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De- rusting wedges


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My advice is simple

DONT ever drink sodas!,!,!,,!

1day in ginger beer i

Can not bel the difference u can see the difference on the hosel from rust to matt

From a lovely brown rust to a smooth dull matt grey

Im not sure what i prefer but ive got plenty of rusty ones so these guys will have to

Do as a matt style for a change they look pretty darn tasty i must say

The acid seriously just ate all the marks away

repainting these a bit ,nice italian colour scheme

berore /after.

before /after . yonex wedges. 8 hours i nthe glug, i didnt gp any firther bec they came out so nicely. totally differnt colour

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Great advise Stew. Use soda to clean golf clubs and avoid drinking it!!

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That wedge is classic! one of the best in it's day.

vinegar, soft sand paper, steel wool & gun blue can bring it sorta near new looking.

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i dodnt know , as ive not done it , but does sand paper take a layer of protection off the club and make it open to rust easier?

on this one i immediatly caked it in corrosion X just in case.

this wedge is magnificent. my gamers in sydney with the bolds. tiny sole HEAVVVVVVy as hell DG tour issue x-100 shaft . schweeeeeeeeeeet wedge

the yonex came up a treat this AM. , the extra night in the pooo really did the trick .

im repainting them. i can not bel they are the same wedges.

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my flow has been vinegar soaking to remove rust, soft sand paper to soften any dings, gun blue, water, steel wool for the new black finish. Works like a charm!

Your protos non conforming right?

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yup.,

took it ot the range last night for a workout .god ilove this thing.

problem is i use the 52* the least of all my clubs. its in that distance range where i dont hit too very much.

ordinarily ill use a driver 6-7 iron on par 4s and driver 3 wood wedge on par 3s so the trusty 52 is basically an insurance wedge for whern i fkkk it up

i just love practising with it tho. weird its my fav club but i hardly ever use it.

what is "gun blue?"

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yup.,

took it ot the range last night for a workout .god ilove this thing.

problem is i use the 52* the least of all my clubs. its in that distance range where i dont hit too very much.

ordinarily ill use a driver 6-7 iron on par 4s and driver 3 wood wedge on par 3s so the trusty 52 is basically an insurance wedge for whern i fkkk it up

i just love practising with it tho. weird its my fav club but i hardly ever use it.

what is "gun blue?"

Gun Blue is a chemical used to blue gun metal. Done right and you get a nice bluish color on the metal like on new guns. Unfortunately it was never intended for the impacts that a golf club goes through so I doubt it's worth the time and trouble to apply it as it does not last too long in use.

I get that whitish gray color by dipping the club heads in a local rust converter. It lasts about 2 or three rounds of use, probably less if you need to wedge a lot of shots. I've come to prefer the brown patina that develops naturally as it's the lowest maintenance. I just clean the clubs with water and leave them in the bag waiting for the next golf day.

Shambles

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Depends on the wedge for me, if it just rusts and does I let it happen and the rust covers the whole head, sometimes I find it really cool, and like the look, but if it just happens and I start getting strange random rust spots on wedges I don't want to rust than its not cool.... I didn't know that totally getting rid of rust could be done so well, I'm going to give it a shot.

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i left the yonex wdge heads semi treated. cud have gone much longer but i kinda liked the blackened rough look.

the faces are clean as a babies bum.

damn was going to sell these , but they look so good , and i ve got a cpl of spare shafts laying about. i might re shaft them.

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Add "COKE" soda to the list of great cleaning products - works well if I must say.

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well that was what i was going to do but i didnt have any ,so i just tried ginger beer, i guess its all the same stuff inside.

new pics of the yonex pre painted up

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Give the gun blue a try, it is used by many crafters in Japan for golf clubs. We ship it by the case to Japan as a favor to manufactures.

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Gold's Factory does a "Gun Blue" finish, is this the same stuff Sasaya-san uses or does he do it a different way/with different materials? His raw gun blue wedges are gorgeous.

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