My Taylormade R580XD is such a great driver and I love it so. But through the years of use, I have turfed it, drop kicked it, and just plain chunked it a few times. I have hit it off the deck as well as off the tee. It still performs really well and when I make solid contact it makes the perfect WHACK. But there are a few scratches on the face and I was wondering if any of you know where, if I can, resurface the clubface (make it look new). Thanks in advance.
Just remember, they make these things just as thin as they can get away with and maintain the balance of strength and that "trampoline effect", MOI, yada-yada-yada. If you go sanding or polishing, you'll be taking material off the face and weakening it, making it more likely to crack or dent. Depending on how hard you swing, etc. it may never matter, but then again, it might shorten the usable life of the club if you sand it smooth.
Polishing or sanding isnt' going to remove any material. you need to grind it to do that. He wont' be weakening it, dont' forget, we're talking bout titanium, hard stuff.
I just want the face to look like new that's all. If it is going to affect the performance of the club, then I won't do it. But I want to get rid of the evidence of when I used to hit the big ball first.
Wet sand it with 2000 grit and i will nto effect the performance, **** you can sand it with 80 drit and other than scratching the **** out of it you won't do any damage to it. Like i said, if you want to remove material you need to grind it.
Last edited by ForgedRbest : May 21st, 2006 at 02:31 PM.
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use 320 grit and sand it in a nice straight line across the club face. what this will do is blend in the scratches and pits so the it looks uniform. you may not get all of the scratches, but it will look much better. hit some balls with it to see what kind of ball flight you get. should the ball balloon some what, re-hit it with 400 grit. sanding this won't take enough material to hurt the club, but two times will be the limit. 2000 grit is way too fine for titainium and if i'm not mistaken, this club has a sanded look to it new. polishing it will just show the pits and deeper scratches and you would need to use a buffing wheel on a bench grinder.
Polishing or sanding isnt' going to remove any material. you need to grind it to do that.
Baloney! Anytime you use an abrasive substance, i.e. sandpaper, polishing compounds, etc. you are removing material. Grinding just removes the material faster. Since the bottom of a scratch is beneath the surface, how else do you think you bring the bottom of the scratch and surface to the same level so that the scratch is no longer evident? You can either fill in the scratch, which is not feasible in this case, or you can remove surface material over a broad area around the scratch until the surface is down to the same level as the bottom of the scratch.
Your comments remind me of the people who would bring their cars into my body shop who couldn't understand that the polishing compound they were using took off their painted pinstripes, or worse yet their clearcoat! All they were doing was polishing, right?
Whoa...relax fellas. No need to make it personal. I will not do anything to the club. I will keep the ugly scars there to remind me of the days when breaking 100 was my goal. Besides, the scratches don't seem to affect the ball flight at all...still hit 3 hundo with a slight fade.
probably a wise move & if you want a driver with an unblemished face you can put yout favorite into semi retirement, just brining the battle scared old warrior out for special occasions.
Baloney! Anytime you use an abrasive substance, i.e. sandpaper, polishing compounds, etc. you are removing material. Grinding just removes the material faster. Since the bottom of a scratch is beneath the surface, how else do you think you bring the bottom of the scratch and surface to the same level so that the scratch is no longer evident? You can either fill in the scratch, which is not feasible in this case, or you can remove surface material over a broad area around the scratch until the surface is down to the same level as the bottom of the scratch.
Your comments remind me of the people who would bring their cars into my body shop who couldn't understand that the polishing compound they were using took off their painted pinstripes, or worse yet their clearcoat! All they were doing was polishing, right?
Were not talking about HSLA or mild steel, it's titanium. and if yo work ing a body shop you should know yuo get an high spot with each and ever corosponding low spot. 2000 grit will not be removing material, not a measuarabel amount anyway, not an amount that will affect teh structural rigidity of the driver.
I look at it this way, if you saw a second hand driver that you liked that looked brand new but then found out it was used extensively and then sanded to "look" new again - would you still buy it?
All your posts were great. I really appreciate them. I was wavering on whether or not to do it. I'm sure that I would be able to sand it real nice and it wouldn't take away from the overall performance of the driver. But I thought of this...I look at my buddies clubs and they are pristine. Even his irons look like they've only been hit once or twice. I liken that to someone who has an offroad vehicle but only drives it on the street. Me...I've begun to love the little nicks and scratches, like Cernunnos said, my driver is like a battle scarred old warrior. A veteran. He may look a bit beat up, but performs like a monster.
All your posts were great. I really appreciate them. I was wavering on whether or not to do it. I'm sure that I would be able to sand it real nice and it wouldn't take away from the overall performance of the driver. But I thought of this...I look at my buddies clubs and they are pristine. Even his irons look like they've only been hit once or twice. I liken that to someone who has an offroad vehicle but only drives it on the street. Me...I've begun to love the little nicks and scratches, like Cernunnos said, my driver is like a battle scarred old warrior. A veteran. He may look a bit beat up, but performs like a monster.
May 20th, 2006, 11:33 PM
you can sand it with 80 drit and other than scratching the ****
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