Okay, let me say this again. If you use 580 grips on 600 shafts, the end results will be a club with a .020" bigger diameter. It's pretty simple math guys. If you have .580 grips, and the shafts are .600" the difference is 600 minus 580, =.020".
As for installing the same grips on both your irons and woods. it could work out fine, but it could not just as easily. For example, if your iron shafts are. 580" and your wood shafts are .620", you'd end up with your woods being .040" larger in diameter. What you should do, is pull the grips and measure the diameter of all your clubs, and order grips made to fit the diameter of each shaft. ONe more thing, a .580 grip does not have an inside diameter of .580". If it did, the grip wouldn't be a very tight fit on the shaft, and it would slip around. The 580 means that grip is designed to FIT a .580" diameter shaft. And a 600 grip is designed to fit a .600" shaft. If you were to measure the ID of either grip, you'd fine that the diameter is closer to .500". This is so the grip has to stretch when you install it, and it stays in place due to the tight fit. Also, the tape isn't used to hold the grip in place. The tape is there so when you wet it with solvent, the tape gets slippery, and this is what allows you to slide the grip on the shaft. I hope this will answer all your questions and clean up any misunderstanding.
Also, the tape isn't used to hold the grip in place. The tape is there so when you wet it with solvent, the tape gets slippery, and this is what allows you to slide the grip on the shaft. I hope this will answer all your questions and clean up any misunderstanding.
The tape does stick to the grip to the grip though after the solvent dries out. Why would grip-tape be so sticky, on both sides, if the intention wasn't for it to stick to the grip.
Well, the tape has to be sticky on one side so it will stick to the shaft. Simple enough.. The other side is where the solvent goes, and that makes it slippery so you can slide the grip on. If it was only sticky on the side against the shaft, there would be no glue to get slippery from adding solvent, and it wouldn't work. If you don't believe you don't need the tape, I suggest you install a grip with plain old masking tape and compressed air. If you do this, you'll find that the grip will stay in place just fine without the aid of the tape. Fact is, solvent isn't that slippery, you need the the solvent to wet the glue on the outside half of the tape to make things really slippery. Does this answer your question?
Yes, you addressed my question. It seems surprising that a substance designed to become slippery when activated with solvent starts out so incredibly sticky!
I think you'll find that double sided tape was designed for holding carpet down, not for golf club grip installation. It just got used for golf clubs because it does the job. Grip tape is not the exact same thing as double sided carpet tape, but it probably is a varienation of it designed to work better than carpet tape.
The double sided tape is also for securing of the grip to the shaft.
The use of solvent is to make the glue on the tape becomes liquid like so you could slip on the grip ( kind of hard to do it if the glue is in the state of sticky ). Always use plenty of solvent to do the job.
Many had used no tape or one sided masking tape to prep the grip, I found the traditional way with the double sided tape makes the grip stay in place better.
I've use compressed air to install grips over masking tape many times and have not had any problems with a grip moving. Maybe it depends on how the grip is installed.
March 25th, 2008, 02:07 PM
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