Abstract: A method of coating the shaft of a golf club with a smooth layer of curable wear-resistant liquid material, said material loaded with a high density of extremely small, hard-wearing particles, by the steps of providing an open-top, leak-proof container having a broad, wide base and at least one upstanding end wall, providing a first aperture in the upstanding container end wall, the aperture being of a size and shape sufficiently large to allow passing therethrough of the shaft of a golf club, the first aperture further defined by an inside-container side and an opposite, outside-container side, attaching a gasket over the first aperture, the gasket having a second aperture formed therethrough and aligning the second aperture with the first aperture so that the second aperture is located near the center of the first aperture, placing a volume of liquid coating material in sufficient volume to cover said container base, the material loaded with a high density of extremely small, hard-wearing particles, tilting