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I was wondering just how other folks cleaned their golf equipment, how often, and to what degree?
I prep my clubs before almost every round. The heads and grips get scrubbed down and the grooves completely cleared. About twice a year I wax the heads of all my woods clubs and the graphite shafts. If necessary I will polish out any scratches with rubbing compound before waxing. I use a Sharpie to color in any sky marks that I can see from address. I clean my shoes tops and bottoms almost every round, but I'll miss a few if they're not in too bad shape. Spikes usually last me one season. I regrip before each season and keep track of how I've experimented with the wrapping under the grips. I also completely empty my bag before each season, clean it as best as I can on the out side and blow out all the pockets with an air hose. I have a club brush on a bottle thing that I use after each shot, a quick wipe with the towel, and the neoprene cover goes back on. Generally, if I manage to keep a ball for an entire round, I retire it to my shag bag afterwards. I spin all my balls and place a line along the heavy side of the equator where the least amount of factory stamping is visible, about half the circumference of the ball. Part of all of this activity is likely due to my military upbringing from childhood through mid life. The other influence is likely due to me having to buy my own sports equipment. I wanted the "good stuff" that was more expensive than my dad was willing to go for. I never threw my rackets, clubs, ect. You tend to think differently when it takes a huge chunk of your teenage money to buy your own stuff. My clubs are entering their third season and for the most part they look as good as they did coming out of the box. More importantly they behave as such. No beaten or damged grooves, nicked or hammered heads. Probably not for everyone, but for me, it's kinda like my stats spreadsheets and graphs; it's just another part of golf that I've come to love and look forward to. |
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| # 1 5/11/2011 8:35:08 PM |
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I clean my grooves after every shot and give them a good cleaning about every 4 to 5 rounds. I wash the the grips, wipe down the clubdeads and clean the grooves with a brush. Every month or so I take the face of of my wedges and clean behind them. You would be amazed at how much stuff will get behind the TM FTZ wedge faces.
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| # 2 5/11/2011 8:38:57 PM |
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i don't change the oil in my lawmower like i should, i don't wash my truck like i should, i don't clean the shaving stubble off my sink like i should, i don't polish my shoes like i should, i don't clean my golf clubs like i should |
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| # 3 5/11/2011 8:40:25 PM |
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all I can say is wow...
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| # 4 5/11/2011 8:56:54 PM |
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WOW! Great Cleaning! just had some new grips put on my woods & irons.
I,let my grand-kids clean up my clubs.they do a really great job.then it's off to McDonald's. |
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| # 5 5/11/2011 9:16:30 PM |
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I clean my club faces before every round. Don't worry about anything else though.
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| # 6 5/11/2011 9:18:15 PM |
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WOW! Great Cleaning! just had some new grips put on my woods & irons. I,let my grand-kids clean up my clubs.they do a really great job.then it's off to McDonald's. Those are some cool "Low Rider" grips man! Betcha got a drop kit on your bag too huh? hahaha ...kiding ya know... |
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| # 7 5/11/2011 11:08:55 PM |
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I am a bit superstitious so if I am going good I won't do any more than a quick spit and brush on the course. If things go sour though i'm washing them down completely rearranging my bag or doing any thing else to get off a skid. I do a thorough cleaning at the end of the year and then i'll refill any of the white lines on the first groove of the irons if they need it. and of course if any grips get a little slick I replace them, I'm like a freaking ninja at replacing grips now a whole set will take me maybe 15 minutes start to finish.
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| # 8 5/11/2011 11:52:51 PM |
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I thought I was anal about caring for my clubs, but I lose this one.
My clubs stay completely clean. After every shot, I clean the club until it's clean. Spin is so much a part of my game that I don't like having anything in the grooves. Occasionally some dirt will get stuck in the back cavity of one of my irons, and occasionally I won't get it all out. But the faces always stay 100 percent clean. The rest is a mish-mash of great care to little care. I never leave my clubs in my car, mainly to keep the grips from getting exposed to that extreme heat. And if for some reason my bag stays inside the car while out in the sun for any amount of time (an hour or more), I typically take my golf gloves out of the bag and bring them with me for the same reason. I don't do much more than bang out all the dirt from the bottom of my shoes after a round. I don't clean them. Oh ... only when I'm filling in numbers or lettering with paint will I completely clean a club with soap and water ... or hot water. My clubs stay clean from shot to shot, so I don't have to bother with cleaning them at home. |
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| # 9 5/12/2011 6:54:09 AM |
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I am a bit superstitious so if I am going good I won't do any more than a quick spit and brush on the course. If things go sour though i'm washing them down completely rearranging my bag or doing any thing else to get off a skid. I do a thorough cleaning at the end of the year and then i'll refill any of the white lines on the first groove of the irons if they need it. and of course if any grips get a little slick I replace them, I'm like a freaking ninja at replacing grips now a whole set will take me maybe 15 minutes start to finish. What kind of paint do you use to fill in your irons, and where do you ge it? |
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| # 10 5/12/2011 6:55:52 AM |
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I thought I was anal about caring for my clubs, but I lose this one. My clubs stay completely clean. After every shot, I clean the club until it's clean. Spin is so much a part of my game that I don't like having anything in the grooves. Occasionally some dirt will get stuck in the back cavity of one of my irons, and occasionally I won't get it all out. But the faces always stay 100 percent clean. The rest is a mish-mash of great care to little care. I never leave my clubs in my car, mainly to keep the grips from getting exposed to that extreme heat. And if for some reason my bag stays inside the car while out in the sun for any amount of time (an hour or more), I typically take my golf gloves out of the bag and bring them with me for the same reason. I don't do much more than bang out all the dirt from the bottom of my shoes after a round. I don't clean them. Oh ... only when I'm filling in numbers or lettering with paint will I completely clean a club with soap and water ... or hot water. My clubs stay clean from shot to shot, so I don't have to bother with cleaning them at home. As I asked Luke, what kind of paint do you use and where do you get it? |
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| # 11 5/12/2011 3:25:21 PM |
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i don't change the oil in my lawmower like i should, i don't wash my truck like i should, i don't clean the shaving stubble off my sink like i should, i don't polish my shoes like i should, i don't clean my golf clubs like i should I don't change the oil in my lawmower like i should, I don't wash my truck like i should, I don't clean the shaving stubble off my sink like i should, I don't polish my shoes like i should, My clubs are clean enough to eat off and much cleaner than my kids! |
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| # 12 5/12/2011 3:42:04 PM |
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I thought I was anal about caring for my clubs, but I lose this one. My clubs stay completely clean. After every shot, I clean the club until it's clean. Spin is so much a part of my game that I don't like having anything in the grooves. Occasionally some dirt will get stuck in the back cavity of one of my irons, and occasionally I won't get it all out. But the faces always stay 100 percent clean. The rest is a mish-mash of great care to little care. I never leave my clubs in my car, mainly to keep the grips from getting exposed to that extreme heat. And if for some reason my bag stays inside the car while out in the sun for any amount of time (an hour or more), I typically take my golf gloves out of the bag and bring them with me for the same reason. I don't do much more than bang out all the dirt from the bottom of my shoes after a round. I don't clean them. Oh ... only when I'm filling in numbers or lettering with paint will I completely clean a club with soap and water ... or hot water. My clubs stay clean from shot to shot, so I don't have to bother with cleaning them at home. As I asked Luke, what kind of paint do you use and where do you get it? Enamel or acrylic. Acrylic is a ton easier to work with because it's water based. But it also doesn't look as good. At least it hasn't for me so far. The enamel I use is model airplane paint, the stuff that comes in little bottles. It looks awesome, but it always feels a little dicey putting that stuff on your club where you don't want it, which you more or less have to do. What I mean is it is often tough to get the paint to go JUST in the little imprints you want, so you have to overfill the letter/number then clean away the excess. That last part is what feels dicey with enamel: cleaning away the excess. I use paint thinner and have had good luck so far. |
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| # 13 5/12/2011 5:25:32 PM |
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I thought I was anal about caring for my clubs, but I lose this one. My clubs stay completely clean. After every shot, I clean the club until it's clean. Spin is so much a part of my game that I don't like having anything in the grooves. Occasionally some dirt will get stuck in the back cavity of one of my irons, and occasionally I won't get it all out. But the faces always stay 100 percent clean. The rest is a mish-mash of great care to little care. I never leave my clubs in my car, mainly to keep the grips from getting exposed to that extreme heat. And if for some reason my bag stays inside the car while out in the sun for any amount of time (an hour or more), I typically take my golf gloves out of the bag and bring them with me for the same reason. I don't do much more than bang out all the dirt from the bottom of my shoes after a round. I don't clean them. Oh ... only when I'm filling in numbers or lettering with paint will I completely clean a club with soap and water ... or hot water. My clubs stay clean from shot to shot, so I don't have to bother with cleaning them at home. As I asked Luke, what kind of paint do you use and where do you get it? Enamel or acrylic. Acrylic is a ton easier to work with because it's water based. But it also doesn't look as good. At least it hasn't for me so far. The enamel I use is model airplane paint, the stuff that comes in little bottles. It looks awesome, but it always feels a little dicey putting that stuff on your club where you don't want it, which you more or less have to do. What I mean is it is often tough to get the paint to go JUST in the little imprints you want, so you have to overfill the letter/number then clean away the excess. That last part is what feels dicey with enamel: cleaning away the excess. I use paint thinner and have had good luck so far. I like acrylic because it is easier to work with than enamel, but it is not as durable. The whole trick to enamel though is letting it cure properly. It takes a week or two, depending on temperature for enamel to cure all the way. That's why I wait until the end of the year when I know I won't be using my clubs for a while.Automotive touch up paint works nicely too. You'll have no problems with acrylic if you want to jazz up the paintfill on a putter. I would say acrylic is good for 15 rounds before it starts to chip out again and enamel can last longer if cured solidly. I bought some paintfill bottles of golfworks that have a very small applicator tip and they work well. A small syringe will do the trick too. Of course you can always brush the paint into the grooves, gently wipe away the excess while its wet then go back and get any remaining excess with a little dab of paint thinner on a paper towel. |
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| # 14 5/12/2011 5:28:10 PM |
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Both acrylic and enamel come in dozens of colors and can be found at craft stores like Michael's. You can also get some pretty small brushes there too.
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| # 15 5/12/2011 5:34:55 PM |
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I play in the dewy AM when there's loads of moisture to wipe one's club in the grass. As far as paint goes, Honda's black touch-up paint for an '07 Civic is great for chips and scratches on Taylor Made woods. I once used correction fluid (White Out) to brighten an alignment line on an old Ping putter. Worked well. YES! There's nothing better than playing a round in full dew. You end up with a shiny bag of clubs by the end. So perfect. |
