A cheap set of soft plastic jaws for your bench vice works wonders for holding the club while you remove and install grips. It really aids the alignment process.
Actually what reallly works well to remove the old tape is to use a heat gun (not a hair dryer though, doesn't get hot enough). Heat the tape along it's full length for a few seconds all around the shaft and it melts the adhesive enough to make the tape peel off in larger pieces at a time.
I do regrips out of my trunk at ranges, golf courses, etc as side hustle. I made my open regrip station. One thing that effects your grips integrity the most is leaving your golf bag in the truck of your car. Especially during the summer in hotter climates.
I re-gripped my clubs at the beginning of the year and played at least 50 rounds during the season. My grips are still in like-new shape. I dont think there is any need to re-grip once a year if you have good quality grips installed
I have dry hands, and my grips last two years. I do wash my grip with dish soap when they get slick, I also sand them down a bit, they’d feel 90% new after drying with towels. Eventually the rubber would harden and needs to be changed though.
I used to change grips Matt's way but with a vice and purpose-built rubber holder for the shaft. That method works fine. But once I learned the air compressor way, I've not used the old method since. I was also surprised to learn you can use regular 2" masking tape (which is also really easy to use and to double or triple up as needed). The grip will hold in place once in place without twisting or slipping off. I'm guessing it has to do with the inside of the grip compressing on the dry side of the tape being enough to hold everything in place. The one cheat I do with the air compressor method is to put a drop or two of grip solvent right on the end of the shaft to get the grip started over the tape, then, swoosh, on it goes.
@ Yep, exactly what I do. I I rarely ever replace the tape. Never had a problem with the grip not staying in place. Key to this method to work is you must have a vice and the rubber holder.
If the grips are in good shape and you need to remove them use a coat hanger bent in half so the end is not sharp. Work it into the grip with solvent until you get the coat hanger and solvent all the way down the grip and you can pull it off.
I do my regripping since years the way you show. It's no rocket science, but acutally you save a lot of money. For woods with adjustable hosel I prefer 360 grips, so it doesn't matter how you put it on.
Great video! I recommend cutting the tape a little shorter than the grip. When you put the grip on the shaft it actually stretches the rubber a little bit and will actually shorten the grip when installed... A little shorter tape length won't show at the bottom once installed.
Well done MSG! I may have a small OCD condition. A condition that flares up when I see grips installed by a tech that doesn't care enough to make certain there is no twist in the grip. This, and the dollar savings are why I do my own grips. I also hold an uninstalled grip next to freshly applied grip to be certain I'm not compressing or stretching the length of the grip.
As someone who always does his own grips ... Golf pride grips go on easier than lampkin .....I play midsize lampkins because they are slightly smaller in diameter than the midsize golf prides......I play the st2 hybrid calibrate ...in midsize on my irons , hybrid , 3 wood ....but play the golf pride mccplus 4 midsize on my driver .....the lampkins are plus 2 on the bottom hand ...and as I said little smaller than a golfpride ...all that depends on layers of tape ...I always just play one wrap myself ....but from experience lampkins can be little more difficult to install....so use pleanty of grip solvent.....and a touch of dish soap can help as well
This is perfect timing, I need to replace a few grips. I sliced one off yesterday using just a razor blade making small slices not going all the way to the shaft and pulled the grip apart, don’t have a vise at home and wasn’t sure if a vise is actually needed
I do my own grips as well. I take a marker and put a dot on the shaft before I take the old grips off so it is much easier to get the exact alignment you had before. I'm a little OCD when it comes to my grip.
I would suggest that if a person is going to do many grips and fairly often, that one would invest in a clamp of some sort to expedite the installation process. I use a roller paint tray to capture the solvent. I've been regripping my own and for some friends for over 30 years and you are correct, it is very easy. I have learned many shortcuts over the years.
Not too bad. I need to get one of those hooks. I just use a utility knife but have to be careful when making that first cut until I can get enough of the old grip to peel it off. If you don’t want to fool around with a bucket, get a pump spray bottle for the solvent. A couple of squirts on the tape and inside the grip do the trick and you don’t have any solvent spilling out of your grip. I also buy pre-cut tape that has a 2-part backing. Saves time and is easier to apply because you peel half the backing off at a time. As far as logo goes - get the Tour 360 grips. No logo or anything, just a uniform grip all the way around.
I’ve regripped my golf clubs for quite awhile now. I use a hair dryer to help with removing the old tape (you can use a heat gun if you want to speed up the process). I buy the precut tape from Dicks Sporting Goods $4.99. I use a vise to hold the shaft with a rubber shaft clamp that I bought years ago in a kit that included solvent from Dicks Sporting Goods
Great stuff. I’ve been regrouping my clubs for many years. To save even more $, use regular masking tape instead of grip tape and lighter fluid ( cigarette not charcoal) instead of solvent.
