The first video only showed a club that had the grip already installed with air. This one answers the question “what about removing a normally-installed grip?”
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Re-grip golf clubs with tire inflator, Part 2
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lol i bought the nozzle for my air station so i could do this. It works but DO NOT spray air in at full force lol. I blew up my old Titlest 3 wood grip by doing it wide open. Also I tried an empty paper towel roller and it blew up too so the PVC will be much better. Just experiment with some old clubs/grips etc. and you and I will get the hang of it. Great video.
about how many psi are you using to do that?
@lilceazy87: With the conventional compressor, I find that 60 psi works well.
This is awesome! Going to try this myself as soon as I can! Thanks for sharing!
It works awesome. Just took off a 24" belly putter grip that way. Took a while for the air to travel down the grip and break the bond between the tape and inside surface. I used about 80-90 psi
This actually works! Thanks for sharing and saving me time!
I'm glad it helped!
I will try that but I got a few questions…
Should I put new double sided tape?
If I put new tape, should i put any solvent in it to help?
Thanks!!!
No, if you are going to install with air, just use masking tape. Then squirt a small dab of solvent on the inside of the mouth of the grip. Then blow the grip onto the club. Look at my first video on this subject if you have not seen it. Thanks for your question and hit em straight!
Using a tire inflator to expand and separate your grip from the tape is an innovative way to take your old grip off without ruining it in the process.
This video presents a neat way to remove grips from clubs using forced air instead of cutting the grip, may not always work but if it does great way to save and reuse the old grip.
Really cool video on how to take a grip off without having to bring any sharp tools in the equation. I have never seen or heard of that method for taking a grip off before so I found it very interesting to learn that and I will definitely try and put it into practice sometime
Perfect. Thank you so much.
ummm, sorry, when I change my grips, it's because they need to be changed, so…..why would I worry about saving them??? Right? If the grip isn't working, for whatever reason, you change it. Why would you then think it would work better on a different club? Right? Is this some hobby I've never heard of before? Some exclusive club, say.."One Handed Grippers Society", LMAO. Send me all your used grips, I'll grind them up and use them for artificial turf fill – which is all they're good for!
PS This is the fastest, easiest, and safest way to change a golf grip, bar none. Great explanation and realistic DIY set up. You can also buy a special tool made specifically for this by one or two commercial grip companies. Won't name them because I have no affiliation with any and not trying to sell anything. Just google air regripping golf clubs….give you a whole list of ways and products. Thanks for sharing something useful with everyone. Peace.
One thing this technique saves, without doubt, are your graphite shafts! Don't want to be knicking those things up with sharp blades or your liable to split the shaft on impart, or have it fly apart on you at extension. Even using the special curved grip removal tools can take a nice, long scrape off a composite shaft deep enough to get through to the protective outer coating, which destroys the integrity of the shaft and it WILL malfunction sonner or later.
and don't be so cheap that you don't even replace the tape, or forego using a good solvent to clean the area of old adhesive. It costs like $8 for 200 yards of extra tacky double sided tape and a litte bit of solvent to get things started. You only put enough to get the grip started, though it doesn't matter in the end. If you soak the entire length of tape, you'll just blow solvent all over the place, but the grip stays secure, as it should, once any remaining solvent evaporates Cheers
actually, you have several options when it comes to tape. First, you can peel all tape off, clean the shaft with a good solvent, and apply the grip without any tape at all – the method most often recommended by the commercial grip companies. Rubber has a property that causes it to adhere to smooth surfaces when it's stretched – it's a friction thing. 2nd, if the old tape is still intact & smooth, you can leave it in place or add more tape over it. Lastly, you can peel and replace the tape.
the point is, you don't want to try to apply the grip over a STICKY SURFACE!!! It is VERY HARD TO DO!!! Trust me. Unless you do this sort of thing all the time, you'll find it nearly impossible to get the grip seated all the way to the butt. It'll catch and drag the whole way and you'll have to restart time, after time, after time. If you remove the tape, clean the shaft, let it dry, then do the air install. The grip will slide all the way to the end like buttah'….continued..
when it's reached the very end, you seat the grip by pushing hard on the butt end. Then, while applying air, you stretch the grip down the shaft an extra inch or so, release the air and let the grip go. It'll start to rebound a little, then stop. That connection is even stronger than if you used tape, which is why most pro's have their clubs re-gripped in this manner now. If you want to sculpt the grip, use blue painters tape to build areas up, add air, slide grip,stretch,release..done. YW.
Now a days with the adjustible shafts and heads, you might need to just move your grip to have it line up. Some people like the logo underneath some on top and if you have a grip with a spine on the back side you can more the grip after you get the club "dialed in". With the air you can move it to how you like it. But if the grip is worn up, yeah I agree why try to save it. Even though less chemicals in your life isn't a bad thing.
I tried this on an old grip with an air compressor, BAM! I blew up the grip. It only inflated in one spot. Word to the wise, strip very old grips off with a knife.
Using a plastic pipe I safely removed my grip using an air compressor! Thanks for the great video!
I never made it out.
Pure grips do not require grip tapes for installation.
i use a bicycle pump – does the trick as easy
Thanks for the video and thanks for making it a minute and a half. I just watched a guy take 16 minutes to install a grip using solvent and tape…. SIXTEEN MINUTES… ONE GRIP!
Thank you for this! All the other videos want to take up over 8 minutes to explain this. It barely took you a minute to demonstrate this both taking it off and putting it on. Thanks for appreciating my time.