Grips

L.O.F.T

Anyone do their own grips? where have you bought, any decent writeups out there on a how do you do?

Adiaga 2

directgolf.co.uk sell a wide range of grips and grip tape.

Here's a how-to video

kagni

I have bought grips here before - http://www.gamolagolf.co.uk/
Fast postage, and often throws in a few tees for free.

Regripping is easy to do...
-If you want you can use a marker to mark the location of the centre of your current grips, it makes it easier to align the new grips afterwards.
-Cut off the old grip. Be careful not to cut into the shaft if it's graphite.
-Remove old tape and wipe off old glue residue using white spirits.
(If the tape is difficult to remove try heating it up with a heat gun if you have one).
-Put new double sided grip tape on shaft, then remove backing from tape.
-Get your new grip and plug the hole in the end with a tee.
-Pour some white spirits into grip (about quarter fill it).
-Put your thumb over the mouth of the grip and give it a good shake to coat the inside of the grip with white spirits.
-Pour the white spirits in the grip all over the tape until it feels slippy.
-Without wasting too much time - remove the tee from the grip hole and slide the grip onto the shaft, try to do this in one move to avoid the grip getting stuck.
You will have time to align the grip and make sure it's not twisted.
Clean up the shaft with a paper towel and white spirits and you are done.

L.O.F.T

Thanks Kagni, that is cracking value on that site you have linked.

kagni

L.O.F.T wrote: »

Thanks Kagni, that is cracking value on that site you have linked.

Yeah, they are hard to beat alright - I regripped my woods with the Golf Pride V55's for £1.70 each!

jimmystars

Bought grips on ebay. Golf pride multicompound 10 for £40 p+p £5. Not a bad deal considering some of the crap you can buy off that site.

Sandwich

Well worth a go yourself. Some grips are easier than others tho. Bitch when they get stuck and has happened to me a couple of times - take a bit of persuasion to finish the job then. But normally no probs.

Bought a couple of Golfpride last weekend in McGuirks. €6 each.

milltown

Another vote for DIY here!
Got my grips from the place Kagni linked and fitting them took less than an hour for 3 iron to SW. Piece of cake tbh but might be a bit of a pain if you don't have access to a vice with soft jaws. A few people (on here) warned against doing it myself, saying it was a job for a shop trained pro, citing the possibility/likelihood of not lining them up perfectly. Honestly, who lines up a shot solely by looking at the alignment marks on the grip, ignoring the lie of the club head on the ground behind the ball you're going to be looking at? Putter grips, maybe. Round grips? Pfft, go for it.

Procedure is exactly as Kagni says. First one might take you 15 minutes, last one will take you 2 minutes. Just leave the clubs standing for at least four or five hours, preferably more, after the new grips go on so the tape gets the longest possible time to set.