Cleaning Up an Oil Can Finish Vokey

oceansunfish · July 16, 2008

Naval Jelly Still the Best Solvant?

I glazed over the archives and it appears that Naval Jelly is still the preferred solvant to use to 'clean up' an oil can Vokey.

All I want to do is even out the look, thus going to a raw 'finish', if you could call 'raw' a 'finish'.

BTW, a bottle of Naval Jelly retails for $3.99 so no big deal.

Thanks.

polygman · July 16, 2008

I soak my oil cans in Coke. Does a great job.

golftitleist · July 16, 2008

I soak my oil cans in Coke. Does a great job.

Are you serious? That's what you're supposed to do to remove the finish. I would def use naval jelly if I was you.

oldgoalie · July 16, 2008

Naval jelly will do the trick. It will definitely take the finish off too though.

Naval jelly has a fairly high concentration of phosphoric acid it it so it will work in minutes (if not seconds). Coke has a very low concentration of phosphoric so you need to soak it for a while.

Big A HG · July 16, 2008

Naval jelly will do the trick. It will definitely take the finish off too though.

Naval jelly has a fairly high concentration of phosphoric acid it it so it will work in minutes (if not seconds). Coke has a very low concentration of phosphoric so you need to soak it for a while.

That's not always true. I've had Coke work in 5 minutes on a brand new Vokey. I have had to soak a different brand new Vokey for a couple hours though. Coke definitely works, so if you want to save a couple bucks, it's a cheaper option.

SLIMER39 · July 16, 2008

Can you guys post a pic. of how the wedge looks once this is done (coke)?

Thanks!

oceansunfish · July 17, 2008

I used Naval Jelly on my Vokey Oil Can wedge and the results were marvelous. The finish and crud came off literally the second the jelly was applied by brush. Now I have a uniformly raw looking wedge that took mere minutes to produce.

No pictures because it's just a raw looking wedge, that's it.

Thanks for the advice.

BTW, I stopped drinking soda, coke especially more than a decade ago. I figured at the time it wasn't doing my teeth any good and since it will remove the finish off a golf club, I was sort of right. :man_in_love: