The Coked putter

[TM golf guy]

How long?

How long does it need to soak in coke?

[bjackson]

I'd say overnight. depends on what you want though.

[MCDavis]

So, you're not selling it? Not to me, I mean at all...

[TM golf guy]

Different putter...

[MCDavis]

So, when do we get pics?

[TM golf guy]

Tomorrow if I do it.

[MCDavis]

Be sure to do before/after pics.

[WyGuy]

What type of putter?

 

I just coked my Circa 62, was going to refinish it with Birchwood Casey gun blue, but now I think I might leave it raw.

[conan007]

could you please post pics of your coked circa, I have and would like to see what'd happen if I did it to mine. Thanks!

[choeppner]

Just remember if you coke it, you are going to need to use some form of metal sealer. Otherwise, it will start to rust fast as hell.

 

All you need to do is coke the putter a few hours. What's better is toilet bowl cleaner. Tales about 10 minutes. Use a scotch brite pad to even it up when you are finished. Wash it off nice and good then seal it. Has a pretty decent look IMHO

 

-Best of luck

 

-CHRIS-

[Emm]

Just remember if you coke it, you are going to need to use some form of metal sealer. Otherwise, it will start to rust fast as hell.

 

All you need to do is coke the putter a few hours. What's better is toilet bowl cleaner. Tales about 10 minutes. Use a scotch brite pad to even it up when you are finished. Wash it off nice and good then seal it. Has a pretty decent look IMHO

 

-Best of luck

 

-CHRIS-

 

I keep on reading these threads about bluing, coking etc and I had a little check list of things I need, and now you have mentioned metal sealer and toilet cleaner (cool) !! (adding feverously to list)

 

So where do I purchase metal sealer and are there different types depending on the type of metal it’s applied to?

[choeppner]

Here is the metal sealer I found works the best

 

http://www.master-formula.com/Sealer%20Gloss.htm

 

If you go to the auto parts store, look in the rim care products. You can normally find a good one.

 

-CHRIS-

[choeppner]

Of course EMM....You can also use C.L.R. to strip the finsih (cool):):cheesy:

 

-CHRIS-

[WyGuy]

could you please post pics of your coked circa, I have and would like to see what'd happen if I did it to mine. Thanks!

I will post some pictures of it in an hour or two.

[WyGuy]

Here is my "coked" Circa 62.

 

[choeppner]

Looks good. Did you steel wool it before you buffed it or did you go straight to the buffer?

 

Great Job

 

-CHRIS-

[conan007]

this came from just coking it????

[choeppner]

That looks like cokeing and buffing. Normaly a putter after coking looks something akin to this:

 

-CHRIS-

[WyGuy]

Once I "coked" it I rinsed it off, then used some steel wool. So, the steel wool got it to look like that.

[choeppner]

Did you use 000 or 0000 steel wool? Never seen one come out like that just from using the wool. Smell a project coming up. (cool)

 

-CHRIS-

[MCDavis]

really nice looking.

 

Any suggestions for an old Bulls Eye? I think the head is brass?

 

Also, does the coke hurt/help the shaft?

[martinIII]

leave it in CLR for a couple of hours. makes it really nice.

[MCDavis]

CLR...The toilet bowl stair removal stuff?

[choeppner]

Yep:

 

C - Calcium

L - Lime

R - Remover Rust (had a brain fart (cool)

 

Damn stuff works great :cheesy: Only takes a couple of minutes on average. I don't think it would really do much to brass. Coke would be best for that.

 

-CHRIS-

 

-CHRIS-

[martinIII]

CLR works great on rust. i think it might stand for Calcium Lime Rust. Chris could be right though. There are too many acronyms these days.

 

But yeah, CLR is great for other things too, i put my oil can vokeys in clr for 2 hrs and they came out raw. They rust more and feel better and look beter too. I have also heard of people dyeing clubs with clr. Sounds wierd but you put dye with th clr and it works. I'll try it sometime in the next week before i cause somebody to turn their wedges pink.

[edwelly]

Add dye to CLR, huh... I would love to see that. Wonder why coke doesn't turn the metal brown then...

Things that make you go hmmm..

[bearnow22]

I have an old oil can that looks like hell so I want to make sure I do this right. The correct steps would be...

 

1. Coke it (or CLR)

2. Steel Wool - 0000 or 000 to finish

3. Buff it with either a dremmel buffer or buffing machine

4. Metal polish

 

Any other steps I should know about? The Circa 62 looks awesome by the way.

[choeppner]

You got it. Just remember #4, to get a polish that is also a sealer :) and start with 000 then 0000

 

-CHRIS-

[choeppner]

CLR works great on rust. i think it might stand for Calcium Lime Rust. Chris could be right though. There are too many acronyms these days.

 

Crap you're right. I have no idea why I wrote remover. Chalk up another brain fart. LOL

 

 

-CHRIS-

[martinIII]

so last night, i was just looking at some standard scotty OTRs that i had, and i just thought that i could one unique. so of course i grabbed the studio style newport 2. i took off all the paint, looks cool. then i put it in coke over night, just wanted to see what would happen. (this putter is useless to me because of that dadgum gss insert, just nice to look at) Long story short, the coke didnt do anything to it) kinda dissapointed. oh well.