supo Posted December 9, 2010 Report Share Posted December 9, 2010 gents....., can anyone tell me what to do with my raw headed irons that have accumulatd an inordinate amount of rust from being left in a a damp concrete environ for 10 months. they were in greta cond. hardly used really but in the interim they have rusted all over the face, i hear "coke" does something . i presume the rust will clog up the grooves. or is this prefectly ok, they look terrible! i have some sword oil is it just a matter of oiling these puppies and so be it or is there more important work needed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoon Posted December 9, 2010 Report Share Posted December 9, 2010 i just use wd40, but i prefer baby oil and clean with steel wool. i used to be OC about oiling my wedges afer every use etc but now i just leave them be. for coke i use it for cleaning my old copper, manganese bronze ping putters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supo Posted December 9, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 9, 2010 i just use wd40, but i prefer baby oil and clean with steel wool. i used to be OC about oiling my wedges afer every use etc but now i just leave them be. for coke i use it for cleaning my old copper, manganese bronze ping putters. tks buddy. tink il get a steel brush and sword oil and bring m back to life. cheers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gbs Posted December 13, 2010 Report Share Posted December 13, 2010 gents....., can anyone tell me what to do with my raw headed irons that have accumulatd an inordinate amount of rust from being left in a a damp concrete environ for 10 months. they were in greta cond. hardly used really but in the interim they have rusted all over the face, i hear "coke" does something . i presume the rust will clog up the grooves. or is this prefectly ok, they look terrible! i have some sword oil is it just a matter of oiling these puppies and so be it or is there more important work needed? I had similar experience with my yururi before. What i did was dip in petrol or kerosene and brushing it. if the rust has gotten through badly maybe you could use a thin metal just to remove the rust in between the grooves. (don't use thick metal so that you can retain the grooves) after all that process then use either the sword oil or Singer oil (sewing machine oil). That should do the trick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supo Posted December 13, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 13, 2010 I had similar experience with my yururi before. What i did was dip in petrol or kerosene and brushing it. if the rust has gotten through badly maybe you could use a thin metal just to remove the rust in between the grooves. (don't use thick metal so that you can retain the grooves) after all that process then use either the sword oil or Singer oil (sewing machine oil). That should do the trick. there the ones im talking about. i havnt seen em yet , dad told me they are in need of TLC. get em thursday. looksl ike i got a nice little chore for thurs arvo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shambles Posted December 13, 2010 Report Share Posted December 13, 2010 I have no idea of how bad the rust development is on your club, nor if it's even rust and not just the darkness of the metal. I suggest you just wash thoroughly with clean water and brush vigorously with a stiff nylon brush, stiff enough to clean your bathroom floor, or driveway. Subsequently, run your thumb along the grooves and all over the face and back, feeling for pits and sharp spots, which would be indicative of rust damage. I doubt it will be that damaged as it takes rust a fair amount of time to eat metal unless it's gun steel, galvanized steel, or some other hardened steel. Mild steel is very resistant to rusting and I think many or most raw wedges would be made of that metal as it's cheaper and a lot easier to work. However there are different grades of mild steel so you still need to examine closely. If you want the lazy man's way of cleaning your clubs, find a small plastic container that can hold enough water to cover the hosel and add a few tablets of denture cleaner. I left a BeCu putter to soak overnight and found a very clean putter the next morning. Shambles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FatMan Posted January 16, 2011 Report Share Posted January 16, 2011 there the ones im talking about. i havnt seen em yet , dad told me they are in need of TLC. get em thursday. looksl ike i got a nice little chore for thurs arvo. S, were you able to resurrect your sticks? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supo Posted January 17, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2011 S, were you able to resurrect your sticks? ah yea forgot abt this sorry yes! got back and they wernt as bad as i expected for a start. there was spotting all over them and Dad had some fine steel wool in the garage . so i took this and polished the backs of the heads lightly and pretty much all of it ground away easily , no scratch marks on the heads either. i took a steel brush to the faces and every speck is gone. polished them all up with some sword oil and viloa......., instant golf club heads agn. they are in good nick agn now. took the DG s400s out nad put some super peening orange sst pured in there and wow got some white iomic x evols on them. they look money baby! they feel totally differnt now. th dispersion is tighter by a noticeable way on off centre shots and they launch low still. used them in some heavy wind in the comp at "longy" and made some tough shots without the ball blowing in to the sea. i was contemplating shiping them out , but i kinda like having them in oz left them and a set of tour stage 901s there this time for my next jaunt down. theres something thing wrong with me i just cant hit heads with DG shafts in them what is that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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