Scotty AOP Newport 2 - refinish or nah?

You may be thinking - it’s your putter - do whatever you like. And I get it. But curious what you think. I am lazy so I was thinking about sending it to Continental for the no maintenance finish. But when it arrived it is much better than what I was expecting.

What say you? Refinish or leave it alone?

Gamer? Nah. Looks great like it is.

leave it alone - it looks great as it is. shows character. rub it down with some baby oil or food grade silicone if you want to try and avoid more rust spots. either way - it would go straight into the bag.

> @Yanki01 said:

> leave it alone - it looks great as it is. shows character. rub it down with some baby oil or food grade silicone if you want to try and avoid more rust spots. either way - it would go straight into the bag.

Didn’t know food grade silicone would work. When I posted I figured there would also be some suggestions so thank you for that.

> @kdog25 said:

> > @Yanki01 said:

> > leave it alone - it looks great as it is. shows character. rub it down with some baby oil or food grade silicone if you want to try and avoid more rust spots. either way - it would go straight into the bag.

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> Didn’t know food grade silicone would work. When I posted I figured there would also be some suggestions so thank you for that.

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i've gone through multiple yellow cloths scotty cameron has specifically for these types of putters. they've gone dry and by recommendation a good option was CRC food grade silicone. i spray it on a spare yellow cloth and wipe mine down.

I have one just like it and love it. I saw this putter on the BST the other day for a great price and was so pissed I missed out on it. Don't do anything to it. It looks fantastic.

You could always change the paint fill on it yourself which is pretty easy, but def don't refinish it.

> @GolfWithdrawals said:

> You could always change the paint fill on it yourself which is pretty easy, but def don't refinish it.

Thanks for the suggestion but no, I couldn’t. Haha. I’m terrible with my hands. If I tried that the results would be horrible.

This the only thing I’ve ever used and I’ve never experienced any rust issues with my carbon steel putters.

“I have had many people ask what I use to protect steel putters, be it carbon or stainless. There is only one product I can recommend, and no it is not baby oil. It is a product from CRC and is a silicone spray. It is Electrical Grade, Multi Purpose Silicone, Lubricates, Waterproofs, & Protects With A Thin, Clear, Non-Staining Film, For Metal & Non-Metal Surfaces. It is a food grade silicone spray. It is non oily, it does not loosen paint, it is dry in a few seconds, it does not react with fertilizers or other chemicals you encounter on putting greens, it does not smell, etc. Yes there are other similar products out there but many have qualities that I do not like and which I think can cause problems.”

You can order it through this link.

http://www.idealtruevalue.com/servlet/the-13365/Detail

> @mjf34g said:

> This the only thing I’ve ever used and I’ve never experienced any rust issues with my carbon steel putters.

> “I have had many people ask what I use to protect steel putters, be it carbon or stainless. There is only one product I can recommend, and no it is not baby oil. It is a product from CRC and is a silicone spray. It is Electrical Grade, Multi Purpose Silicone, Lubricates, Waterproofs, & Protects With A Thin, Clear, Non-Staining Film, For Metal & Non-Metal Surfaces. It is a food grade silicone spray. It is non oily, it does not loosen paint, it is dry in a few seconds, it does not react with fertilizers or other chemicals you encounter on putting greens, it does not smell, etc. Yes there are other similar products out there but many have qualities that I do not like and which I think can cause problems.”

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> You can order it through this link.

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> http://www.idealtruevalue.com/servlet/the-13365/Detail

Thanks. Love the no smell part. I did have a carbon putter in the past. I used eezox which seemed to work but the smell gave me a headache. And from what I remember it could mess with the paint fill. I didn’t have that issue but read here it could happen.

I use Hoppe's Silicone Gun and Reel Cloth on all my carbon steel putters. Any Hunting/Outdoor/Sporting Goods stores should carry it and it's very inexpensive.

https://www.hoppes.com/cleaning-accessories/silicone-gun-and-reel-cloth

It's already been refinished once by the look of the face milling

refinishing it again might make it pretty light. Lead tape would fix that, though some don't like the look

I think it looks great as is. Game away!

> @BYK said:

> It's already been refinished once by the look of the face milling

> refinishing it again might make it pretty light. Lead tape would fix that, though some don't like the look

> I think it looks great as is. Game away!

The milling stood out to me so maybe you’re right. Any way to know for sure? Weighing? How much is typically lost when a putter is remilled?

And I wasn’t even considering remilling.

Thanks for the input and anything else you can add.

The face milling is a dead give away for the refinish (the fish tail pattern that goes off to the toe)

also the soft edges of the neck and the engraving of the neck looks very shallow on the face side.

How much weight is lost is totally dependent on how beat it was before the refinish

This one looks like it had quite a bit of weight taken off to me. Only way to know is to weigh the head. Might be a good idea for you to do, and easy enough to do as well.

Even though it's been refinished, it's a very sweet putter

> @BYK said:

> The face milling is a dead give away for the refinish (the fish tail pattern that goes off to the toe)

> also the soft edges of the neck and the engraving of the neck looks very shallow on the face side.

> How much weight is lost is totally dependent on how beat it was before the refinish

> This one looks like it had quite a bit of weight taken off to me. Only way to know is to weigh the head. Might be a good idea for you to do, and easy enough to do as well.

> Even though it's been refinished, it's a very sweet putter

Thanks. As bad as I suck with my hands I can do that and just did. Was too curious to wait. It’s 320.5 grams.

Leave it alone.

Another vote to leave it alone. It looks awesome the way it is!

Thats an Oval Track ( look it up ) I wouldn't touch it!!

> @tobybear said:

> Thats an Oval Track ( look it up ) I wouldn't touch it!!

Yea I know a little bit about that. I know they’re not as common. I’ll research further as I’m not sure there are any other differences. Thank you.

> @kdog25 said:

> > @BYK said:

> > The face milling is a dead give away for the refinish (the fish tail pattern that goes off to the toe)

> > also the soft edges of the neck and the engraving of the neck looks very shallow on the face side.

> > How much weight is lost is totally dependent on how beat it was before the refinish

> > This one looks like it had quite a bit of weight taken off to me. Only way to know is to weigh the head. Might be a good idea for you to do, and easy enough to do as well.

> > Even though it's been refinished, it's a very sweet putter

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> Thanks. As bad as I suck with my hands I can do that and just did. Was too curious to wait. It’s 320.5 grams.

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Yup

I thought it would be light, but at that weight, this might have been refinished twice.

Just throw on some lead tape, and put that baby in your bag!

Leave it alone, just keep oiled or Silicone spray. And no on the lead tape, have someone remove the head and install a 10 gram brass weight just inside the shaft with epoxy. Heck send it to me and I'll do it pro bono.

> @oneaugusta said:

> Leave it alone, just keep oiled or Silicone spray. And no on the lead tape, have someone remove the head and install a 10 gram brass weight just inside the shaft with epoxy. Heck send it to me and I'll do it pro bono.

Thanks. Didn’t know of that. I think I can do that if I wanna go that direction but thanks for the offer.

Great putter play it.

I bought one of these just on a year ago in very poor condition and just sanded it and crc'd it. Yours is great as it. Congrats!

Leave as is!