Just finished wrapping the under wraps and noticed that the wraps looks like a cashmier sweater.
Fuzzy threads over the entire length of each wrap. Is this something that I have done that I have never done before or have I finally found a bad spool of thread. Size A NCP Gudebrod. What if anything can be done to correct my current delema short of rewrapping. I do not feel that burning the fuzzies is an option because of the extent of the problem.

Scott
First pull some directly off the spool. If the thread is defective you should see the fuzzies. What are you using for a tensioning device? Check to see if there is something abrading the thread as it runs through the tensioner. You could try to put color preserver on the wrap but I'm afraid that if singeing off the threads is not an option then you're going to have to cut the wrap off and start over as you'll never truely get rid of them (as severe as you have stated).

I've got a spool of thread that does this; looking at the spool, it's all like that. I've just flamed the wraps when done and the wrap has been just fine. And it's full of fuzzies before flaming. I should've sent it back, I know, but I didn't and have learned to live with it.

Scott,
I once had a similar problem but not as severe as yours. On my 1st rod I applied the epoxy on the wraps and then, after it dried I had several bumps on the surface due to thread fuzz. I got myself some 600 grit emory paper and sanded them out with the paper being wet. This left a dull sanded looking surface on the epoxy. Then I applied another coat of epoxy and it worked great. The finished surface was smooth, bright and shiny. Good luck and keep us informed as to your results...

The Tension device is the stock Pac Bay Power Wrapper. I looked at the thread and it does not seem to be defective but who can tell with the eye sight of a 50 year old and getting older. I will be taking apart the tension device to make sure that all is well. I have applied two coats of pera gloss at this time and the fuzzies seem to have laid down. I still have to wrap the guides onto the blank and that should hide more. (same black thread - very carefull inspection anfd attention to detail will have to be taken.) I am going to try to salvage this rod and will rewrap if I have to. Eleven base wraps with three trim bands is a little bit of an investment but not worth a poor looking rod. I am crossing my fingers that I can produce a silk purse from a sows' ear.

This topic came up here about a year or more ago. Someone who knew said that defective spools sometimes happen at the manufacturing point when the thread feeders are under too much tension (same thing that can happen at our end). I've had one spool like that, a Gudebrod NCP, the whole thing was impossibly fuzzy. Tossed it. Like Ken said, check to see if it's fuzzy on the spool, if it is, pull a good amount off and see if it's fuzzy all the way down (mine was).

Scott. You didn't mention if you were using a color preservor. I would try flaming, but there is another way. Apply the CP with a thin plastic palette knife, one wrap at a time. After the flooding the wrap, remove as much of the CP as you can with the flat of the palette knife. As the CP set up it, it will be sticky enough to hold the fuzzies flat where pressed down by the palette knife. You want the knife to just drag on the wrap. You can also use varnish this way.