Calming Titleist Restoration
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- RELAX and immerse yourself in the ODDLY SATISFYING world of golf club restoration as this 1979 Titleist Forged Tour Model golf club undergoes a remarkable transformation. RELAX AND WATCH as we meticulously erase years of wear, unveiling a rejuvenated classic that honors its past while embracing a revitalized future. It's the Godfather of the Titleist T100, T150, and T200.
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I've watched a few 'restoring' videos in my time, but this one is superb, what a fantastic job you've done on that beautiful club! Probably even better than when it rolled out of the factory.
That's a great compliment. Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment!
That is what I call entertainment. Great job Brad!
So pure, so clean.
Wow incredible
Always a pleasure watching your informative videos. Thanks
Dude, you are so talented. I've just got my first grinder and a few attachments. I'm so looking forward to diving into this hobby. Also, thank you for posting your Amazon lists. It makes it much easier to find what I need. Please, please, please keep making these videos.
Thanks for the nice compliment. I'm glad you're giving it a try. I have more tutorials on the way!
Beautiful !
Thanks!
This was extremely satisfying to watch
That's the goal! Just chill out and relax and watch the transformation... It's total StonerVision
Incredible transformation
Wow, above and beyond what I was expecting
Awesome. I'm glad you liked it. The Titleist Vokey video seems to be a popular one if you want to check out more restorations:
th-cam.com/video/eUVwzxKgnfU/w-d-xo.html
Mesmerising! That’s amazing!
Oddly satisfying. Thanks for taking the time to comment.
This is so well done. I've done my own club restorations for function but this is above and beyond. I now wanna find an old blade set like this and bring them to life with new shafts. This is epic!
I restored a full set of these last year then sold then for £200. Great video as always Brad
Absolutely beautiful work
Thank you!
I have these irons and they are amazing. Especially the shorter irons. Pitching through to 7. Cant miss. I got second hand and mine were shiny. Mayb they were done up. Great job
Quite unbelievable.
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Love it. Thank you. Check out the tutorials if you want to give it a try. I also have a Facebook group for help.
@@BradMeehan I´ve already bought 2 sets of old 681/690 Titleist Forged irons in much better condition than ones shown in your video that I´m going to try and refurb. with whatever materials I´ve got (not much)
(you´ve inadvertantly going to get me into _serious_ trouble with the wife as Im already looking at more on e-Bay! lolol)
another beauty
Thank you!
real clean! good work brother.
Thanks, man. The nice comments keep me going!
Great job
How many uses would a guy get out of one of those plating kits? Could you do a whole set of irons at once?
Excellent😊
Do you ever Re-Shaft these club heads and play with them or is this just a keeper club head for your collection. Does the media blasting help the face become more playable if used again or just for looks more? Nice work very oddly satisfying and something I might want to do at my uncle's since he has some of these tools already, now just need to find the right clubs to do the work too
Brad you are a wizard with the restoring. If you ever start a business doing this I’ll send you my set of old Wilson staff blades. I’m dying for this kind of restoring work. Love the videos!
glad i found your videos, also Meehan is my family name. small world
I rarely cross paths with other Meehans! Thanks for watching 👀
That was more zen-ful than 2 hours of yoga.
Awesome job Brad! Keep them coming.
class
Love the videos. more or less, how much weight are you removing with the sanding/polishing and then adding with the plating? cheers
I got you:
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Could you do a Scotty putter for me by chance 😅
Nice work!!! Did You strip the chrome off or just sand it?
The acid etch takes most of it, the sanding does the rest.
This is the same set that I’d like to restore. Having played with every modern iron under the sun, having bought and sold the latest sets of Mizunos and Titleists and TaylorMade irons I wanted to do something more personal. With a story behind it. This is exactly what I want to do, but without the specialized equipment, what would you recommend for the best results?
I have a full set of these exact irons (2 iron even has the original grip!)
They were my dads and he gave them to someone in the family and I assumed they were ultimately sold or given away at some point. About 10 years after my dad passed away, my uncle sent me a message as he had found them cleaning out his basement and wondered if I wanted them!
