"Tour filling" an Odyssey 2 ball....need DIY assistance

[SteveL1]

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I need to add some weight to my Odyssey 2 ball and have seen the "tour filled" versions and wonder why a guy couldn't do this himself? Seems easy enough but I want to make sure that I do things right and looking for some tips. I've Googled till I can't Google anymore and have found nothing. Here's a pic of one that has been done with black epoxy:



I would think that you could mix some tungstun powder in the epoxy to make it a little heavier if need be. Can anyone help? My concern is if the epoxy needs to be put in a thin layers or one shot and what if anything should be done to the base metal to make sure it sticks. And last but not least, what is used to "polish" the epoxy after it's cured?

[pt73]

Do a search for Tour Fill in this folder (and maybe the WRX shop) and you'll find some info.

 

 

PT

[SteveL1]

I did search here and found some threads that basically said that the cavities were filled with epoxy and or an epoxy/tungsten mix but did not really say what prep work was done if any and whether the epoxy was done all at once or in layers. I saw that Joe Kwok had done some in the past but he's busy so I did not want to bother him with an e-mail.

 

Just trying to make sure that I do it right. I'm also curious about how they added model paint to the mix to create a custom color infill?

[Cuda Kota]

Also, search on eBay. Search for.....I think, either "tour". "2-ball", or "tour filled".

 

They sell weights/fillers for the regular 2-ball putters. If I'm not mistaken - and I could be - you can add 5/10/20 gram "plates" to the bottom of the putter.

[SteveL1]

Thanks for the e-bay tip but those inserts are only a total of 10 grams and I need to add between 30 and 40 grams to get the swing weight up to a D3. The Tiger Shark grip is HEAVY. I've got 42 grams of stick on mag wheel weights in the area behind the face right now testing it at D4. I'm figuring that I would definitly need to add tungsten powder to the epoxy to get this much weight.

[balata9999]

I did this a few years ago. I used regular 24 hour golfsmith shafting epoxy that is a whitish yellow color when cured. The black in your pic looks better though. I roughed up the cavities some with something (not sure what, its been a few years) but I just put some good scratches in it and generally just made it rough. Then I put a quarter in each side of mine for weight rather than tungsten. I set my putter upside down in a vice and used a level to get the top of the cavity as close to perfectly level as I could and then I just put the quarter where I wanted it with a touch of superglue so no epoxy could get under it and then I mixed the epoxy and poured it in until it was full and level with the top of the cavity. Let it dry for a day and then did the other side. Had it like that for 2 years and it never came out. Finally I chiseled it out one day when I decided I didn't want it any more and it came out with a little work in one big piece.

[xxio]

We have a product locally that you may have over there.

 

It is called "epoxy steel". It is an epoxy mixture with steel granules mixed in. I used one set of mixture in each cavity and sanded them smooth after. The contents of each pair of tubes fit just right into one cavity. I didn't weigh them separately but it added a little more than 30 grams overall weight to the putter.