Painting Golf Clubs – Iron Touch up

You have a set of irons for some years that are now beginning to show their age. The numbers are fading off the bottom and you want to bring them to life again. A nice paint job might do the trick. How do you go about painting golf clubs to add a bit of colour to your set? 

Tools Needed

The procedure is not a complicated one and doesn’t take that long. All you need is some nail varnish, and a sharp blade like a box cutter.  Have somewhere you can rest your clubs to dry with the heads off the floor.

Applying the Paint

When applying the paint, make sure you have washed the club head thoroughly first. Get all the dirt or grime out of the areas you want to paint. Then, using the nail varnish brush, apply a layer of the paint over the area. Don’t worry about keeping within lines; it will be scraped off eventually. If there is some indentations in the clubhead from use then try not to get the paint in these as it is difficult to remove afterwards.  

Drying Time

After applying all the paint, it’s time to leave the clubs to dry. The paint will dry pretty quickly but I still recommend leaving about 45 minutes as you want it fully dry before removing the excess. Leave the clubs standing against something with the heads up, somewhere like a couch is perfect.   

Removing the Excess Paint

Once the clubs are dry, use the blade to remove any excess. Run the blade back and forth quickly without digging into the areas you want the paint to remain. Wipe the residue off every now and then so you can make sure all the excess is removed. Check the final result and use the point of the blade to remove any unwanted paint that has gotten into any imperfections in the clubhead, these will mostly be on the bottom of the clubhead where it comes in contact with the ground. (There were quite a lot in mine from the many years of use).

Conclusion

This is a great way to spice up your irons. I have done mine 6 months ago and the colour is still as the day I painted the clubs. Even with a lot of range work and playing every week it hasn’t faded yet. The great thing about this is that if you want to change the colour to match your bag it’s entirely possible. Using nail varnish gives a great variety of colour, and now while shopping with your other half and instead of being bored in the make-up section you have something to keep you busy looking at all the different colours you can paint your clubs!      

 

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