I'm guessing this guy's case that no tape of any kind was used and as a result the grips were "too big". Will check further into this.
/Ed
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In a message dated 2/7/05 5:30:00 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Any ideas on what could have happened?
Possibly: held the mouth of the grip while blowing it on causing the grip to stretch, did not put any tape on a shaft when using an = size grip, did not puncture the tape if it was applied allowing air pressure in the shaft to blow the grip butt off the butt of the shaft, did not hold grip mouth in place before removing air nozzle which causes the grip to start to be blown off.
I have seen butt twisting even with grip tape when the player has a "gorilla" grip.
I don't know about the temperatur condition thing. I do know there are some who advocate warming grips to make them easier to install. Possibly heat makes them easy to "uninstall".
I use grip tape on clubs that I build even when using air to install them because I have a reputation and when someone has a "Pro" change a grip I don't want the Pro to say the last guy didn't use tape so the grip wore out, blah, blah blah. There are different techn9iques. There is a shop nearby that uses rubber cement to install grips, it' s his method and though I don't badmouth it I sure know who did the previous work. There's another who uses duct tape for build up, a true PITA that makes me use fowl language when I have to remove it. But then again it prompted me to develop a new tape scraper!
Those are the possibilities I can think of. Very common problem with GP Softie grips even with convential grip installation.
Maybe the comment came from someone who was inexperienced in the method.
Like the new teenage driver who smashes up the car while trying to avoid a tree?
You gotta look out for trees that jump in your way!
