Scottt
19th May 2008, 09:11 PM
For ages I have wanted to do some work on a putter myself, and when I took delivery of Matt 3 Jab's Scotty Cameron Tei3 Newport 2 last week it immediately screamed out as the flatstick for the job.
Matt had sandblasted it, so it had a cool matte finish, but it was a bit discoloured and had no paintfill.
http://img253.imageshack.us/img253/2456/topolder6.th.jpg (http://img253.imageshack.us/my.php?image=topolder6.jpg)
So first I set to work with some brasso and gave the entire putter a good scrub, then gave it a throrough once-over with acetone to get the dirt and leftover polish out of the engravings and cavities and stuff.
That left me with:
http://img254.imageshack.us/img254/7751/backoldij6.th.jpg (http://img254.imageshack.us/my.php?image=backoldij6.jpg)
and
http://img186.imageshack.us/img186/8317/bottomoldqy1.th.jpg (http://img186.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bottomoldqy1.jpg)
Then I went to Hobby Co on the top floor of the QVB in the city and picked up some fine-tip paintbrushes and some enamel paint in red and white.
Getting the paint in was surprisingly easy.
Though you use a brush, you don't really need to stroke it. You just touch the brush to the metal and allow the paint to flood the letter/shape. Then you can guide it into corners and stuff with the brush.
You can have some overflow, you just leave it to dry for about 10 minutes, then run a cuetip/earbud dipped in acetone, laid on its side, over the edge of the word or letter or shape you have painted and the extra paint is gone in a flash.
The hardest bit was the dots on the back, because they are filled with elastomer that attaches the insert to the body of the putter, so there is no "resevoir" to fill. It required deft touch and a few re-dos.
I'm really happy with the finished product, and might buy some old putters to put some funky colour schemes on. Might see if I can pick up an old iron set to try some stuff on as well.
"After" pics to follow in next post.
Matt had sandblasted it, so it had a cool matte finish, but it was a bit discoloured and had no paintfill.
http://img253.imageshack.us/img253/2456/topolder6.th.jpg (http://img253.imageshack.us/my.php?image=topolder6.jpg)
So first I set to work with some brasso and gave the entire putter a good scrub, then gave it a throrough once-over with acetone to get the dirt and leftover polish out of the engravings and cavities and stuff.
That left me with:
http://img254.imageshack.us/img254/7751/backoldij6.th.jpg (http://img254.imageshack.us/my.php?image=backoldij6.jpg)
and
http://img186.imageshack.us/img186/8317/bottomoldqy1.th.jpg (http://img186.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bottomoldqy1.jpg)
Then I went to Hobby Co on the top floor of the QVB in the city and picked up some fine-tip paintbrushes and some enamel paint in red and white.
Getting the paint in was surprisingly easy.
Though you use a brush, you don't really need to stroke it. You just touch the brush to the metal and allow the paint to flood the letter/shape. Then you can guide it into corners and stuff with the brush.
You can have some overflow, you just leave it to dry for about 10 minutes, then run a cuetip/earbud dipped in acetone, laid on its side, over the edge of the word or letter or shape you have painted and the extra paint is gone in a flash.
The hardest bit was the dots on the back, because they are filled with elastomer that attaches the insert to the body of the putter, so there is no "resevoir" to fill. It required deft touch and a few re-dos.
I'm really happy with the finished product, and might buy some old putters to put some funky colour schemes on. Might see if I can pick up an old iron set to try some stuff on as well.
"After" pics to follow in next post.