You can add tape over the existing tape if it is in good shape and completely dry. It'll make the grip ever so slightly thicker but almost unnoticeable. Doubling or tripling the tape is a common method to make grips feel bigger.
That first grip in the intro you showed brought back nightmares. I regripped my dad's old clubs and they looked pretty similar in composition and oh boy it was horrid. Came off in pieces, if it came off at all. So tacky. It was a terrible time 😂 but now he has some nice Tour Velvets on there at least.
I find doing my own re-gripping to be therapeutic. Instead of the scraper, I use a heat gun to easily remove the old tape… great video, I hope you are feeling better from your hit and run🫡
nice to see I do not need grip, vice etc. be careful not to bang the butt grip end to hard on the floor. I did that once and split the butt top end of the new grip.
Your not using enough solvent , made sure the glue is very slippery, you have to rub the solvent into the tape a little. I have never had the grip slide on easily like he did, after a few try's you get the feel for how much solvent is needed,
Careful if you have a cutter with a plastic handle. More than likely there is a cutter inside the handle as well. Just had a pretty deep slice to my thumb when the handle came apart and the blade inside came out!
This procedure is exactly how I change my grips (when I do them myself), with the only difference is that I would NEVER use that scraper on a graphite shaft. I tried once and was scratching the outer layer of the graphite shaft away. I usually take my graphite shafted clubs to the PGA TOUR Superstore or Dick's, to have them done.
One more tip use a hair dryer or heat gun on the old tape comes off easy peasy. I use the ready make tape strips that don't need cutting just peel the backing off the tape
With the precut tape do you still overhang the end of the shaft or do you make it even with the end of the shaft ? New to golf and haven’t re gripped a club yet
Be very careful with those scraping techniques when the shaft is graphite. When doing steel shafted irons, scrape away. But with shafts on woods, or graphite shafted irons, I highly recommend peeling back the end of the grip little by little and making small cuts and peeling back inch by inch rather than using a hook blade like that. If you go too deep and break the graphite fibers you're in trouble. And DO NOT use a blade to scrape the tape away on a graphite shaft. Peel it back with your hands and if that is not working well then heat the tape with a heat gun or hair dryer.
Another tip: keep your hands away from the grip and blade. To make a long story short, I wasn’t thinking and cut my hand. 10 stitches and 5 hours in the hospital later I learned that lesson the hard way.
I know Elite Fit Golf is a friend of yours. The driver grip you put on you stretched it to cover tape that was cut to long. Check this out, ruclips.net/video/lXYBsDkeO-g/видео.html. You should not stretch a grip as you put it on, or after it is in place. Good job though with the rest of your tips.
Supplies, aggravation, and time do not equal the $45 labor cost of grip changes. Not to mention that this is probably the worst method to change your own grips. If you try this exact method for the first time. Without a proper way to hold the club. You will waist a grip or two and some of your supplies. The grips are the major costs associated. The labor is, well, better than all this!
Dude, save yourself 99.99999% of the hassle and use an air compressor. I’ve been doing that for well over 10 years and have never had an issue with grips in any capacity, and it takes me literally two minutes to change all of my grips
A cheap set of soft plastic jaws for your bench vice works wonders for holding the club while you remove and install grips. It really aids the alignment process.
Before removing the old grips I put a tape with a mark right next to the bottom center of the grip. It is then easier to align the new grip.
👏🏻I thought I was the only one too do that
I like to use my vise and the rubber gripper to hold the club. Then I use a paint tray to catch the solvent.
Actually what reallly works well to remove the old tape is to use a heat gun (not a hair dryer though, doesn't get hot enough). Heat the tape along it's full length for a few seconds all around the shaft and it melts the adhesive enough to make the tape peel off in larger pieces at a time.
This is correct
The scraper is easier by far
Nice job. You made that look easy. I am sure it will help a lot of people and also save them money by doing it themselves
I do regrips out of my trunk at ranges, golf courses, etc as side hustle. I made my open regrip station. One thing that effects your grips integrity the most is leaving your golf bag in the truck of your car. Especially during the summer in hotter climates.
Finally somebody doing it's the same way as I do. The simplest way without all the kit 👍
Thanks. Fitted my new grips for the first time using your method. Simple and pleased with the result
Thank you MSG! Didn't know how to change the grips before. I'll do it myself next time.
I re-gripped my clubs at the beginning of the year and played at least 50 rounds during the season. My grips are still in like-new shape. I dont think there is any need to re-grip once a year if you have good quality grips installed
Can vary depending on climate, but I agree with you.
I have dry hands, and my grips last two years. I do wash my grip with dish soap when they get slick, I also sand them down a bit, they’d feel 90% new after drying with towels. Eventually the rubber would harden and needs to be changed though.
