Bluing Wedges

[williethekid]

I recently picked up an oil can spin milled vokey 60*-04. I loved the feel of it compared to the other wedges @ golfsmith. However I'm not a big fan of the look of this wedge, and I did a google search and saw that some people have taken the finish off with coke? I was wondering if anyone had gone one step further and blued it with gun blueing. Has anyone done this? Pics of the end result?

[williethekid]

So I did it this morning. Bought the birchwood casey blueing kit @ dicks $15 bucks, some vinegar, some enamel model paint (lime green) and some acetone. Vinegar soak for ~20 minutes took the oil can right off. Acetone took off the paintfill (along with a sharpened nail to get in the tight spots. With most of the paintfill off I followed the blueing instructions and got a great grey/blue finish, then painted the Titlist and spin milled parts with the lime green. GORGEOUS. Only hickup was spilling some acetone on the plastic piece above the hosel, started melting, cold water stopped it, but had to sand to get an even spot. Don't know how to post pics and they're not coming out too well. But easy to do and unique.

[The Bogey Man]

I would really love to see pics of it. A easy site to upload pics and have them on the net is http://www.tinypic.com

By the way, where are you in CT?

[williethekid]

I'll try to upload the pics, and fairfield county

[The Bogey Man]

Small world... same

Home course? Mines Oak Hills in Norwalk

[williethekid]

There it is, the wipe marks that are right above the spin milled part, are from the paint thinner not being wiped off yet from where i touched up the paint job.

[The Bogey Man]

Wow, that looks awesome, great job... I might test this on one of my old vokeys... Where did you get the paint? was it really meticulous to do?

[williethekid]

Home course is Smith Richardson, I almost played on friday at Oak Hills, but unfortunately they had no singles openings, and they said you couldnt play 9?

[williethekid]

thanks for the help with the image.

[The Bogey Man]

Home course is Smith Richardson, I almost played on friday at Oak Hills, but unfortunately they had no singles openings, and they said you couldnt play 9?

You can play 9... but after 4 o'clock it is 30 bucks (non-resident). Smith Richardson is a nice course btw...

[digger21]

That is such an awesome job. Thats one of the best lookin wedges ive seen.

[williethekid]

Thanks, it will work on any wedge without a chrome or nickel finish. So the one's I can think of are: Vokey oil cans, Mizuno raw haze finish, cleveland gunmetal (i think it already has the blueing on it), maybe the rust finished ones. maybe the x-tour vintages. But dont hold me to any of these!

[P3R3]

Thats a damn sexy wedge.

[gotgolf?]

That looks awesome. You must be proud. Get us some pics after its been in battle.

[Dent]

Wow that is nice, nice custom paintjob there.

[DDBowdoin]

thats so awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm doing that this weekend

[Rusterson]

That is sweet. What did you use to paint it?

[williethekid]

Its a enamel hobby paint from Model Master the color is sublime green # 2767