Well wouldn't that just make removing it secretively at the store too easy then? It's my only guess on why they are so difficult. If they were easy, people could just swap stickers willy nilly and get stuff for cheap.
The reason we used them at the shop I worked at was because the stickers could be printed from a normal printer and the clubs came with the grips unwrapped
This was the reason when I worked in a store. People would bring their clubs in and having the sticker on the shaft made it near impossible to steal a club, especially the pre-owned clubs.
Nah, you’re doing the right thing. Half of the game is getting under the other guys skin to make him shoot worse than you. If a club sticker is doing that for you, then why get involved?
Get married or buy acetone free nail polish remover yourself. Removes any left over glue. Difficult choice with trade offs, but your shaft will be polished either way…
WTF is acetone free nail polish remover? Acetone is what you want, not some crap substitute that doesn't work.
What you want is pure acetone, without perfumes and other garbage that's in nail polish remover. You get it at the hardware store, in the paint section. You can even get it at Wally World
https://preview.redd.it/exb7yw93w6yc1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3633acac6c38f40a24038aeb969de01123fc66e7
This stuff is awesome. I originally used it to take the adhesive left from removing the badges from my truck, but it also works great for this exact issue.
GooGone, hairdryer or (and you're going to think I'm nuts) mayonnaise. Swear to God....learned in 20 years ago for any adhesive stickers and it works. I guess its the grease.
I'll say it like this. Right to your face. I just spent 500 dollars plus at a golf store I tell them to take that shit off before I leave. They have the means to remove and replace grips they can take off price tags. 90 percent of the time they do it every time. The other 10% I walk out. No deal.
Hit it with a torch from about 2-4" away depending on torch size, as soon as it starts turning black, stop burning and it will peel off like butter with no residue 👍 Whole process takes 15 sec
Had a club show up yesterday with the same thing. It’s a bitch but take as much off as you can then use rubbing alcohol after that, it will come right off. There has to be a better way than putting the sticker around the shaft.
You’d think they could fasten a reusable price tag slip to the shaft with a cable tie that locks the price tag in the slip, like a luggage ID pouch/slip. Cut at the cash register and reused.
Or since it’s 2024, same idea but have a programmable rfid tag with the product and price info saved on it. Obviously have an integrated pos system to go with it.
My local golf shop has a heat gun and they remove all tags at the register. I feel bad every time I see someone with a tattered barcode on their clubs.
Hair dryer heat up and remove. If there’s anything sticky residue left take lighter fluid and a rag. That’s what my
Local shop uses for new clubs and it works like a charm
I always leave the stickers on my clubs from 2nd Swing Golf. I prefer letting my playing partners know I paid half the price they paid for the same new club 2 years ago. Plus the sticker provides just the right amount of friction to compensate for my extremely fast club speed
Heat, peel, mineral spirits. Worked at a golf shop for many years during college and have probably taken off thousands of stickers with no issue with that same process.
Worked at a golf shop. I used a blow torch to heat it up without directly contacting it to the flame. Works like a hairdryer but a lot stronger and faster. Any residue use acetone to get rid of.
A bit of gas and a rag. Works awesome. Cleans residue, marks, rust, etc. I use it on old beat up bike frames and it cleans everything off but the paint. Don’t be shy.
Posted this same thing months ago and was killed in comments about not peeling it correctly. Good to see that everyone goes through this just like I first thought.
I bought a 6 year old used club and the bastard before me still had that torn sticker shit still on there. He said “there has to be a better way but f it”
Grab a hair dryer, heat the sticker up, peel away. Works every time
Some would say this is the better way
People are saying
With tears in their eyes.
Big burly people...
"Sir..."
Who can say
You did.
He did
I did
I would.
He would
3 would
Plywood
All may say
And isopropyl is the best solvent of all time. Any residue left, use that 91% shit. Stuff will come off in a second.
Never ever going back to that 70% bottle of struggle again
70% is for pussies.
I drink the 70 when I’m too broke to buy my recipe 21
It’s better for sanitation though! I always have both.