I’ve been wanting to get them restored to this level, but haven’t had the time, equipment, or knowledge to do it. Is this something you would do for a fee?
Two questions Brad. Why do you dip the clubs in muratic acid before sanding and polishibg, also how do you dispose of the acid?
The acid removes the rust and oxidation and any chrome that may be left. It also gives it a nice etch to sand and polish. Only on the forged steel irons, not stainless or cast clubs.
Brad…what would you do if you wanted a brushed or matte look. You could achieve that before the nickel plating with sandpaper or media blasting…but we obviously need to plate it to prevent rust. Thoughts? Would you media blast/sand lightly after plating?
@txhornsfan33322 exactly. Check out my Tommy Armour video and you'll see how I do it. Then, you plate over that and it will take on that texture.
@txhornsfan33322 also, I have a brushed finish video back there too on a wilson dynapower blade.
@@BradMeehan thanks!! I’ll watch them both
I have a full set of these exact clubs, planning on restoring them in the next couple weeks! Great video as always 👍
Did you end up restoring them? Did you purchase the same equipment Brad has to restore them? I also purchased this same set of vintage titlesist irons with the goal of restoring them. Without the specialized equipment and chemicals I’m wondering what the best result could potentially be.
Hello, I'm one subscriber who watches your video.
I'd like to try restoring it, so I'm leaving a few questions.
1. Does restoring and using iron head damage quickly?
2. How many iron can you restore at the same time?
3. Is there a recommended method between electroless plating and electroplating?
Maybe a dumb question... but if an iron has it's chrome plating intact, but a lot of club chatter, could you just sand and buff it, without nickel plating it at the end? Would it rust? Or just not look as good?
Good question. Clubs are plated in layers like this: steel > (sometimes copper) > nickel > chrome. If you sand your club, you may break through the nickel and chrome layers, so you'll have bits of bare steel. In time, this will rust. This is the only reason we put the nickel on it; that is, to protect it.
If you have modern, non-forged steel clubs, you won't have to plate them, just polish them.
How long do you wait before taking the excess paint off? And what do you use when taking the paint off?
Immediately, I use acetone for the initial swipe. Then, when it's dry, I put a single dot of acetone on an eye glasses microfiber wipe, and it will remove all of the smudges with no effort.
Can you specify the link to the scotch brite belt I see so many and would like to try this in the near future.
Thank you!
Sure thing. Here you go:
www.golfworks.com/3m-scotchbrite-finishing-belts/p/mt0004/
You should do a video doing a raw finish.
nice vid.. shame it's on a stick that no one uses anymore.. :D
I have been eagerly waiting for this video. I started this hobby because of your videos and have been just wanting an in depth step by step
Do you get all the old chrome off with the scotch brite?
No. It's more of a lazy first pass before sanding. The chrome goes away with the acid dip and then sanding any remnants away.
Is there a Dewalt hand drill attachment I can use instead of using the wheel for polish?
Pure Zen is RIGHT!
What product do you use to remove the rust?
Great timing. Between family, work, cars breaking down, and this damn economy I needed a good calming moment.
I remember last year I was in a funk, and you checked in on me here. I appreciated that. I guess this hobby bonds us all a bit. Glad the video was a bit of peace in your day.
All the clubs look like new. I can imagine this very satisfying seeing the end results!!
It's really rewarding to see their transformations.
Do you feel a medium scotch Brite belt is better for taking out largish dings than like a 220 grit convoluted wheel.
I like it because it's not very aggressive and I can control how much I'm removing because it's fairly mild. Most of the transformation comes from hand sanding and sisal wheel. The belts are just for taking a first pass at removing scratches.
@@BradMeehan is acetone best way to remove powder coating or other paints on clubs? Love these videos and maybe I'm just missing some where you've gone over this
What type of paint is used. I'd like to redo my logo with pink paint
I'd appreciate it if you would try the Copy Chrome or the Kobalt to compare the Nickel. Thank you very much.
