Finish for split cane

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Re: Finish for split cane

Posted by: larry pirrone (---.ontrca.adelphia.net)

Date: January 30, 2005 10:31AM

varnish is the traditional finish. mcloskys man o war in the RED can is a high tung oil varnish that is used by a lot of bamboo rod makers. it requires about five thin coats on wraps. it will make the wraps go transparent and you will see the guide feet and all of your thread tags so keep that in mind unless you are going to use a color preserver. some folks on the bamboo board have been using flexcoat in a first thin coat to fill the wraps and then varnishing over that. same effect as straight varnish but much easier to remove in the future. you can find the mcloskys at ace hardware. don't use the green can.

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