Custom Scotty on a Budget!......well the custom part :)

Nice job. I like it!

Not bad at all. Much cheaper than a Custom Shop Spa Treatment. And much quicker as well.

how much do i have to pay you to get a similar putter.

awesome work

wait a second...is your secret thread thing a sharpie.....pretty sure its a sharpie

Great job! Your son should be proud to game it over the years. Headcover turned out really good also.

Means much more that you took the time to do it for him.

Terrific work! It really looks professional. You must be a "pro jock". Of course, on your death bed, you will receive total consciousness. So you have that going for you; which is nice.

DING DING DING.......Macglock wins the prize :russian_roulette:

Sharpies make GREAT embroidery dye sticks! I have done caps for years.

sweet....you may have changed my studio select color scheme from Ireland colors to lime green...that looks so good.

Very nice work indeed! Your son should be very proud of the putter and your effort on his behalf!!

you are quite the dad. so cheers to you and Happy Father's Day!!! (early of course)

That one looks sweet!!!

That looks fantastic. You should buy up all the Studio Select headcovers you can get your hands on and sell them for $200 as customs!

That actually looks really amazing. Really nice job, i wish i had the guts to pull that off with my putter haha! I tried once before and kind of just got it all wrong.

Will the colour not come off when sweating on the grip or whatever? Really nice looking putter, your son should be grateful.

Sweet how did you not get any green on the headcover?

Wow, amazing work, great job! You can tell you put a lot of patience and heart into it, turned out very well (much better then my attempts in the past). I'm sure your son will love it, and knowing you did all that work for him, will mean so much more to him.

Would you happen to have a link/picture of the needle dispenser and the paint you used? I can't seem to find a suitable paint and a suitable method for getting in without getting slop everywhere else.

I will post some pics tomorrow of the dispensers that I use for paint fill. It is really the best way to paint fill. I used the same acrylic black on the cirlcles of the headcover as well. To answer the question on sweating....NO the paint on the grip is the same as the manufacturer uses. It is an acrylic enamel that will not bleed or fade. The green on the headcover is Flo Green Sharpie. We have customized our caps embroidery for years with sharpie. It too is permanent and will not bleed and can even be washed. Steady hand and patience is all you need.

Test using sharpie on an old cap embroidery. the stitching needs to be light in color, white or silver accept colors the best. I have even done piping and embroidery on golf bags with sharpie. You can not tell that it is not factory.

Here are pics of Stratton's bag. It was a standard Callaway black/silver bag I bought for $75 on ebay that had just a company name embroidered on the side. I removed that embroidery with an exacto and put my sons initial logo on the side. I then used a sharpie and completely changed the look of the bag. Unfortunately, these pictures don't do it justice. It is bright green and looks cool. Never underestimate what you can do with a Sharpie! :russian_roulette:

The first two pics are pics of the actual bag in the listing on ebay:

Here is his bag now: and YES.....His hybrid covers are Sharpie'd too! :friends:

Holy Cow!!! You are the man, I thought the putter and headcover was sweet. Would have never thought to do that to a bag. :russian_roulette:

Now how much stuff am I gonna mess up before I get this down?? :friends:

That bag looks AWESOME I never thought a SHARPIE would look that good you do EXCELLENT work

Do you have the old grip off yur select?

is the paint you used similar to nail varnish because i heard that works too?

i have never heard of sharpie micro's here in england bbut is it easy as that to just change the colour with them it wont fade?

Yes,

I still have the original red grip that came on the Select. You also dont have to use Sharpie micro's. That is just the first pic I came across when I google'd looking for a sharpie pic. I use big chisel point sharpies as well as the fine points in tight areas. Any color works well if you are coloring lighter colored material. For paint fill, I use a water based acrylic model paint that you get at a hobby or model shop. I use acetone to wipe any excess from overfill. With the needle dispenser, you dont get alot of overfill. On some areas, I paintfill and dont even need to go back and wipe the surface.

Here is the good paint fill technique:

Use a fine needle aplicator to fill the engraved lettering.

Use a business card or your finger to lightly scrape off excess just after filling

Let the paint set for 5 min

Dampen a paper towel edge with acetone or fingernail polish remover (clear)

Lightly stroke across the top with single layer of paper towel around you forefinger

(dont bucnh up the paper towel, you want it to be a flat surface so that you ONLY wipe the top and not down into the paint fill)

Repeat if necessary.

WOW!!! Great job... i'm sure you could make a killing in customization. Your son is a lucky guy!

Here is a pic of one of the needle aplicators that I use for paint fill. You can get the needle in many diameters. I like the smallest to get into small fills and you can fill without even having to wipe the surface. You can control the paint flow and not get any out of the "groove" These are actually glue applicators you find at a model shop, or hobby store that sells modeling equipment. The applicator bottle and needle cost $2 here in austin. You save the paint right in the bottle. Remove the needle top, rinse and insert the needle cleaning wire.

The applicators are actually for glueing acrylic plexiglas, glueing models, and other fine target applications. These are made by a company called A-West in Georgia Here is a pic of the info on the bottles

Awesome work, I sure hope your son appreciates what you've done for him as much as you seem to appreciate him :russian_roulette:

You, sir, are the Martha Stewart of golf. :russian_roulette:

For the person earlier who asked about paint--you can use just about any paint you would find in a hobby store for painting model airplanes or cars and the like. I prefer Testors enamel. They make just about every color you could imagine. I am a big fan of the Blue Metallic Flake and Red Metallic Flake myself.

Here is a true example of what you can achieve by thinking "outside the box". Now my head is spinning thinking what I have available to custom taylor to my own design idea's!

Thanks again for the information, the pictures, and the time. I'm saving this thread for future use.

Sweet! I limed my select as well and was bothered by the non-matching colors on the headcover. Now I know how to fix that! Do you think the lime will cover up the red on the cover or will it need to be black?

I must say, that was a great job man.

Very impressive.

Now the question is, which color scheme to go with? Talyormade staff bag, which is red, black, and yellow....how to tie everything in. Very inspiring work!

P.S. Can we get a Sharpie sponsor? lol

Mac,

Even the lime acrylic paint wont cover the red enough. It is tough to get much of any color on a darker thread like red or anything that is not a very light shade. Use acrylic paint on the dots instead of the black sharpie too. It covers much better and black sharpie leaves a brownish tint. I used my acrylic paint fill with the applicator bottle and it worked like a charm. I then used the sharpie to do the external ring. Believe it or not, it actually looks better in person opposed to these pictures.

That's awesome...I hope he enjoys the Cameron!