Vokey Oilcan Wedge

[Titleist Tommy]

Would like to 'refinish', any ideas

Today, I picked up a couple of used Vokey Oilcan wedges (52/8 and 56/14 deg.). They have a few dings and are showing a bit of rust. The oilcan finish is quite uneven. I understand many oilcan users just let them rust, however, I would like to refinish/clean them up.

Questions:

Can I remove the old oilcan finish by soaking them in coke?

How can I re-oilcan them i.e. to give them a more even finish?

As an alternative, can I 'blue' them?

What other options do I have?

Thanks very much for any help.

[Titleist Tommy]

Anyone?

[PixlPutterman]

Today, I picked up a couple of used Vokey Oilcan wedges (52/8 and 56/14 deg.). They have a few dings and are showing a bit of rust. The oilcan finish is quite uneven. I understand many oilcan users just let them rust, however, I would like to refinish/clean them up.

 

Questions:

 

Can I remove the old oilcan finish by soaking them in coke?

 

How can I re-oilcan them i.e. to give them a more even finish?

 

As an alternative, can I 'blue' them?

 

What other options do I have?

 

Thanks very much for any help.

Questions:

 

Can I remove the old oilcan finish by soaking them in coke? Sure. but an easier way is fine sand paper, steel wool or a wire wheel

 

How can I re-oilcan them i.e. to give them a more even finish? Just heat the hell out of the with a heat gun and then dip them in your favorite oil. I prefer a penetrating oil

 

As an alternative, can I 'blue' them? You sure can,

 

 

 

What other options do I have? Plum brown or you can flame them with a torch.

[Titleist Tommy]

That's great, thanks for taking the time to respond Pixlputterman.

[ducki]

Pixlputterman,

 

I have the Black Nickel Vokey. Can I also use steel wool or fine sand paper to take off the black nickel to expose the raw steel?

 

Or should i coke the black nickel off?

 

thanks

[PixlPutterman]

i dont believe either will work. i think black nickel is a chrome and oil can is basically a scratch off finish

[ducki]

thanks mate..

 

so looks like im stuck with boring wedges then!

ehehehhhehhe

[ducki]

i was also wondering if i could gun blue over the black nickel?

[PixlPutterman]

i was also wondering if i could gun blue over the black nickel?

dont think so. the only thing i can think of would be to get it real hot and see if the colors the chrome

[ducki]

So just heat it with a butane torch?

is there any side effects of that?

[PixlPutterman]

not that i am aware of. search the posts for flaming a wedge. some guy it and that where im basing my advice. best of luck

[foreleft53]

Lemon Juice work Great.

 

Here is a pic of an Forged+ Vintage wedge, lemon juiced, flamed, and re-painted.

 

[ducki]

that looks nice hey...

when u flame them...do u need to take the head off the shaft or can they be flamed with it on?

 

is there any step by step to flaming a wedge?

[chris4772]

Guy's the Vokey Black Nickel wedges can be gun blued, I have done it myself and they look great. Sorry no pics.

[foreleft53]

that looks nice hey...

when u flame them...do u need to take the head off the shaft or can they be flamed with it on?

 

is there any step by step to flaming a wedge?

 

It looks best to remove the head before flaming...

You can leave it on, but you run the risk of melting the ferrel, and the whole head will not be blued.

 

What I do, is remove the head, clean out the hosel, put a screwdriver in a vise and put the head on the end of the screwdriver, fire up the tourch, and begin heating. It takes a little bit of time to heat, but once it's done it looks nice. Let it cool, and add paint if you wish. ;) The heat will discolor any paint that is on the head.

If you heat it too long, the color will turn out kind of brownish, not blueish...

This finish will wear off in time and with use, but it looks cool.

[Warszawa]

^^^^ foreleft53 that as an extremely good looking wedge you've got there. That's on of the best "home jobs" I've seen.

[retep]

i just coked my two oilcans, they turned out nice, i would say i might have used too little coke i used a coffee can and 1 can of coke for two wedges. i think a bigger can or maybe 1 can per wedge. turned out decent, about 12 hours of soaking. if you do it, just figure out a formula to use for the next time, i would do:

2 cans coke

1 LARGE coffee can /container

2 wedges

Make sure the coke does not go up as far as the hosel.

I would post a pic, but all i have is this lowsy camera fone and it or i am bad at fotos....

[fridsdotcom]

Guy's the Vokey Black Nickel wedges can be gun blued, I have done it myself and they look great. Sorry no pics.

 

 

does the black nickel finish require anything special? would you mind describing the procedure you used?

[theboom]

what does the finished "coked" wedge look like?

 

and how does its look progress as you play with it?

[brl11]

Here's a wedge that i just coked and didn't do anything to...

[theboom]

Here's a wedge that i just coked and didn't do anything to...

 

 

how long did you leave it in the coke?

[brl11]

how long did you leave it in the coke?

Overnight

[bg2321]

I just bought a black nickel vokey off ebay...it had some pretty bad wear spots on it so i wanted to try and refinish it. I used a torch on it for a couple of minutes and it turned out pretty good....looks kind of like an oil can finish...I might torch it some more to give it a more even and darker color. But definately take the head off...I melted the ferrule when I did mine, but it needs a reshaft anyways

 

BG

[ducki]

the black nickel on my wedge had an uneven wear on it..so i used wet and dry to take it off and it resulted in a nice brushed steel look...

i am very happy with the finish on it atm..

will post pics soon.

[ezra76]

Gun Blue

 

 

 

 

 

[CooGAR]

Make sure the coke does not go up as far as the hosel.

 

Why?? The Coke won't do anything to the plastic ferrule or the chrome on the shaft.

 

Also, based on my experience of soaking my Oil Cans in Coke....it can take as little as 30-60 minutes to get the oil finish off.

[chipinoneputt]

What do you mean with coke?

 

Is it to put the head into a bath of Coca Cola?

[knudson81]

or the faster way is to use liquid toilet bowl cleaner. much faster then coke.