My Best Restoration (So Far) 

Do it bro. That will be so rewarding for you.

@@amoonduh21 Thank you 😊

Thank you. This club is my favorite. And the video is super chill. I call it "informative StonerVision".

Me too! Same set!

Thanks, Jon. I love the face on this one.

Thank you. I was really proud of this one.

did you do any video of hitting it? would be cool to see! cheers Bad!@@BradMeehan

Thank you! Cheers!

Yes!

@@BradMeehan I have a set of these exact irons and want to make them raw! Did I miss the raw video?

@@claytonj7590 check out the "Make it black" video. It's in that one.

Thanks, Hunter. This is one of my favorites!

Hell yeah. Thanks, H!

Lol. I always say the richest man in the UK is the umbrella maker.

@@BradMeehan if I sent you the sombreros would you refurb them? Just cover postage and they’re yours

Perfect comment here. These clubs are my canvas.

I appreciate that! Please share with someone who loves to chill and watch these transformations!

It's quite durable. You'll see when you sand a club to remove scratches. It takes a LOT of sanding to wear it down. Someone in my DIY golf facebook group just tried a product called Reprochrome that is more durable than the nickel. So there are options for the DIY crew if you don't want to pay to have them professionally chromed.

Did you see they returned with a new wing-back MT-86? They look awesome. www.macgregorgolf.com/more-pages/mt86-irons/

@@BradMeehan Yes just had a look beautiful-The new logo looks a little like Maura When I was in my early teens (I am now 72) Macgregor was only to be dreamed about) Thank you for such a great channel

I only did it before because early on, I blasted away a bit the plating because I didn't know how to control it, and im using a pretty aggressive media in the gun. Lower pressure with glass bead would allow you to do it after. If you're doing a matte finish on the entire club, I'd still do it beforehand.

I rubbed it for a long time! I was trying to avo8d sanding and polishing again. It slowly removed it but by bit. The nickel is quite durable. I sanded the remaining bits of nickel off this club for maybe an hour, so imagine how many strokes of play that could be. It's not as durable as Chrome, but it's pretty tough.

They're scotch Brite belts. They're the texture of a kitchen scrub pad, so they're measured in Fine, Medium, and Coarse. I hardly use the coarse because it's pretty aggressive.

The nickel is just there to delay rusting again and to provide some scuff prevention. You can leave it and wipe it with corrosion prevention spray or a sealant, but that's not sustainable and it will only delay the inevitable. Modern clubs (non-forged clubs) you can just polish and you're done because they don't rust. But exposed carbon steel will rust again eventually.

Yeah, there's a calculation but I add a sip or two throughout the boil.

Good eye. Yes they were chrome. Probably just edited for time. But yes, it needs to be removed.

There's still nickel on it, so not purely raw. I have a video called Make it Black where I remove all the nickel to make it raw.

@@BradMeehan what would you see if you did not remove the nickel, will you run into issues down the road or are they still be good to go?

@@sawyer7as It's a mini sandblaster

I got you: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ILSuEPAtgtg.html

This is the one I use: www.golfworks.com/3m-scotchbrite-finishing-belts/p/mt0004/

@@BradMeehanthank you!

You could lightly sand with like a 1000 grit to make it hazy, then spray clear coat on top of it (after you clean and remove wax/grease) and should look new again. Practice on a shitty thrift store club and get the hang of it. The 2K clear coat has only a 2 day lifespan once you break the seal, so practice, then get on it.

@@BradMeehan absolute gent. Thanks for getting back to me

No, it's aluminum oxide 60 grit media.

The instructions with the kit are horrible. They're don't even describing the same kit (they talk about Part A and B, which is from their 'regular' electroless kit, not the One-Plate). I add a half oz (half of a shot glass) of solution at the beginning and the other half at 15 minute mark. TOTAL guess work, but it's inline with a forum post I read where the responder recommended only a few milliliters at the 15 min mark.

Thank you for the reply. When you say 15min mark, do you mean every 15min while each club is in the bath?

@@felloffmybike1775 Yes. With traditional electroplating, you're stealing nickel from the anode plates. With electroless, the nickel comes from the solution itself, so you have to replenish it along the way.

And each club roughly takes about how long to plate? I’d assume a couple hours? So you’re standing by and every 15min adding a half oz? I thought the rep said you can do 12 clubs before adding replenishment? Damn, feeling confused 😕

​@@felloffmybike1775 I'm plating it for 30 minutes, so i add it once during the cycle. Yes, you're supposed to get 12 before it's completely useless, but if you replenish, you keep the solution at an appropriate level and it won't 'crash' (according to their insufficient documentation). I know it's confusing and i've reached out to their support for clearer guidance. Electroplating (with anodes) although pretty easy, is more 'difficult' to get right for first timers. But if you learn that process, you can substitute copper or even chrome for nickel. Eventually, the anodes get eaten and you have to replace them. To put in into perspective, I've only replaced my anodes twice since i started this - once because they were too small, and the second time because they were eaten too far. Electroless is VERY easy, the instructions are horrible, and you have to maintain your solution during the plating run. I add a few sips along the way to play it safe. There's ZERO math with my approach, but it's still maintaining its ability to plate.

Ooh what paint did you use those look like a juice match

Thanks, man. I thought about what I wanted to finish this club for about a month and kept envisioning the contrast of the copper against the shiny club face. Turned out so cool.

@@BradMeehan yeah love the look of copper. I've got my dad's old Tommy Armour blade putter with a leather wrap grip and that's gonna be the first thing I work on when everything comes in from Amazon. The cursive writing on a golf club just looks classy.

Thank you. Check out my latest... it's cool to watch it all unfold.

Lol. We have six kids already. What's one more? My house looks like an orphanage at this point.

@SPCFOGUS thank you! Yes I have fb group called "DIY golf club restoration". Check it out when you get a chance