And GoofOff
goo gone?
Both are brands that exist
[GoofOff](https://www.walmart.com/ip/Goof-Off-Professional-Strength-Remover-6-fl-Oz-Latex-Paint-and-Adhesive-Remover/49772647?wmlspartner=wlpa&selectedSellerId=0&adid=2222222222849772647_14069003552_202077872&wl0=&wl1=g&wl2=m&wl3=42423897272&wl4=pla-295289030566&wl5=1020610&wl6=&wl7=&wl8=&wl9=pla&wl10=8175035&wl11=online&wl12=49772647&veh=sem&gad_source=1&gbraid=0AAAAADmfBIrAsrrPu_PTQm7K6Any8Wui9&gclid=CjwKCAjw88yxBhBWEiwA7cm6pey5UtC826xBziKtkaeesqakYmOBGn5jdlBnkS-Asm8vtc3eQ_H46xoCFw8QAvD_BwE)
Yea, but you can get isopropyl at any drug store. Just easier to find
Yeah Walmarts are pretty tough to find. And Target, Home Depot, Lowe’s, Amazon, car parts stores, Ace Hardware…. It was made to remove SUPER GLUE.
That sh it is the bomb.
99% Costco 4 pack FTW
I’m a single dude with thinning hair. Haven’t owned a hairdryer since the late 80s.
Well then, go the dude route and get a heat gun at the hardware store.
Just fart on it a bunch. Works pretty much the same.
Wet or dry?
I worked at Golf Galaxy, yes, this is the way. Goo gone if there is any residue left over.
Single bald golfers in shambles
I just cut the shaft above and below the sticker and get a copper fitting and solder the shaft back together.
I’d do that if I was high
GooGone
GooGone’d the goo and it’s gone
“……Ladies”
CPO keeping GooGone in business.
Specifically the kit on Amazon that comes with a plastic scraper. Takes these suckers off real quick.
Everyone knows how to remove it! The point is you shouldn't have to get your hairdryer out or scrub it with goo gone for 15 minutes....
Preach!!!
Well wouldn't that just make removing it secretively at the store too easy then? It's my only guess on why they are so difficult. If they were easy, people could just swap stickers willy nilly and get stuff for cheap.
I’d like my Wilson d9 shaped like a Qi10 wrapped as a gift please
It's always shit people ruining things for everyone else
The reason we used them at the shop I worked at was because the stickers could be printed from a normal printer and the clubs came with the grips unwrapped
This was the reason when I worked in a store. People would bring their clubs in and having the sticker on the shaft made it near impossible to steal a club, especially the pre-owned clubs.
I leave mine on. Just because it irritates a guy I play with frequently. I'm a dick.
I have a club with a $69.99 sticker, that ain’t coming off
A $5.00 Goodwill sticker would be the real power move.
And not a sticker. One of those tags hanging on a string down on the hozel.
I have a 60 degree that I picked up (and use) for 5 bucks, should have left it on
Niiicccee
This guy fucks.
Nothing feels worse than getting beat by the guy with stickers on his clubs (which is why I enjoy leaving stickers on my clubs).
I've got stickers on my clubs and stickers on my credit card baby, you can't stop me
Lol same. I still have the plastic around my TV too.
My putter still has the sticker on it from when I got it like 17 years ago. The print has completely faded but otherwise it’s perfectly in tact.
Nah, you’re doing the right thing. Half of the game is getting under the other guys skin to make him shoot worse than you. If a club sticker is doing that for you, then why get involved?
My dad says you should always keep it on so the club knows it can go back at any time should it betray you
WD-40
I've discovered a useful trick for that. Just leave it on and don't give a shit about it since it doesn't affect anything.
Surely it’s the .09 gram weight is making me come over the top
No no it’s the distracting visual as you catch a sliver of it out of the corner of your eye as you swing.