Have tried several ways and using an air compressor is the easiest/quickest method.
I used to change grips Matt's way but with a vice and purpose-built rubber holder for the shaft. That method works fine. But once I learned the air compressor way, I've not used the old method since. I was also surprised to learn you can use regular 2" masking tape (which is also really easy to use and to double or triple up as needed). The grip will hold in place once in place without twisting or slipping off. I'm guessing it has to do with the inside of the grip compressing on the dry side of the tape being enough to hold everything in place. The one cheat I do with the air compressor method is to put a drop or two of grip solvent right on the end of the shaft to get the grip started over the tape, then, swoosh, on it goes.
@ Yep, exactly what I do. I I rarely ever replace the tape. Never had a problem with the grip not staying in place. Key to this method to work is you must have a vice and the rubber holder.
If the grips are in good shape and you need to remove them use a coat hanger bent in half so the end is not sharp.
Work it into the grip with solvent until you get the coat hanger and solvent all the way down the grip and you can pull it off.
I do my regripping since years the way you show. It's no rocket science, but acutally you save a lot of money. For woods with adjustable hosel I prefer 360 grips, so it doesn't matter how you put it on.
Great video! I recommend cutting the tape a little shorter than the grip. When you put the grip on the shaft it actually stretches the rubber a little bit and will actually shorten the grip when installed... A little shorter tape length won't show at the bottom once installed.
Matt i watched a video you did at your friends shop that's what made me do my own and thank you. I chosen Winn grips. They are great
Nice! Thanks for the encouragement. I’m going to give this a shot myself.
Well done MSG! I may have a small OCD condition. A condition that flares up when I see grips installed by a tech that doesn't care enough to make certain there is no twist in the grip. This, and the dollar savings are why I do my own grips. I also hold an uninstalled grip next to freshly applied grip to be certain I'm not compressing or stretching the length of the grip.
As someone who always does his own grips ... Golf pride grips go on easier than lampkin .....I play midsize lampkins because they are slightly smaller in diameter than the midsize golf prides......I play the st2 hybrid calibrate ...in midsize on my irons , hybrid , 3 wood ....but play the golf pride mccplus 4 midsize on my driver .....the lampkins are plus 2 on the bottom hand ...and as I said little smaller than a golfpride ...all that depends on layers of tape ...I always just play one wrap myself ....but from experience lampkins can be little more difficult to install....so use pleanty of grip solvent.....and a touch of dish soap can help as well
This is perfect timing, I need to replace a few grips. I sliced one off yesterday using just a razor blade making small slices not going all the way to the shaft and pulled the grip apart, don’t have a vise at home and wasn’t sure if a vise is actually needed
Those are sick looking grips!!! I enjoy changing out my grips.
Me too. Very therapeutic
So how about covering grip install for the alignment type grip.
I do my own grips as well. I take a marker and put a dot on the shaft before I take the old grips off so it is much easier to get the exact alignment you had before. I'm a little OCD when it comes to my grip.
I would suggest that if a person is going to do many grips and fairly often, that one would invest in a clamp of some sort to expedite the installation process. I use a roller paint tray to capture the solvent. I've been regripping my own and for some friends for over 30 years and you are correct, it is very easy. I have learned many shortcuts over the years.
Not too bad. I need to get one of those hooks. I just use a utility knife but have to be careful when making that first cut until I can get enough of the old grip to peel it off. If you don’t want to fool around with a bucket, get a pump spray bottle for the solvent. A couple of squirts on the tape and inside the grip do the trick and you don’t have any solvent spilling out of your grip. I also buy pre-cut tape that has a 2-part backing. Saves time and is easier to apply because you peel half the backing off at a time. As far as logo goes - get the Tour 360 grips. No logo or anything, just a uniform grip all the way around.
I’ve regripped my golf clubs for quite awhile now. I use a hair dryer to help with removing the old tape (you can use a heat gun if you want to speed up the process). I buy the precut tape from Dicks Sporting Goods $4.99. I use a vise to hold the shaft with a rubber shaft clamp that I bought years ago in a kit that included solvent from Dicks Sporting Goods
Paint tray and good old fashion lighter fluid. Works great. Use a marker to mark the shaft to mark the center alignment. Wipes right off
Looks great, MSG ... love the 007 theme ... but, I prefer the GP Tour Velvet 360 so I don't mess with a logo at all.
Great stuff. I’ve been regrouping my clubs for many years. To save even more $, use regular masking tape instead of grip tape and lighter fluid ( cigarette not charcoal) instead of solvent.
How do you know how many raps to put on according to your personal grip and swing?
Like to hear your take on: What do I do with all the old putters piling up in my garage?
So what do you do with your old putters ??
Do you always change out the tape when re-gripping?
