Amazing, as a club builder for many years, I just started to restore irons and this info is invaluable to the process. All now is to get experience doing it right
Well done guys. May I suggest 2 improvements to take it to the next level? (1) I weigh each head first before starting any work, and weigh again after completion. That reveals what mass is lost (if any) by grinding out the blemishes, and the appropriate lead weight can then be added to the tip of the shaft by the club assembler. (2) I sand blast the face once all the polishing is complete but before the plating process. Beautiful appearance eliminating the chance of damaging the chrome finish. Cheers. John
I love how in your videos you are so thorough from the incoming inspection, documenting existing status, and literally every step and thought process you're completing along the way until the final shipped out product. Extremely well done and very educational both from a trades perspective as well as how job shop business flow works. Love it and thanks for the videos!
I would NEVER dare to use those diamonds of refurbished golf club heads just because of the beauty of them. But then again, they were made for adventure. It's almost just like our own lives. We will have to accept to get some bruzes and scratches in order to fully enjoy our lives.
My MP5's are pretty dinged up, I'd send them in if I didn't think I'd go right back out and mash them up again. These irons are soft, and true beauties. Well done!
After watching this entire video I had to go back to the beginning & look at the original condition of the club heads. Truly amazing work!! To remove all of those nicks & scratches ... by hand none the less!! Craftsmanship & Alchemy at the highest level. I'd be proud to own those Mizu's.
Man my friend...all that work is worth alot of time and money...looks like it's more cost effective to by new ones unless......you just do it for yourself and re sell. That's a great idea beats me using sanding sticks and a scotchbrite . Nicely done
Sign me up, take my money. I bought an old set of Mizunos and I love them, but I would really love to have them restored. Unfortunately shipping them there would probably cost more than the restoration itself.
One thing I wish I had was a media blaster, I love restoring old clubs, working on my set of Nike SQ Machspeeds at the moment but the resurfacing of the face would be much easier with one
I was a trainee metal finisher back in the early 80's (got out of it quickly - too dirty for me!!)and looking at this takes me back to working in the chrome plating area of the business. I have to be honest I haven't kept up with the technology but recall that we always use to degrease in tricloroethylene after the polishing process before livening up the surface, just like to know whether this is something you did before the pre plating cleaning operation. Great job on the irons
I always found guitar restoration quite satisfying to watch. As a golfer playing Mizuno MP-32s, I'll now add golf club restoration to that shortlist of most satisfying things to watch. 🙌🏻 My irons have a "satin" finish, which I guess is little more than slightly roughed-up chrome? Could you do that as well?
Yes we do that. Here is a link to a video of some before we sent them out to a customer in Canada ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-wWmIAMrz6sA.html
This is amazing. You really create something beautiful here 2 questions: Is Copper weak? What would happen if someone wanted to leave it on the copper layer. Id love to have my MP32s restored but left on copper if it would hold up How much do you charge for a job like this?
Most of the marks on irons are created by bag clatter. Just use iron head covers on your new clubs. My Mizunos MP63s are 8 years old and look as good as new.
Is any consideration being given to the grooves of these irons when restoring them? I have to imagine a build up of mass from the plating process may reduce the groove depth, especially for older irons on which the grooves may have already worn thin. Just curious, would be something to consider if these clubs are to be put into play as it could effect the performance of them. Absolutely love this long-form content, please keep it coming!
Absolutely awesome job. However, I'm intrigued. On you Titleist vid you shot-blasted before final chroming, but on your Mizuno vid you shot-blasted after. Is there a particular reason for this?
whats the best someone without all this can do to their irons with items from a hardware store? obviously i know it will be minimal but whats the best one can do to spruce up their old irons, happy to spend a bit of cash to experiment with some of my old ones.
Can layers of feel iron heads be simply de burred to remove deeper marks , compounded and polished to a mirror finish without having them stripped back to bare metal and re chromed?
I've just asked for a price to restore my own. I can't even play anything due to injury and all my other gear has been sold but I can't part with my irons.
Roughly how much does this process cost for a set of irons like these? I have a set of Mizuno blades and they are getting nicked and dinged up in the bag. I'd love to restore them.
I have a set of mizuno irons that I would like to have restored as well . I live in Phoenix AZ in USA . Do you know of any companies that offer this type of process in the US ? I’d also be happy to send them over to your shop . I will send you an email tomorrow . Thank you !
I'm interested in having some clubs restored, how can i go about that? I have emailed a few times already to you guys, do you have the time to take on new clients at this time?
@@ChromeandCarRestoration Does that pricing matter how much rust is on them? I have my uncle's old MacGregor M/T set and they're an absolute mess. But they're the RST1 model, so maybe its appropriate that I just keep them like that.
With 30 years of experience I would find it difficult to achieve good results with a home plating kit. You also need all the polishing and prep equipment. Short answer is not something you can do effectively at home.
Can you share the voltage and current requirements for the nickel and copper steps? I'm doing this on a small scale at home on channel but I'm struggling with dialing in the power. I'm using 4.5 vdc and 1amp on the nickel and 3 vdc and. 5 on the copper. Am I close? Please see my channel if you can help.
