If you haven’t read Part 1 of my Scotty Cameron restoration project, feel free to click here to get up to speed. It’s about the Scotty Cameron Studio Style Newport I refinished about ten years ago and what that process looked like. Fast forward, I’ve been sitting around in quarantine during the Coronavirus pandemic and have been dying for a golf project to work on. Then I remembered I had a beloved putter that’s lost its way that I thought deserved to some new life. After years of changes and being neglected, my Studio Style was ready to get touched up and brought back to its former glory.
The Changes
When I originally finished my Scotty Cameron restoration project, it had the (at the time) new Scotty Cameron Custom Shop red bulldog headcover and silver bulldog shaft band with the matching black/red Custom Shop grip of the era. I finished the putter head to a nice high-buff finish with basic red, black, and white paint. While nothing crazy, it was a tasteful paint scheme with a little Scotty flash to finish it off.
Sometime there after, I wanted to capture the signature Tour Scotty red/white vibe. you may know it from Tiger’s putter? This meant a translucent red in the dots and white paint. I had this paint scheme in a couple classic Tour Scottys I bought and sold and I guess I wanted to capture that feel. Additionally, I went with a more practical grip – a Cameron Pistolini.
A few more paint mods here and there, and I decided everyone needs a Tiffany-themed Scotty – like the old Cameron & Co GSS putters. I got what I needed to mix up my own blend of Tiffany-colored paint. I poured over this mix tirelessly! Alas, I got the perfect mix and went through a few different combos of paintfill involving Tiffany blue. The final scheme I settled on was Tiffany, white, and black. I even went so far as to paintfill the the black grip with Tiffany paint! With the putter complete, it went back in the basement bag and sat untouched.
Scotty Cameron Restoration Revisited
As mentioned, with Coronavirus keeping me isolated, I wanted needed a golf project. This Scotty Cameron jumped out at me as a candidate so I went looking for it. Before even pulling the cover off, I saw the Tiffany-filled grip and thought “this isn’t me…” Then I realized the putter itself had seen better days. The high-buffed finish was cloudy in some areas and scratched in other areas. Some of these “blemishes” were light, some were significant. This was perfect – let’s do it right and clean the putter up to restore it to my original work.
I took the putter upstairs, fired up the stove, and pulled the head. (A quick DIY cheat covered here.) Then it went straight into acetone to remove the paint. Now if only I could track down the missing putter shaft and grip…
Part 3 will cover the work to get my Studio Style revived and, hopefully, a nice final product!
I was wondering if I could have my Scotty Cameron Futura refurbished and a new face redone?? And how much it would cost to do it. I love the putter which I’ve had for about 15 years and would love to have it cleaned up to its original look thank you.
Hi Robbie,
I don’t do putter work as a business. Purely as a hobby. Look into BOS Golf. They are one of the best in the business and used to do a lot of the finishing work for Cameron back in the day.
Bill
Can you share what you blended to get the Tiffany blue paint right?
Man, I would if I could remember. I just remember it being around a 1:1 of a light blue and a white, then dashes of a green until it was right. I had an actual Tiffany box that I kept right next to me until I got the blend right.
The blue and green were very specific shades too, I just don’t remember which one. Surely someone is producing a Tiffany paint by now based on the popularity in golf alone, no?
I actually have an OPI nail polish that is licenced from Tiffany so that color would be a match, but I don’t know about how good nail polish will work.
I actually like some nail polishes for painting golf stuff, but not all are created equal. Sort of figure that out the hard way, but the good part about paint is it’s easy to remove and redo.
What parts of what putter are you looking to use it in?
Similar to what you’ve done. I don’t think I’d ever do it to my custom NP2, but I’d dress up stock putter in Tiffany blue.
My only concerns with nail polish would be filling big cherry bombs. I’m not saying it can’t be done or isn’t done, I just have never done it. I’ve had experience with bombs being difficult to paint in general, so I’d need to try that with nail polish to form any sort of useful insight.
But yeah, nail polish can work great for painting golf stuff. 100%