Can you remove a golf grip with compressed air from a tire inflator if it was installed with double sided tape and solvent. I try and answer that question here.
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LOL!!! this video might go viral! The look on your face when it blew was priceless! I blow on all my grips and would recommended using safety glasses anytime pressurized air is being injected in a grip… I enjoy both of your channels… keep up the good work… 🙂
We use a PVC pipe. It's big enough to fit over most grips. Still lose a few here and there.
Love the fail, thanks for sharing the reality….glad you were not injured
can you show a close up of the insert fitting
Sir you are a class act, showing a real life failure! Thnx. And I had fun watching
i use a cardboard mailing tube used for posters that i cut down, and i have never had a blow out! that said, i only use a tire inflator attached to the car and do a lot less regripping than you do!! keep up the great work!
last time I blew mine off, it didn't fail, but the grip deformed to the point where it's unusable
I syringe solvent in end of grip and use compressed air. Just have end of grip tilted down at same time you put air in . That way it will slowly blow the solvent through grip and delaminating tape off grip. Works 99% of time on most grips also
Hi, you could use a tube with just the right diameter to slide it on. Don't make it too long. you should be able to keep the end of the grip squeezed close with your hand to avoid a channel were the air escapes. It mostly fine when the grip expands evenly too the tubes inner diameter without making bubbles.
I use a syringe and white spirit. Inject it, twist, works Great every time.
Great video. Showing people they way not to do things is as important as showing the correct way.
Cut ‘em off! 🙄
Damn
I really like your channel. I was wondering : do you have any experience with PURE grips? I personally love them because they are so easy to work with. Curious about your thoughts
Where's your PPE?!?!
I watched a clubmaker trying to pull a grip yesterday with compressed air, the grip split. One of the things with the grip is it was a counterfeit GolfPride grip that the person that owned the club didn't even know ws counterfeit until the club repair people told him. I got to touch one of the grips and they were some harsh feeling grips. The club repair people told me that the guy liked the grips and wanted to keep them.
I wonder if you could make a steel pipe with a connection on the end to connect the air compressor to that would keep the grip from exploding but be safe in various sizes.
I've never had luck. They balloon out a side
I've had good and bad luck using air to remove grips,,mcc plus 4 don't seem to want to come off ripping the upper end cords and ballooning
Don’t understand why you cut the pvc in half I use a length of pvc pipe that is not quite the full length of the grip. You are not going to save all the grips but I’ve had about an 80% success rate over the years removing grips that have been put on with double sided tape. I use a larger compressor with a pure grip nozzle that allows you to regulate the air you are putting into the grip which would be a lot easier than your setup.
Jeez… I didn’t expect it to blow!
AJ… Is there anyway you can get solvent in there with pressurised air? Surely that might loosen it all up…. Cheers… 👍
If you use a needle gun to put a couple of squirts of solvent and use the compressed air, it works very well.
I use a old club tube cut to grip length it works well.
There are no failures in life only learning opportunities. I think the lesson learned is install with air remove with air, install with solvent remove with knife.
I have remove 100's of Rubber grips, I use a Schedule 40 , 1 1/2 in x 12 in long PVC pipe uncut long ways, The real secret is to leave the grips butt end hanging out around two inches, so that you can twist with two finger and the thumb. The air will start the air down the grip sides and all at one moment in time the grip will break free you start removing it at the same time, and you have a grip to use for another clubs. Let me know if you would like a demo of my method….Thanks for all that you do for the Golf Club Repair community..
Great video AJ 😂. My club maker takes off grips using a needle tipped oil can. One injection about a third of the way down the grip, squirt wriggle and massage it down. If it’s being stubborn do it again another third of the way down. If it’s still being stubborn then warm the grip for a literal few seconds with a heat gun. So far recovered everything I’ve given him with zero failure rate. One or two small needle size holes in a rubber grip are completely unnoticeable and don’t affect regripping ability at all 😄👍
Removed many grips, for re-use, by injecting solvent into several spots around the grip using a hypodermic syringe, works every time and I don't even own a vice.
The compressed air is an option maybe the 1st. But if don’t work the hanger and solvent Meath I’d should be next. Thanks for showing the fails. No shame in it .