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Does anyone have any suggestions on keeping golf clubs cool in a car during the summer time? If I leave my clubs in a car for too long, I am worried that the epoxy will melt and the club head will fly off during a round. Since I build my own clubs, the epoxy will melt in the club head very quickly. I live in Michigan and experience VERY cold and VERY hot days here.
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Just keep your clubs inside your house...when you need them, a car trip won't hurt.
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Just keep your clubs inside your house...when you need them, a car trip won't hurt.

Seconded. I keep my clubs in my room. I love them and they love me.

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I have been building clubs for over 15 years, always have my clubs in my truck (just in case on the way home a golf game breaks out!), and have never had a clubhead come off (I live in Texas, very hot). Never had one work loose. If you use some of the 60 minute epoxy, that might happen, I am not sure, I have always been a bit leary of the 60 minute cure time. I know that is what used on tour vans, but...I have always used the 24 hour cure epoxy and no problems from my everyday in the truck clubs.

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Not to steal this thread,

But I keep my clubs in my trunk 24/7. Should I keep them inside?

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Seconded. I keep my clubs in my room. I love them and they love me.

I also ditto that. Besides, that's an extra 50 pounds you're not hauling around on a daily basis, which saves gas.

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From what I've seen club heads tend to be metal and have quite a large flat surface area. I find it unlikely that the epoxy will get particularly hot since this is basically the specification for heat sync. If they have steel shafts too then it's quite a large heat sync.

The hottest ambient temperature ever recorded in Michigan (according to the internetz) was 112°F (that was 80 years ago). The average yearly high seems to be about 83°F (Which is still below body temperature). Assuming your clubs are kept out of direct sunlight It seems improbable they will ever reach temperatures over 100°F which is barley hot enough to melt chocolate, let alone epoxy.

If you are still concerned about this you could always try sealing them in a vacuum, or submerging them in water... that would keep them cool, but seems rather extreme.
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I wouldn't be too concerned about it. I live in SW Missouri where it can get 90-100 for weeks straight with no rain. My clubs are in the car trunk from about April- October. I started this back when I left for college and really had no other place to store them. I have never once felt like a clubhead was about to come off or a grip was going bad. I would think in Michigan, you will be fine if you want to leave them in the car.

The only thing I ever worry about is if the humidity is real high the night before I plan on playing. I will bring them in the house then because the grips get slick from the moisture and they are hard to dry when they get like that.

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Assuming your clubs are kept out of direct sunlight It seems improbable they will ever reach temperatures over 100°F which is barley hot enough to melt chocolate, let alone epoxy.

This is a little incorrect.

Inside a closed car, the temperatures can escalate. It makes a little "greenhouse" effect where the inside can actually rise ABOVE the outside ambient temperatures. Its the same reason you never leave a dog inside the car, even if you leave your dog outside during the day. It becomes an oven and the temperatures just keep increasing. Not to go too far off subject, but I wanted to point that out. So, if you have no intention of playing that day, you should probably keep your clubs at home or in a cooler place.

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i keep them inside the house too. and i don't know the temps in london..it wasn't too hot when i was there last time... but in NJ, we've already had temps in the low 100's and it's not even july yet! My car records ambient cabin temp when you step in, and it's not rare to see 107 on a summer day. The hottest it's been in my car is 115 when it was around 102 outside on an august day. unless your car is protected..and i mean insulated to the point where it doesn't let heat, moisture or cold air in...then spend the extra 30 seconds taking it out of your trunk.... things bend and warp due to the temp and humidity changes all the time
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This is a little incorrect.

Here is an excerpt from a website talking about leaving animals in cars:

"On a warm, sunny day windows collect light, trapping heat inside the vehicle, and pushing the temperature inside to dangerous levels. On an 85-degree Fahrenheit day, for example, the temperature inside a car with the windows opened slightly can reach 102 degrees within ten minutes. After 30 minutes, the temperature will reach 120 degrees." http://www.hsus.org/pets/pet_care/co..._your_pet.html That being said, I generally keep my clubs inside. I have, however, had no problems from the occasional times that I have left them in a car.
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Vegas during this time is about 105-110 every day. I can just imagine how hot it is in my trunk. I leave my clubs in my car most of the time, but I do try to take them out once a week for a day or two. Haven't noticed any negative effects from heat on my clubs though.
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I keep my clubs in the trunk during the summer. Inside during winter when I obv dont use them.

The epoxy I use will start to break down at 250 degrees. I use the 24 hour cure stuff. Your car trunk does not get anywhere near that temperature.
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This is a little incorrect.

Yes you are completely right, I did add an extra 20°F onto the average temperature to allow for the car being warmer inside, but perhaps that wasn't enough judging by dkm976's excerpt.

Though in my defence the greenhouse effect happens in the passenger area of the car which has windows, it might not necessarily apply to the trunk, which may be self contained without any glass and therefore cooler. Either way I don't think it's possible for temperatures to reach the kind of levels that would melt epoxy. I have a hybrid which snapped a few moths ago and I have been wanting to remove the clubhead and reshaft it. Unfortunately the club head is painted so I'm a bit dubious about using the heat gun on it. I have tried putting it in the oven and it didn't have any effect. If only it were as simple as leaving it in the car on a hot day.
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Does anyone have any suggestions on keeping golf clubs cool in a car during the summer time? If I leave my clubs in a car for too long, I am worried that the epoxy will melt and the club head will fly off during a round. Since I build my own clubs, the epoxy will melt in the club head very quickly. I live in Michigan and experience VERY cold and VERY hot days here.

The thing you should worry about probably the grip and also the graphite shafts.

I always put my clubs in the back trunk because it saves me time and hassle of always taking it out and in everytime. I just make sure my car is parked under a shade never directly under the sun.
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