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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I saw a set of Ping ISI’s like mine on Ebay the other day, but they were polished and looked beautiful.  Well… as beautiful as Pings can look I am thinking about doing something similar to mine.  Have any of you ever done this or know of someone who performs this service?  About how much does it cost if I contracted it out?  What would I need if I did it myself?  Any helpful suggestions would be appreciated. About six months back, Someone posted a website showing this being done and offering to do it to yours for money. You might search newsgroups on google for it.  Elefino what keywords to use, though. It looks interesting, but in the closeups you can see that they don’t grind it as carefully as I would, leaving a wavy boundary between the new, shiny part and the original, sandblasted finish. You’d think PING should just offer clubs with the two-tone thing done to them, but part of PING’s charm is its stylistic iconoclasm. http://www.theironfactory.com/index.html These guys are very good

I’ll second that.  The before/after was just amazing.   Mike — Mike Dalecki     GCA Accredited Clubmaker      http://clubdoctor.com RSG-Wisconsin 2003 Information:  http://dalecki.net/rsgwis2003 RSG Roll Call:  http://rec-sport-golf.com/members/?rollcall=daleckim I do not patronize spammers.  Help keep RSG clean!  

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Polishing stainless iron heads–

one way to "polish" stainless steel heads  is put a cloth buffing wheel on a grinder, and use metal/chrome polish, and/or buffing compound bars according to instructions.

Everyone can learn to play golf! Once a player hasmastered the grip and stance, all he has to bear in mind, in the brieftwo-second interval it takes to swing, is to keep his left elbow pointedin toward the left hip and his right arm loose and closer to the bodythan the left—-and take the club head past his right knee—and thenbreak the wrists at just the right instant while the left arm is stilltraveling straight back from the ball and the right arm stays glued tothe body—and the hips come around in a perfect circle—and meanwhileeverything is mucked up unless the weight is 60 percent on the left footand 40 percent on the right—not an ounce more or less—and at justthe right point in the turn the left knee bends in toward the right in adragging motion until the left heel comes off the ground—but not toofar—and be sure the hands are over the right foot—but not on the toemore than the heel—except that the left side of the right foot istilted off the ground—but not too far—and be sure the hands at thetop of the swing are high and the shaft points along a line parallelwith the ground—and if its a downhill lie the shaft is supposed to bepointed downhill too—and pause at the top of the swing and count one,jerk the left arm straight down like a bell ringer yanking a belfryrope—and don’t uncock the wrists too soon and pull the left hip aroundin a circle—but don’t let the shoulders turn with the hips, they haveto be facing the hole—and now transfer the weight 60 percent to theleft foot and 40 percent to the right—not an ounce more or less—andtilt the left foot now so the right side of it is straight—that’s theone you hit against—watch out for the left hand, it’s supposed to beextended—but not too stiff or the shot won’t go anywhere—and don’tlet it get loose or you will hook—and let the wrists uncock—butdon’t force them or you’ll smother the shot—and don’t break too soonbut keep your head down—then hit the ball! THAT’S ALL THERE IS TO IT!!.. T – H – E