NEW PING REDWOOD ANSER FINISH!!!

That looks beautiful. Your son is going to love it. If not, let me know!

just curious on why go thru all that trouble when the redwood line has had a black finish as an alternative for a long time now?

Isn't that cheaper than having to send something off?

The Redwood Series pays tribute to the home of the original PING putter—Redwood City, California.

Milled Performance

Made from 303 stainless steel with two finish options—Black Nickel or Black Satin—the series offers both classic and new model shapes designed for players seeking the very best.

Looks nice what is the new finish called? It kind of looks flamed to me.

This putter was bought before the black satin was even available, and I am not a fan of the black satin stock finish on the Redwood. It does have a different feel from the nickel also. It wasn't that expensive to have done what I did either! If I or my son wanted a putter that looked like thousands of others, we would have bought one like the pic you attached.

I am not sure what he calls the finish. It is an oxidized finish though, not a heated finish. I will find out and post.

Nice putter. But your son has a logo? Can you explain?

Dogle,

It started out as a school project, and now turned it into his own logo, it is actually just his initials "S N" Here is Stratton's logo now and what it started out as:

design on the left was the first idea, the one on the right is what he has changed it to:

Dogle,

It started out as a school project, and now turned it into his own logo, it is actually just his initials "S N" Here is Stratton's logo now and what it started out as:

 

design on the left was the first idea, the one on the right is what he has changed it to:

i don't see the "n"...

and may i suggest putting a white sightline in to assisst aiming? i made mine black on my studio style because of glare issues in sunny days... just some clear tape and a marker...

Nice. That finish looks good! I like the look of it verses the 3x look. Almost has a fade to it and you can still see the metal. It does'nt have that painted look.

He's working on an sc newport 2 for me and explained that this new finish allows for the mill marks on the face of the putter to be seen better than say the 3x. Course it also reduces glare, which is my primary reason for having it done. Not to mention his reputation...

But yeah, hats off. That putter looks great. I think either dirty white paint or even no paint. I like it!

NY,

the "N" is pink, **** your head over to the right like Forest Gump and it will appear before your very eyes!

I just did a translucent red and translucent blue paint fill once it drys and I will add some pics. His school colors are red/white/blue, so now he has had me re-paint fill all his clubs from lime green to red/white blue :rolleyes:

Cool looking putter...I agree I like it better than the black finish that comes from Ping...

What kind of paint did you use for the translucent red and translucent blue paint fill??

Thanks,

Ken

You can take any paint you would use for paintfill and add some clear.

That said high gloss paints tend to be a bit more translucent to begin with as well.

Here are the pics with translucent red and translucent blue with a white sight line. I think it looks pretty slick.

~It is not cheap looking~ I think solid colors would be too much. I would like to try clear mixed with white, but it is like Stratton likes it right now, so for the time being......this is how she will be:

I will go over this fill with clear to add more gloss also. On a dark background the translucent paint gives these deep darker shades. On his Scotty, this paint looks TOTALLY opposite.

I use acrylic enamel with needle point dispensers. I do lots of clubs for everyone, not just putters either!

I am not tryin to hijack your thread but, if you don't mind please tell me what the sound slot is for? What does it do?

Thanks

No problem Triton,

The sound slot gives the putter a completely different feel and sound. Putt with an Anser with the Sound Slot and without and you can definately feel and hear a difference. It is not a drastic difference in sound, but it has a little high pitched "ping" to stock sounding head.

My son has a old cast Ping anser with a sound slot and always asked why the Redwoods didn't have them. Not too expensive to have done either. Once I finish the putter tomorrow, he will spend hours in his room test driving it.

Thanks Deerslayer for explaining that!

Nice looking Ping.

thanks... now i see it.

Thanks for the explanation... I like it. I've killed time trying to tie a "L" and "G" together (my initials are LWG), but my artistic skills leave much to be desired. As far as the putter goes, it's quality piece. Your son should be proud.

Niced job! Oh, and you should paint fill his logo like the artwork you posted. That should be a challenge but it would look really cool!

Oh wow, that finish looks way better in your most recent pictures with the paint done. It does look to me more like a chromatic bronze / torched type finish. I like it. Coming from Kevin, is that a plated finish then? Aka, nearly zero maintenance? I might have to look him up for that if so.

Where did you get the Translucent Red paint? Is that sold in stores?

Thanks,

-Josh

I get all of my paint fill paints from a train/model hobby shop. The colors listed with "clear" before the color are translucent. The blue and red match cameron's colors on stuio selects.

Here is a link of the paints that I use.

http://www.tamiyausa.com/product/category.php?sub-id=5900

Sorry, on that link, go to paints and then acrylic X polymer paint in 23ml bottles

Does anyone else think the pictures look different? The second set appears to have more shine.

Does anyone else think the pictures look different? The second set appears to have more shine.

YES there is more shine: 1)First set of pictures were taken mid-day in the shade with a flash

2)Second set of pictures are taken in the same location, but at sunset with no flash. After the paint fill dried, I wiped the head with an oil cloth. I do that to every oxidized finish putter. The "shine" will only last a couple of minutes however. As for the paint fill, it is VERY glossy, being translucent and it looks "wet" at all times.

can you downsize the fonts? A little LOUD!

So which set of pictures does the putter look like?

Indian,

The second set minus the "shine" I will take some more pics this evening of the completed putter shaft & all when I get home.

can you downsize the fonts? A little LOUD!

dr....I am a LOUD kinda guy, besides.....If I don't have my reading glasses when I post, I am going to use a bigger font so I can proof it! JUST TURN YOUR COMPUTER DOWN :lol:

The has caps thing has always made me laugh. I know caps are supposed to represent someone yelling, but REALLY???? That bothers people... like it is hurting there ears or something.

Hi there,

Great jobn on the putter. Can you tell me what you use to do the paint fill. Can you send me the site that you used to get the work done. Thanks in advanced.

I'm looking to pick up a D66. Just can't decide between the Redwood series or the new iWi. Any thoughts are appreciated.

Scott