grip solvent
Stephen A. Sharpe, CET
Grip Solvent?
Can anyone suggest an alternative to this chemical or even tell me what
it's chemical name is so I can purchase it locally.
Bruce C. Byrd
>Grip Solvent?
Mineral Spirits works just fine.
James A. Bergmann
On Tue, 13 Aug 1996 14:13:30 -0700, "Stephen A. Sharpe, CET"
<sha...@plato.ucs.mun.ca> wrote:
>Grip Solvent?
>
>Can anyone suggest an alternative to this chemical or even tell me what
>it's chemical name is so I can purchase it locally.
Buy water solvent tape. The solvent come from the tap!
jber...@execpc.com
James A.Bergmann
Bryan Lewis
I use charcoal lighter fluid. It's cheep and comes in a handy squeeze
bottle!
Bryan
Don Thompson
"Stephen A. Sharpe, CET" <sha...@plato.ucs.mun.ca> wrote:
>Grip Solvent?
>Can anyone suggest an alternative to this chemical or even tell me what
>it's chemical name is so I can purchase it locally.
Yeah, grip solvent is a misnomer. The grip is held onto either steel
or graphite with the glue from double sided tape. Any mild solvent
will tend to react with the tape glue. I've had great luck with Paint
Thinner (also known as Mineral Spirits). Acetone, turpentine, and
Laquer Thinner/Solvent are probably too volatile and are overkill for
the task at hand.
Remember to use in a well ventilated area and to wipe the shaft with a
rag dipped in thinner afterwards to remove excess glue.
Hope this helps!
Don Thompson
Eric T. Mitchell
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William Lalor
In article <321369...@email.whirlpool.com>, Bryan Lewis
<Bryan_...@email.whirlpool.com> wrote:
> James A. Bergmann wrote:
> >
> > On Tue, 13 Aug 1996 14:13:30 -0700, "Stephen A. Sharpe, CET"
> > <sha...@plato.ucs.mun.ca> wrote:
> >
> > >Grip Solvent?
> > >
> > >Can anyone suggest an alternative to this chemical or even tell me what
> > >it's chemical name is so I can purchase it locally.
> >
> > Buy water solvent tape. The solvent come from the tap!
> > jber...@execpc.com
> > James A.Bergmann
>
> I use charcoal lighter fluid. It's cheep and comes in a handy squeeze
> bottle!
>
> Bryan
WD 40 is very good and the grip is ready to use in an hour.
Colin
"Stephen A. Sharpe, CET" <sha...@plato.ucs.mun.ca> wrote:
>Grip Solvent?
>Can anyone suggest an alternative to this chemical or even tell me what
>it's chemical name is so I can purchase it locally.
I am assuming you are using it to put the grips on.
I use double sided tape and ordinary unleaded petrol for the solvent.
It works a treat, never had a grip slip.
Colin M...
R. Brown
> James A. Bergmann wrote:
>
> On Tue, 13 Aug 1996 14:13:30 -0700, "Stephen A. Sharpe, CET"
> <sha...@plato.ucs.mun.ca> wrote:
>
> Grip Solvent?
>
> Can anyone suggest an alternative to this chemical or
> even tell me what it's chemical name is so
> I can purchase it locally.
There are lots of chemicals you can use. The one that dries the
fastest (you can use your clubs within about a half-hour after using
this) is NAPTHA, available at any hardware or paint store.
However, it is, like most grip solvents, highly flammable, and not very
environmentally friendly.
What I use, and I highly recommend, is GOLFSMITH ORGANIC GRIP SOLVENT.
Quoting from their catalogue, it's "a concentrated citrus derivative, is
biodegradable, non-ozone depleting, safe and non-flammable." You gotta
let your grips dry overnight, but it takes the worry out of having
highly toxic and flammable chemicals around the house.
I do my regripping on an upstairs apartment patio with wood floor, and
never worry about setting the place ablaze. [My downstairs neighbor
probably wonders what that "fruit smell" is when the excess drips
through the slats!] :)
A quart of the stuff is just $9.90 from Golfsmith, and will last 3 or 4
regrippings. Golfsmith: (800) 456-3344.
