Before you start, your putter must be:
* Removed from shaft
* All nicks and dings removed
* Paint-fill removed (100% of it! – otherwise it will bleed through the polymer and make a sloppy finish)
* Sandblasted with 180 grit aluminum oxide
* Washed with dish soap and water
Materials Needed:
1. Picture Hanging Wire:
2. Badger Single Action Airbrush:
3. Compressor Adaptor:
4. Moly Resin:
5. Extra Airbrush Jars (for extra resin leftovers):
6. Airbrush Hose:
7. Compressor and Sandblasting tools (see Sandblasting video)
8. Acetone
9. Oven (you can use your home oven as the resin is not toxic per the product website)
Steps:
1. Attach putter to wire:
2. Wash putter in acetone
3. Heat putter in oven at 300 degrees for 5 minutes
4. Airbrush the Moly Resin on to the putter
4 a) This is the toughest part, and might require a bit of practice. The key is to get just the right combination of pressure, distance from the airbrush to the putter, and the amount of time you spray each area of the putter. If you apply too much Moly Resin to one area, the entire putter is ruined, as drips look terrible after the Resin is cured. You want to apply as little Moly Resin as possible while still getting a dark black (or whatever color you are using) finish. After you feel satisfied with the finish, return the putter to the oven, and hang it back under the rack. Let the putter heat for 1 hour at 305 degrees. When the hour is up, just turn off the oven, and let the putter cool. If you mess up the airbrush application (say you apply too much Moly Resin to one area of the putter and it starts dripping), you can wash the putter in acetone, and the polymer will come off. I hate doing this because it wastes so much acetone, and is extremely messy, so if I mess up, I will cure the polymer for an hour as instructed, and then grind off the finish with the deburring wheel and start all over. After one or two times of messing this up, you will know what I mean when I say it is tedious and frustrating. Hopefully with my instruction, you won’t have to mess up so many times like I did when I was just starting!
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