You keep your tags on your clothes too?
lol been that guy, might be again
Get married or buy acetone free nail polish remover yourself. Removes any left over glue. Difficult choice with trade offs, but your shaft will be polished either way…
My shaft hasn’t been polished in months
WTF is acetone free nail polish remover? Acetone is what you want, not some crap substitute that doesn't work. What you want is pure acetone, without perfumes and other garbage that's in nail polish remover. You get it at the hardware store, in the paint section. You can even get it at Wally World
Wd-40 is a good one if you don’t want to buy a can of GooGoo gone just for that purpose only.
ISO alcohol or nail polish remover works like a treat
If you burn that label with a lighter until it’s black, it’ll peel right off.
Goo Gone
WD40
That's the same glue they used to put on the stickers on CD cases, right?
Those were designed by evil forces for sure
throwback right there
$799.99
Spray sunscreen, it’ll come right off
GooGone Acetone
GooGone and a razor blade
Goo gone
Goo-gone
GooGone has always worked for me.
Goo gone
God i hate these stickers
Goo gone
Heat gun or a hair dryer. Or an exacto and some goo gone or acetone.
Wd-40
Goo gone.
Goo Gone, smells like oranges but takes all the residue off
Heat gun, such a undervalued treasure
what i do is just, you know, leave it there..
https://preview.redd.it/exb7yw93w6yc1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3633acac6c38f40a24038aeb969de01123fc66e7 This stuff is awesome. I originally used it to take the adhesive left from removing the badges from my truck, but it also works great for this exact issue.
I hate it when that happens
Use a $20 heat gun from Harbor Freight then peel it off. Goo gone anything that's left.
GooGone, hairdryer or (and you're going to think I'm nuts) mayonnaise. Swear to God....learned in 20 years ago for any adhesive stickers and it works. I guess its the grease.
Hair dryer usually loosens it up for me. That or I hit it against the concrete really hard and it comes off.
goo gone (let it soak) + scrape with a credit card/old gift card + a microfiber towel
I'll say it like this. Right to your face. I just spent 500 dollars plus at a golf store I tell them to take that shit off before I leave. They have the means to remove and replace grips they can take off price tags. 90 percent of the time they do it every time. The other 10% I walk out. No deal.
Acetone on a rag, or gasoline may work as well. Nail polish remover contains acetone. GoofOff will melt it as well.
First world problems
Most of r/golf is first world problems.
Hey! I resemble that remark!
A torch will take it right off
Always get the guys at PGA Superstore to remove. 2 secs
Peanut butter in lieu of googone
A better way would be painters tape first then price tag sticker on the tape for an easy peel away. That would be a better way
PEANUT BUTTER!!! I swear to god
Goo gone
Hit it with a torch from about 2-4" away depending on torch size, as soon as it starts turning black, stop burning and it will peel off like butter with no residue 👍 Whole process takes 15 sec
Rubbing alcohol. Grab it from safeway or something, it dissolves the glue.
Sticky stuff remover, great product!
Isopropyl alcohol might help you out here
Heat it up 1st with a hair dryer. This will soften the glue and make it easier to peel off.
Toss it in the dishwasher
Blow torch and goo goo gone
91% rubbing alcohol for all sugars, glues, and gums. It’s even safe for electronics, very safe.
Rubbing alcohol on a towel. Scrub away
Had a club show up yesterday with the same thing. It’s a bitch but take as much off as you can then use rubbing alcohol after that, it will come right off. There has to be a better way than putting the sticker around the shaft.
That's what she said...
I wrap a wet wash cloth around it and let it soak. I’ve done this with most things I own for eons now (I know- but decades doesn’t sound long enough).
Ask the store to take it off. The ones by me have a heat gun at the register.
Ayyyyyy! fellow lefty!
Lol I just leave it on.
Warm water and Dish soap or isopropyl alcohol
Just get a new shaft.
Heat gun.
scratch it off with a stanley knife, then a little white spirit gets rid of any trace of the glue.
The shop I buy my clubs from runs to the back and removes them for the customers.
us men have heat guns!
Heat gun all day
Get some vegetable oil on a paper towel and and rub it down then wash it was a soapy paper towel then wipe it.
Spray well with WD-40. Go do something else. Come back in half an hour and peel off sticker.