--
RRB
"Never underestimate the power of a single idea to change the world.
After all, it's the only thing that ever has."
Dave Tutelman
In article <3217B6...@flash.net>, R. Brown <r...@flash.net> wrote:
>
>A quart of the stuff is just $9.90 from Golfsmith, and will last 3 or 4
>regrippings. Golfsmith: (800) 456-3344.
Actually, it will last much longer than that, if you use it right.
You can catch the runoff in an aluminum baking dish, and pour it back into
the can every 5 grips or so. There's nothing active in the gripping
"reaction"; the chemistry is completely passive, so you can reuse it as
often as you like. (But bits of the grip frequently wind up in the dish;
consider filtering it through, say, cheesecloth when you pour it back.)
Cheers!
Dave
Mike Schnierle
In article <4v09gr$5...@sol.aec.ca>, DonTh...@aec.ca (Don Thompson) says:
>
>"Stephen A. Sharpe, CET" <sha...@plato.ucs.mun.ca> wrote:
>
>>Grip Solvent?
>
>>Can anyone suggest an alternative to this chemical or even tell me what
>>it's chemical name is so I can purchase it locally.
>
stuff. It will last forever. If you catch it in a paint tray as you use
it, you can pour it right back into the can. As near as I can tell, I will
never have to buy more. The biodegradeable stuff smells like orange juice,
so it probably is a citrus based material. Your clubs will have a similar
smell for a few rounds, but the stuff is much less toxic than the
alternatives.
Mike Schnierle
Sylvia Dunn
Why not use water activated tape? It is now available. Golfworks
carry this tape.
Warren Montgomery
(Lots of good reasons to use a non-flammable, environmentally
freindly one deleted).
>A quart of the stuff is just $9.90 from Golfsmith, and will last 3 or 4
>regrippings. Golfsmith: (800) 456-3344.
I haven't used the organic stuff (I'm not sure they had it when I
first bought it), but the quart can of the normal stuff (also
smells like oranges) I bought from Golfsmith is still virtually
full after making 2 sets and regripping another 2. If you catch the
excess and re-use it, I doubt a hobbiest will ever use it up. Just
do your re-gripping over tray (I use an old teflon lab tray, if you
use plastic, test it first to make sure your solvent of choice
doesn't melt it!), you catch the excess, make almost no mess, and
probably reduce any hazards associated with scattered materials.
PS: Old time readers of this group will recognize "what to use as
grip solvent" as one of those questions that gets asked almost as
often as what to do about carts or slow play. The variety of
answers is truely amazing, and number of household chemicals that
people swear by, are truely amazing. The better question might be
what you CAN'T use as grip solvent.
---
Warren Montgomery
Lucent Technologies, formerly AT&T's systems and technology business
war...@psp.ih.lucent.com or wamont...@lucent.com
Jim Kehler
SDunn...@gnn.com (Sylvia Dunn) wrote:
>Why not use water activated tape? It is now available. Golfworks
>carry this tape.
Try and regrip a set of clubs that were gripped with water activated tape.
You'll never ask the above question again.
miko
SDunn...@gnn.com (Sylvia Dunn) wrote:
>Why not use water activated tape? It is now available. Golfworks
>carry this tape.
>
The water activated tapes that are presently available suffer from TWO
problems...
1) There is a problem with it and some air foam and over-sized grips.
It seems that the water vapour will condense onto the inside of the
grip, rather than pass through and 'dry'. The water in the grip
will then desolve the tape, and the grip spins...This may take
days to show up as a problem...
2) Some water activated tapes DO NOT 'work' with normal
solvents, it's only a problem when you have to regrip...
db miko
Mac Shack Golf
London, Ontario, CANADA
Paul
Mike Schnierle <mike.sc...@paonline.com> wrote in article
<3217b...@news3.paonline.com>...
> Use Mineral Spirits, it is much cheaper than the grip solvent used in
Golf stores.