Help!!!! Golf clubs gone rusty

bluebottle102

As the title says guys two of my club faces have become very rusty since playing on wednesday and I can't understand why!!
I have a set of Cleveland Tour Action irons since the last week of July. I was aware that they would appear to rust over time due to the material used in the club faces, but surely 5 months is quite premature for them to be rusting!!!
Im going back to where i bought them on monday but in the mean time Any info or experience would be appreciated guys!!

fullstop

bluebottle102 wrote: »

As the title says guys two of my club faces have become very rusty since playing on wednesday and I can't understand why!!
I have a set of Cleveland Tour Action irons since the last week of July. I was aware that they would appear to rust over time due to the material used in the club faces, but surely 5 months is quite premature for them to be rusting!!!
Im going back to where i bought them on monday but in the mean time Any info or experience would be appreciated guys!!

Steep them in coke overnight.

Benicetomonty

Like you said its likely theyre supposed to rust over time..the odds are though that the process has been accelerated by not cleaning and drying the clubs after each round, especially after wet days. Cud take a steel brush to em if its very bad. Or you could buy yourself a new set

k.p.h

WD-40 is your only man, water repellent, rust remover and makes them nice and shiny while you are at it.

golfnut1

bluebottle102 wrote: »

As the title says guys two of my club faces have become very rusty since playing on wednesday and I can't understand why!!
I have a set of Cleveland Tour Action irons since the last week of July. I was aware that they would appear to rust over time due to the material used in the club faces, but surely 5 months is quite premature for them to be rusting!!!
Im going back to where i bought them on monday but in the mean time Any info or experience would be appreciated guys!!

I'm not up to speed on that particular model but if they are ment to rust then they seem to be doing their job well.
The oxidation process leads to a ruffer surface which in turn produces more spin.
So as far as I can tell they seems to be working as you were advised.
If they are not ment to rust then that's another matter entirely.

golfnut1

golfnut1 wrote: »

bluebottle102 wrote: »

As the title says guys two of my club faces have become very rusty since playing on wednesday and I can't understand why!!
I have a set of Cleveland Tour Action irons since the last week of July. I was aware that they would appear to rust over time due to the material used in the club faces, but surely 5 months is quite premature for them to be rusting!!!
Im going back to where i bought them on monday but in the mean time Any info or experience would be appreciated guys!!

I'm not up to speed on that particular model but if they are ment to rust then they seem to be doing their job well.
The oxidation process leads to a ruffer surface which in turn produces more spin.
So as far as I can tell they seems to be working as you were advised.
If they are not ment to rust then that's another matter entirely.

P.s. don't know where you play out of but links golf will speed this process up due to the salt from the sea.

Dtoffee

Golf clubs rusting? I rarely bother drying my clubs and have never seen rust in forty odd years of playing ...... only two things come to my mind, one is where you store the clubs - is it damp and prone to condensation? and number two is that your clubs could be fakes. I say that because one of my friends bought cheap pings in Japan and the shafts rusted (not that he cared).

I have used Cleveland irons for a few years and there was no rust with no care given to them by me.

can you post a photo?

bluebottle102

Thanks for all the responses guys!! I play out of Tullamore so I think the whole sea salt explanation is out the window.
I got these in American Golf so I will call in and see is this the norm for these clubs!!
I seen the 'coke idea' online earlier but was a bit sceptical, has anyone any experience of using this?? I'll try post up a pic of this later

Phoenix Park

Just noticed this thread. I had the same irons maybe 20 years, cheap Fazer ones. Never rusted. Bought a Cleveland lob wedge a year ago and it is now covered in rust along the face. I have other irons, Ping ones, and they never rusted. I noticed the OP had Cleveland irons too. Strange.

Anyway, thanks for the WD 40 tip, i'll try that myself!

EDIT: i keep all the clubs in the car boot, i don't wash or dry them much, just a bit of towelling off after a round. Like i said, only the Cleveland club is affected.

Russman

Phoenix Park wrote: »

Just noticed this thread. I had the same irons maybe 20 years, cheap Fazer ones. Never rusted. Bought a Cleveland lob wedge a year ago and it is now covered in rust along the face. I have other irons, Ping ones, and they never rusted. I noticed the OP had Cleveland irons too. Strange.

Anyway, thanks for the WD 40 tip, i'll try that myself!

EDIT: i keep all the clubs in the car boot, i don't wash or dry them much, just a bit of towelling off after a round. Like i said, only the Cleveland club is affected.

Cleveland wedges are supposed to rust, well, at least they were always supposed to in the past.

Phoenix Park

Fair enough. Just surprised at the extent on it and how quickly it happened too. I don't really mind, its just a bit ugly looking and i have to be careful not to use my fingers to brush any mud off the face as i got a cut from the rust before and i'm not a big fan of tetanus!

Russman

Phoenix Park wrote: »

Fair enough. Just surprised at the extent on it and how quickly it happened too. I don't really mind, its just a bit ugly looking and i have to be careful not to use my fingers to brush any mud off the face as i got a cut from the rust before and i'm not a big fan of tetanus!

not sure they should be THAT rusty though....

Dtoffee

Cleveland wedges may rust by design, but the rest of the irons should not unless they are gunmetal TA5s ........ did you google cleveland irons rusting?

American Golf has a good reputation and should be more than happy to help you. I was in their Tallaght shop today and walked out a happy camper with a Nike SQ driver (2nd hand in great nick), a Calvin Klein Tee Shirt and a dozen Srixon AD333s for under a hundred.

and no I am not an employee !!!

Rikand

There used to be a thing you could do many years ago, get your clubs " re-chromed " I think it was. Something like that. Might still be an option, but I have no idea what it entails or where you could get it done

Fursttimer

fullstop wrote: »

Steep them in coke overnight.

This.

Redzah

Wet a brillopad and rub them with it, will take the rust off in no time and won't damage clubs in anyway.

Senna

Some Cleveland clubs are designed to rust, this can happen very quickly (some people leave them in salt to speed up the process, wedges mostly) and it is a benefit, not a design fault, as long as you bought them knowing they would rust and bought them for that reason and not as a mistake. More rust equals more spin, the set you have (i presume) will perform as designed.

However it sound like you dont want them to rust and so maybe a different set would be best. I had a set of wilsons that had a nice rust patch over the sweet spot, i loved them and although i'm not good enough to benefit fully from this design, i did feel i got more spin off them.

bluebottle102

Thanks for all the comments guys!! Called into American golf and he recommended using the Brillo pad too so I'll try that idea today. Apologies for not putting up a photo of the problem I'm on my phone do can't upload one!!!

k.p.h

Don't forget to apply some WD40 afterwards, it's a water repellent and will protect them from rusting again. Lethal stuff :cool:

JOSman

I agree with KPH. Use a plastic kitchen pad first then after drying, spray the WD40 onto the shaft with a paper towel behind the club (while spraying).

This should clean up the clubs nicely.

Keep the head down.

TGoodall

The coke thing works great, I have a few vokey wedges and they rust a lot (by design) and when I clean them I leave them in cola over night and the results are unbelievable. It puts you off drinking coke for a while though.

I like the rusty look so I never use WD40 after cleaning but if you want them to stay shiny dry them and oil them.