Re: ShopTalk: Grip Removal - Any easy way with no special tools?

[tflan]

Flat blade slid under the grip, lubricate with solvent. Make your own blade from a piece of 1/16" sheet metal or buy one from GS. Or if you can find one, use a flat, spring steel support from a knee or ankle brace.   Tire pump. Pour solvent into the hole in the butt and pump air into the hole with the inflation tool.   12V compressor - costs anywhere from about $5.00 to $20.00. See above. However with this device you'll have to wrap something around the grip to keep from exploding it.   Injection. Probably too costly to buy a pump syringe and it doesn't work on all grips.   Winn grips are easy to remove. Use the flat bar. Works every time. Only problem is that the Winns absorb solvent like a sponge.   Tour wraps, cords, and other "hard" grips are easily blown off when solvent injected. "Soft" grips; Tour Velvets, Chamois, etc., are damn near impossible to blow off but come off easily with a flat blade.   I sometimes heat the grip with a heat gun to help soften the adhesive before using any of the above methods.   All that said, I use either a flat blade or a 120v Sears tire compressor. It works well because the air pulsates rather than a steady stream. The Sears pump cost about $30 or so.   TFlan  ----- Original Message ----- From: DJGolf To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, October 18, 2003 10:33 PM Subject: ShopTalk: Grip Removal - Any easy way with no special tools? Fellow Shoptalkers:   Only occasionally do I have a grip that is worth saving.  I can't see spending money on a removal tool when I only have a couple each year.  I happen to have one now.  In fact the club hasn't even been used with this grip.  I'd like to save it.  Is there any easy way to remove this when I don't have any special tools to do so?  If not, I'll cut it off and toss it.   Thanks,   Dan