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Old March 20th, 2005, 12:16 AM
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big ugly sky mark on my driver

I was out on the course today for the first time in awhile. The forecast was for rain (it had rained yesterday) but the sun was out so I took a chance. The first 4 holes were fine- the course had drained reasonably well. The only thing was a pretty stout head wind on some of the holes. Well, I get to hole 5 and I start to notice that it's drizzling a bit and a pretty good headwind is picking up. I decide to hit my driver with the ball teed up real low in order to hit a low shot. So I placed the ball with only about a 1/4 of it showing above the crown of my driver. As I wound up to hit, the wind suddenly kicked up and some huge droplets flew right onto my glasses. Well that messed up everything and I could barely see the ball and I hit my driver fat into the ground and popped the ball straight into the air. After wiping the moisture from my glasses, I noticed a huge (more than half width of the golf ball) scratch mark on my crown . I've taken so well of my driver up to now. Is there anything that can be done? I just hate to look at it at address. Keeps reminding me of that popup.
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Old March 20th, 2005, 12:59 AM
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Most companies will refinish their clubs for a fee. I think Golfsmith will, too.
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Old March 20th, 2005, 02:04 AM
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Yeah golfsmith will do it, and I dont think its that much..
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Old March 20th, 2005, 05:02 AM
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I got a mark on my brand new Cleveland driver after 2 days I had just bought it .
So then I didn't know what to do, so i got this wire brush that I use to clean my clubs - BAD IDEA! I ended up turning the little mark into this huge massive black and white scratch
Just don't do what I did and you'll be fine lol!
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Old March 20th, 2005, 06:55 AM
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I got a mark on my brand new Cleveland driver after 2 days I had just bought it .
So then I didn't know what to do, so i got this wire brush that I use to clean my clubs - BAD IDEA! I ended up turning the little mark into this huge massive black and white scratch
Just don't do what I did and you'll be fine lol!

Thanks for the tip gg
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Old March 20th, 2005, 09:30 AM
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noobie you may want to try the following it may save you some time on sending the club back to the manufacture. Go to a Wal-Mart or a Auto parts Store and purchased a product called "Scratch Out" it made by a company called Kit. This product is for removing scratches from the clear coat of cars, I have used it to remove scratches on my clubs, it may not remove the sky mark you have it all depends on how how bad the mark is. I would say that it is at least worth a try. Good luck and hope this helps.
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Old March 20th, 2005, 01:32 PM
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I used the same approach as Halk. The automotive scratch remover will work to a point. Anything minor it will take care of, if it is more than that I would go with the Golfsmith refinishing idea. Good luck.
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Old March 20th, 2005, 05:24 PM
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Noobie,

Regardless of what you use.....the sky mark ain't goin' away completely. If you can live with a faint reminder then try the automotive scratch remover. If you can't, send your club back to the manufacturer's club repair department and for a bout $25.00 you'll get your club back (normally within a week or so) looking like brand new.

Unfortunately.....I speak from experience.
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Old March 24th, 2005, 06:42 PM
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Like league said automotive scrach remover or I have used automotive compound. It's basically the same as buffing out a scratch on a car.
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Old March 24th, 2005, 07:02 PM
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Or you can send your club to CCC and have them completely refinish your club with any color you want...THE BEST paint jobs come from there
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Old March 24th, 2005, 10:49 PM
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Or you can send your club to CCC and have them completely refinish your club with any color you want...THE BEST paint jobs come from there

I'd like to get a custom color - set it apart from all the other TM driver's out there. Who is CCC and how do I get in touch with them?
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Old March 25th, 2005, 04:32 PM
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They dont really "paint" they powdercoat heads. Check out the picture page...nothing but top quality.

Most of the time..you can just buff out skymarks with these powder coated heads...pretty cool



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Old March 25th, 2005, 04:55 PM
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For a quick repair on a painted head without sending it out to be completely refinished, go to your local Wal-Mart or Auto Parts Store and find some touch-up paint that will match the color. This can usually then be buffed and will blend nicely with the rest. Keep in mind, most heads are clearcoated and sometimes if you can find an acrylic clear spray you can end up blending those marks back in if the paint wasn't scratched.
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Old March 25th, 2005, 05:53 PM
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also if automotive paint won't match try to match a ladys finger nail polish many colors to choose from there ............ good luck
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Old March 25th, 2005, 11:44 PM
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They dont really "paint" they powdercoat heads. Check out the picture page...nothing but top quality.

Most of the time..you can just buff out skymarks with these powder coated heads...pretty cool


My favorite clubhead on the site!

So who is CCC? And how do I reach them????
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