As far as I am aware there are not One-1 Plate electroless Cobalt/Copy Chrome kits available, I have had experience with the older 3 chemical solutions(as opposed to this simplified kit) and you can exchange the Nickel content with Cobalt and it will work just fine, I suspect that adding a few grams of Cobalt Sulfate(10 grams) to the diluted solution will make the color bluer than pure Nickel
Caswell has a "Reprochrome" product that looks interesting. It's different than the Copy Chrome in that the 'chrome' comes from the solution versus an anode. It's more expensive than the Copy Chrome, but looks like a potential alternative.
@@BradMeehan looks like 3 steps to achieve the best look. Copper, nickel, and then reprochrome. I haven't looked at it in depth but I didn't see any thing in regards to electroless.
Absolutely overkill
But nice to watch
FINALLY! I have a set of Titleist 731PM and this is a great comparison as I’ve been wanted to diy polish them.
Cheers mate.
Hey Brad, I’ve dipped my toes in the club refurbishing waters. I started with some traditional belts but thought they may be too aggressive. I bought 2S and 3S scotch brite wheels and they don’t seem aggressive enough because of how long it’s taking. I understand it’s not a super fast process. How long would you say it took you to get the club from 1:40 to 1:50 in the video? Thanks!
Also curious
This could be the most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen
Thank you! I'd love it if you shared with your golf mates!
Who says magic isn't real
Awesome work. Have you hit your clubs after restoration?
Thanks for all the great videos! I recently got some Ben Hogan irons from the 70's (I think). I gave them a vinegar bath and scrubbed the rust off pretty well but now I'm thinking the next step would be to polish out the scratches with 220 grade sandpaper? I don't have a machine to polish them, so I'll have to do it by hand. If you could offer me any advice on next steps, I would be very grateful. Thanks again for the great videos!
Any way to get a detailed list of your equipment? I’d love to take this on as a hobby. How durable is the nickel finish you’re putting on the club? Do you restore a rusty shaft or replace it? Your work is absolutely amazing!! Bringing a beautiful club like this back to like new, or even better is incredible and has to be very satisfying!!
love your vids brad got me restoring clubs as well, i found a trick instead of hand sanding everything which sucks I've found a palm sander is 100 times faster and you can use it from 400 up to 1000 grit which gets rid of those close up waves i used to have that drove me nuts.
Hi Brad, what size compressor do you use for the sand blasting gun? And how much CFM?
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Looks awesome! What's the difference between the first nickel application and the 2nd?
what did you use for rust removal?
Dilute acid bath.
You don't really need Activation if you have properly cleaned surface, Electroless Nickel will plate on top of Iron directly, no need for electro activation. Proof of that is that the Copper pipe you use to hang the club was also coated in Nickel(just the part submerged ofcourse) Why? It was in contact with with the Iron Club(that part you could not reach to either clean it nor electroa ctivated it).
Love this. Thank you.
@@BradMeehan Also many metals that are not catalytic to Electroless Nickel can be coated with Electroless Nickel by being in contact with Catalytic metals while submerged(Like Iron, Nickel, Zinc)
how many times can you use the pot of electroplating? and can these irons be used in play or does the nickel come off right away?
With Bleed and Feed method he could keep using it perpetually. Also any Bleed/spent solutions can be adapted to be used in electrolytic baths as Nickel Strike solutions to coat the irons with a flash nickel coat prior to electroless
B rad, do you need to worry about any toxic fume from the plating baths methods you use?
I got an older set of Founders Club The Judge heads. You want me to send them to you to have at it?
Love your videos, my family name is Meehan. Small world
Just because I'm OCD, maybe widen the face tape a little more so the whole groove is completely sandblasted. Grooves towards the heel looked like they got cut off a little by the tape. Other than that, Bravo good sir
Hi Brad, your videos are amazing. Do you reshaft the heads onto the old shafts or do you typically put new shafts on? Also can you get the plastic ferrules that match the vintage ones? Thanks!
Thank you. I put the old shafts back on. You can find.vintsge ferrules on ebay or take a look at BB&F Co. They make really cool replacements with some vintage options.
Are you going to start milling club faces?
Hey Brad, would you consider having a membership or subscription type of channel so our subscription would have access to have your advice etc?
Another stunning transformation
Amazing work mate. Love watching your craftsmanship all the way from Australia.