You can add tape over the existing tape if it is in good shape and completely dry. It'll make the grip ever so slightly thicker but almost unnoticeable. Doubling or tripling the tape is a common method to make grips feel bigger.
That first grip in the intro you showed brought back nightmares. I regripped my dad's old clubs and they looked pretty similar in composition and oh boy it was horrid. Came off in pieces, if it came off at all. So tacky. It was a terrible time 😂 but now he has some nice Tour Velvets on there at least.
Using a table vise clamp makes this job a lot easier
Great tips
I find doing my own re-gripping to be therapeutic. Instead of the scraper, I use a heat gun to easily remove the old tape… great video, I hope you are feeling better from your hit and run🫡
I'm going with buy the 007 grips and take em to the shop for installation.
When are you dropping part 2 of your Jumbomax experiment?
I changed mine halfway through last season and it wasnt as bad as i thought, but i hated lining them up and that was the frustrating part
Use a hairdryer to heat the old grip tape before pealing, it comes off much easier.
Heat gun for pulling the tape and then air compressor for mounting the new ones
nice to see I do not need grip, vice etc. be careful not to bang the butt grip end to hard on the floor. I did that once and split the butt top end of the new grip.
How do you avoid the problem of sliding the grip on and it gets halfway on and then stuck?
Your not using enough solvent , made sure the glue is very slippery, you have to rub the solvent into the tape a little. I have never had the grip slide on easily like he did, after a few try's you get the feel for how much solvent is needed,
Careful if you have a cutter with a plastic handle. More than likely there is a cutter inside the handle as well. Just had a pretty deep slice to my thumb when the handle came apart and the blade inside came out!
What grip size you you prefer? Mid size or large?
This procedure is exactly how I change my grips (when I do them myself), with the only difference is that I would NEVER use that scraper on a graphite shaft. I tried once and was scratching the outer layer of the graphite shaft away. I usually take my graphite shafted clubs to the PGA TOUR Superstore or Dick's, to have them done.
Great tutorial. Happy to see you’re not using your wife’s pots anymore to catch the solvent. 😂
I want those James Bond grips
Mineral spirits will work as your solvent as well.
A lot easier with a vice and shaft clamp for a very little investment.
One more tip use a hair dryer or heat gun on the old tape comes off easy peasy. I use the ready make tape strips that don't need cutting just peel the backing off the tape
With the precut tape do you still overhang the end of the shaft or do you make it even with the end of the shaft ? New to golf and haven’t re gripped a club yet
@@charlie1832 Yes always overhang it.
@ thank you
🔥🔥🔥
i am really bad at alinging the grip. i never know where to look
Be careful pulling them down and stretching, makes them thinner if you go to far
I go to Dollar Tree and buy a can of hair spray. It contains super glue. Works great.
odorless mineral spirits 10 bucks a quart. Way cheaper than grip solvent
Be very careful with those scraping techniques when the shaft is graphite. When doing steel shafted irons, scrape away. But with shafts on woods, or graphite shafted irons, I highly recommend peeling back the end of the grip little by little and making small cuts and peeling back inch by inch rather than using a hook blade like that. If you go too deep and break the graphite fibers you're in trouble. And DO NOT use a blade to scrape the tape away on a graphite shaft. Peel it back with your hands and if that is not working well then heat the tape with a heat gun or hair dryer.
Another tip: keep your hands away from the grip and blade. To make a long story short, I wasn’t thinking and cut my hand. 10 stitches and 5 hours in the hospital later I learned that lesson the hard way.
You should watch out not to pull the grip down to much. You can stretch it to much en it may turn out smaller than your other grips
just did my own grips, a few days before this vid.. just like that. too EZ
Nothing better then IOMIC sticky
I know Elite Fit Golf is a friend of yours. The driver grip you put on you stretched it to cover tape that was cut to long. Check this out, ruclips.net/video/lXYBsDkeO-g/видео.html. You should not stretch a grip as you put it on, or after it is in place. Good job though with the rest of your tips.
$189 for those grips is ludicrous
Once a year?!
I use air, way easier
Air compressor all day long…I’ll change a whole set of grips by the time you get one done…easy day.
Man careful with that knife , one slip and right into your wrist . at 3.02 OMG
$200 for JB grips!
Non conforming grips? Because of “stylistic features”. Wow. No knock against you, quite the rule though!
Are you serious? These grips don't conform to USGA rules? Why is that?
Supplies, aggravation, and time do not equal the $45 labor cost of grip changes. Not to mention that this is probably the worst method to change your own grips. If you try this exact method for the first time. Without a proper way to hold the club. You will waist a grip or two and some of your supplies. The grips are the major costs associated. The labor is, well, better than all this!
Dude, save yourself 99.99999% of the hassle and use an air compressor.
I’ve been doing that for well over 10 years and have never had an issue with grips in any capacity, and it takes me literally two minutes to change all of my grips