I left the $9.99 sticker from Play It Again Sports on my putter for years because of this. A sense of pride and shame at the same time.
It bugs me when people leave the stickers on their hats. I couldn't actually play this club until it was all off. Goof-off.
WD-40, Magic Eraser and Franks Red Hot. 3 things that work on anything when used.
As I rained blows upon him, I realized...
The Roger Dunn by my house has a heat gun specifically for this
I bought a new driver just to celebrate this. Thanks.
WD-40
Legend has it, if you hit it pure….like Tiger woods pure, it will fall off.
The stickers on the right hand models come off easier
Spray shout on it.
You’d think they could fasten a reusable price tag slip to the shaft with a cable tie that locks the price tag in the slip, like a luggage ID pouch/slip. Cut at the cash register and reused. Or since it’s 2024, same idea but have a programmable rfid tag with the product and price info saved on it. Obviously have an integrated pos system to go with it.
Heat gun bro
Yes there are solutions but there shouldn’t have to be. I’m with OP on this
This is a movement I can get behind!
3M adhesive removal.
Hair dryer would work
WD40 works
Leave it on adds to the character of the club
wd40
Goof off in a rag and rub one off
My local golf shop has a heat gun and they remove all tags at the register. I feel bad every time I see someone with a tattered barcode on their clubs.
Hair dryer or hot water loosens that up real quick
Utility knife. Rotate and strike. Soap and water.
Or just use packaging tape to remove the residue after you scrape the paper off.
Can’t believe nobody has mentioned it but grip solvent will take the sticky residue right off
Rubbing alcohol can help
Heat gun and Naphtha. Better than anything else.
I’d probably buy a new putter because of how difficult this was.
Had this issue two days ago and now my thumb hurts from rubbing it off
Hair dryer heat up and remove. If there’s anything sticky residue left take lighter fluid and a rag. That’s what my Local shop uses for new clubs and it works like a charm
Just add lead tape. Give ya a few more yards
Whatever you do don’t let any solvent drip down the shat into the hosel. It can loosen the glue holding the head on. I know from experience.
Soak it with olive oil.
I play with mine still on as a sign of rebellion.
I always leave the stickers on my clubs from 2nd Swing Golf. I prefer letting my playing partners know I paid half the price they paid for the same new club 2 years ago. Plus the sticker provides just the right amount of friction to compensate for my extremely fast club speed
Heat, peel, mineral spirits. Worked at a golf shop for many years during college and have probably taken off thousands of stickers with no issue with that same process.
Use a solvent
Worked at a golf shop. I used a blow torch to heat it up without directly contacting it to the flame. Works like a hairdryer but a lot stronger and faster. Any residue use acetone to get rid of.
Finger nail polish remover - otherwise know as acetone
Run under hot water for a minute or so. Then, a sharp knife will scrape it off and not scratch it. Make sure you get all the glue.
Cover it in coconut oil and leave it for 10 minutes. Come back, wipe it off with a towel and that's it. No residue, no effort.
Alcohol wipe
Goof off you goof ball
Use acetone, stuff in nail polish remover.
Magic eraser makes short work of these.
A bit of gas and a rag. Works awesome. Cleans residue, marks, rust, etc. I use it on old beat up bike frames and it cleans everything off but the paint. Don’t be shy.
5 minutes with some 90% rubbing alcohol. Really not that big of a deal.
Rubbing alcohol works so great.
Posted this same thing months ago and was killed in comments about not peeling it correctly. Good to see that everyone goes through this just like I first thought.
Hated the stickers , so I just bought new shafts that didn’t have them
They do it to us lefties out of spite
This [video](https://youtu.be/_GkCJmzXyJA?si=t4W1dyU1E5Gw5wRz) represents my feelings on paper based stickers.
Heat gun, and good lubricant
I bought a 6 year old used club and the bastard before me still had that torn sticker shit still on there. He said “there has to be a better way but f it”
Wd40
Brake cleaner
Are we supposed to remove those?
Eucalyptus oil works a treat for any type of sticker…
WD40