Hi really cool vidéo ! can you tell me what your using on the face ? any link to this tool ? and how do you know it gives the correct surface to have the spin correctly and everything ? Thank you ! i want to start doing it myself too i'm searching for the tools, thanks for inspiration
Looks like you might be from Michigan. Hi from a fellow Michigander!
Yessir! Grew up in Grand Rapids, but I'm in Kansas City now!
What type of paint did you use for the letters?
Do you offer your services to your subscribers?
I have this brand new in box, since 1983. maybe I should sell them
Do you let the paint fill dry completely before you wipe the excess off with acetone?
No. Wipe it immediately, but don't touch the smudges until it's completely dry. I do it the next day, and the smudges come off with a single drop of acetone on an eye glass cleaner cloth.
I watched you do the mizuno iron and was impressed that was probably better as the iron looked to be in a worse state top work pal
My goodness. I have a Northwestern 1i that looks a lot like the before. Might be time to buy that electroless kit!
Nice. A lot of love went into that restoration. Looks new and it was fun to watch the process. I often wonder what some of these older clubs sound like when hit perfectly.
How long does the nickel plating solution last? Does it last for years or is it one club and throw out?
Still up for debate. The horrible documentation (and the support rep) said about 12 clubs until you have to add replenisher. Other documentation says you have to add replenisher along the way. (replenisher means just more solution to the water because the nickel from the solution is now attached to your club versus hanging out in the solution). I add about a half oz during the process to keep my levels fairly even. There is a formula to use to know when to replenish, but i'm a dumb boy and I've been adding it at the 15 minute mark ad hoc.
@@BradMeehan Thanks Brad! Yeah I'm sure there is a scientific explanation with environmental factors at play as well. Temperature, humidity, amount of agitation, circulation... Thats way above my paygrade lol
Remarkably talented
I want to be good at repairing golf clubs like you....I want to learn how to do it.
everything so close
If i wanted just the brushed steel look, is there a protectant i could put on it to keep it like that
If it's a forged club and there's bare steel, you'd be better trying the brush plating kit and covering with a layer of nickel to protect it. Might take 10 minutes. Using a spray like wd40 would stall it, but it's still going to corrode again. You could also re-brush finish them if it gets bad.
If they're cast clubs, they won't rust, so you can just leave them brushed.
This is amazing! How do you restore the grooves? Do you have to widen them?
Would 116 psi pressure be enough for the face??
My handheld blaster is 90 psi max and is pretty aggressive. I'd start with lower pressure and increase if it's not penetrating the surface of the face to your liking.
Question: Is the full removal of the previous chrome plating not completely necessary before re-plating?
It's definitely required. The acid removed it, leaving only the nickel and bare steel under it. You don't have to remove all the nickel since you're just going to add it back.
@@BradMeehan thanks man, love the content.
Watching you do your craft is a meditative experience. Very enjoyable
Another great video/lesson. I appreciate the step-by-step breakdown. Thanks as always.
I love this page, but I also suspect it might be a cover for a meth lab.
@@smallraymond1 lol! "Breaking Brad"
wider camera lens pls
Quick question : how many irons can one place in the nickel solution at the same time ?
Dang that’s a neat iron, I’ve never seen Titleist with a capital E in the script
what would happen if you sanded it and polished it, but didn't nickle plate it? is the plating just for rust prevention?
@@peteradamson4260 exactly. The rust will come back.
@@BradMeehan Thanks for the reply, is it reasonable to lightly sand most irons to lessen light dings as long as you don't sand through the existing chrome finish? I'm keen to try and visually improve my irons without having to do anything like nickle plating!
Great work but i have a question. When doing the paint fill you wipe the excess off right away what is on the towel you use? Or is it just a dry towel
I use a makeup pad (the flat one, not the puffy cotton kind) and add a bit of acetone. It takes off most of it if you keep it flat. Then I let the smears dry overnight and wipe them the next day with a drop of acetone on an eye glass cleaning wipe (a fairly flat microfiber towel). I have a paint fill tutorial video back there somewhere. I used to use rubbing alcohol but acetone is 1000% better
@@BradMeehan thank you so much. I need to repaint the numbers on my T100s irons