Can Engraving or Stamping Be Removed From a Club?

[ChetlovesMer]

Okay so I'm chatting with this young golfer. (Like in his 20's or something.) He asked me a question to which I was forced to say I have no idea. 

Can engraving or stamping be removed from a club? 

The kid has a Scotty Cameron Putter. It is an older model and he likes it, but it has somebody else's initials stamped on it. Obviously he got it second hand. The initials are stamped and filled with paint. I told him you can remove the paint with jellied paint thinner, but I didn't know how to get rid of the stamping. 

Anyone have any ideas? 

[Adam C]

Nope.

You can stamp over it and just make a non descript pattern, you can hammer it out to lessen it, or you can grind it out. Obviously the last two will cause damage to the head and finish that will probably be far worse than the original stamping.

Probably easier to just live with it, or change his name!

[Club Rat]

Use a Dremel tool lightly to smooth the letters.
The impressions typically are not very deep embedded as the letter punch usually compress's the material outwards.

[KoHo]

Depending on their location, I'm sure those small impressions could be filled by TIG welding without overheating the putter head. You'd just need to find out what type of steel (probably some sort of 300 series stainless) you are working with then grind/sand/polish to match the surrounding finish.

[Darkfrog]

11 minutes ago, KoHo said:

Depending on their location, I'm sure those small impressions could be filled by TIG welding without overheating the putter head. You'd just need to find out what type of steel (probably some sort of 300 series stainless) you are working with then grind/sand/polish to match the surrounding finish.

I was going to suggest some sort of weld/braze. I’d leave something like this to a club repair expert though. Not even sure if this is something they can/would do. 

[Club Rat]

8 hours ago, Darkfrog said:

suggest some sort of weld/braze

I've welded small cracks before, but the heat distorts the color of the club which then has to be polished and treated.
I was going to suggest filling the stamped area with JB Weld and then simply sand finish the area.
Or use an epoxy with metal dust particles to match the steel color.

[Typhoon92]

Sending it to Scotty Cameron’s custom shop will probably be expensive. Although it seems all 20 somethings are Rockerfellers.  I’d try places like BOS, the putter lounge etc... and ask what can be done and the price.  They’ll have it looking like new at a reasonable price.