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Removing old tape when replacing grips

rstyle

By rstyle
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rstyle Well Established Member

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Decided I would do it myself from now on.
Bought the grips, the solvent and the tape.....................but was not thinking about removing the old tape.
Could take months with a blade.
Ideas please!!

allin Great Member

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Soak the tape with some grip solvent and then it scrapes off easily.

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anything with acetone? nail varnish remover works a charm.

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Ben Great Member

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I've always used my fingernails, takes a buttload of time. I'm going to invest in one of these though. Got to regrip my clubs soon...

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I regripped my old set a few months ago and the tape just peeled off each club in under a minute. I get to my brand new Vokey 60 and the tape was mummified (the 54 was fine). I soaked it, scraped it, fingernailed it, etc and that one shaft took me 15 minutes to get it clean. If I had that tool that Ben referred to it would have saved me some major time (like 13 minutes). Luckily it was only that one.

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I've always used my fingernails, takes a buttload of time. I'm going to invest in one of these though. Got to regrip my clubs soon...

I agree with this tool...it works great! Grip tape comes right off.

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elchene Dedicated Member

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I've always used my fingernails, takes a buttload of time. I'm going to invest in one of these though. Got to regrip my clubs soon...

Best combination for removing old tape. Get a blow dryer and heat up the tape. Then use the scraper that Ben refers to. Watch TV at the same time and you can get the tape off in 2 minutes. There's nothing more satisfying than watching tape peel off so easily.


BASHERBAKER69 Great Member

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1-get a stanley knife and remove grip...pull club in to tummy/gut and cut away from you..you should cut from end of grip up to butt.

2-chop old tape away with knife.

3-put white spirit in to new grip and poor over new tape..remember to put thumb over butt end where hole is

4-slip the grip on-the white spirit is like a lubricant ..lol.

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I've always used my fingernails, takes a buttload of time. I'm going to invest in one of these though. Got to regrip my clubs soon...

I sure hope you have better luck with that tool than I did. The steel on the one I bought obviously wasn't tempered and the edges curled up like little girl curls. I ended up using a razor blade and didn't cut myself up too bad doing 13 clubs. I will probably go the industrial hair dryer like heater route next time with some non-flammable solvent.

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