinishing a Scotty I had. It was $100. That was fair. Google DIY refinishing… probably some links to people on wrx.

Typhoon

I’ve stripped finishes off with scotchbrites and used fine sandpaper and then just left them alone. I’ve used naval jelly to get them to look raw too.

Par4QC

Rickochet I have gone thru 3 original putter headcovers on my Ping G5i, since it came out 16 years ago.

This....is what a putter looks like, when the h/c has always been on it.........after 16 years of yearly use. 😏

I would not sell it for the new price!

Walterjn

Rickochet I do my best to put mine on after I'm done playing. More for transportation than anything.

LBlack14

Par4QC
I'll vouch. He had that guy when he was here in 2011.

Rickochet

Nice putter Rex. The finish on your putter is also more durable than a painted head. My putter is non painted Mentor Sports Triad II at 41" and I keep it in a putter well where it doesn't get bumped around by the other clubs. A cart bud of mine has a sock pom pom cover on his putter but he takes the putter out of the bag, puts the cover in the cart basket and when he comes back digs around in the basket to find it then takes him forever to put the sumbich on then poke around in the bag finding a place to stick it. I have time to take a drink, scratch my ass and write down the scores. Drives me nuts. 🤨

Sarnella

Head covers? bah humbug - that is why we have 5 hour rounds of golf.
Head cover off, head cover on - ridiculous. 😁

Par4QC

Sarnella Head cover off, head cover on

Every. Damn. Time. I use a club with a headcover. And there are many.

And there are many clubs in my 'ownership', that still look new after a few years use!!! And any resale is boosted by such looks. 😉

I'm guessing a lot of people in the world never got a beating for leaving tools and such laying around, or using them for wrong purposes, when they were growing up. I did not say 'whipping'.
Golf clubs.....are tools.

Sarnella

Par4QC
Just trying to be funny - take a chill pill.

sdandrea1

Why putter manufacturers insist on painting putter heads is beyond me. Just leave them satin or raw or chrome or whatever.

Typhoon

sdandrea1 No kidding… it’s brilliant on behalf of the OEMs, people think the putter is beat to shit because the paint chipped off and look for a new one. And nobody will buy a used one looking like that… they buy new.

I wonder what percentage of people don’t know it’s painted and that it’ll chip off.

I would never buy a painted putter.

Bravopilot

sdandrea1 Paint qualifies as "whatever", seems to me you produced a demo tape of geezer arts and crafts on the Holy Grail of putters. I know, I know, painful memories of a bet😁

rsvman2

I love using a head cover for my putter but I keep losing it!

azgreg

rsvman2 I love using a head cover for my putter but I keep losing it!

The putter or the cover?

SMT

rsvman2

Rickochet

Years ago I bagged a full set of Acer React hybrid heads and I put head covers on all of them. I tried tying them all together with cords to keep from loosing them. What a goat f'ing. I finally removed the cords and they were still a PITA to keep putting them on and off. I finally just played them raw dog and they took a beating. I was actually going to reshaft them and put them back in the bag late summer until I broke and arm. Will re-shaft them over the winter.

Jelopster

Rickochet I finally just played them raw dog and they took a beating. I was actually going to reshaft them

Raw dog does beat up the shaft, especially if the rough is too high

LBlack14

I've never lost a headcover of any kind, in my life. It's not that difficult.