I was wondering has anyone tried a paint called KAMELEON KOLOR? Its by plasti-kote and comes in a 6 oz. can (aerosol). Its a three step process; base coat , the color , and final clear coat. A buddy of mine from up north turned me on to it , suggesting that I try it on a rod or two. Well let me tell you this stuff is pretty slick ! Its a metal flake that changes color in the sun light, I've tried green to gold , and green to blue to purple. I shot a 6' boat/spin rod with the green to gold, adding black frame guides with bright forrest green wraps , WOW!! My next project was an old model 704 PENN that one got the green to blue to purple WOW!! again.
Thank You
LARRY

This sounds interesting. I could make a colorful rod for my wife!
Dick.

Larry, check your e-mail. I just sent you a couple pics of the rod that I used that paint on.

John I would like to see the pictures also if you don't mind. Ronnie.....

I have seen it. But I was not doing any Heavy rods so did not try it. I would not use it on any thing light, too many coats to do, thus adding too much weight to a light rod
Heavy boat rods are nice for it Good stuff

Ronnie, I just sent you a couple. John

For the guys that are asking, the rod I have it on is a Lami SB1363M

John Minudillo:
I checked my E- mail no pics were there
Larry


Bill Boettcher:
It works on most any black backrground so a black blank would reduce one coat of paint, and I imagine you do put some sort of clear coat on as a final finish on the blank, you would only be adding one coat of paint , which I don't think weighs that much.
Larry



Dick Murchison:
An excelent anniversary gift.
Larry

I just did a light action solid fiberglass rod, for my wife, in the Purple / Green. Turned out great. It does add a little weight, with the base, color and clear. As Larry said above, the base is black, so if you had a black rod, that would cut out a coat of paint. I don't have a digital camera, so I can't take pictures and post.

Bill in WV

The more material you put on and the thicker it gets, it will tend to crack later on with the flex of the blank. On my light rods I just put two ( dust ) coats of auto color paint, then maybe two thin coats of clear. Try to keep it as thin as I can

Larry, I tried again. Let me know if you get them or not. John

I seems my secret is out....I do the same thing with my reels....I buy old beater Penns, strip them, clean them, reassemble them with any necessary new parts, and paint them with the paints mentioned above.....My friends love them....I have managed to get a lot of kids interested in fishing by having neat looking gear....The paint does not stand up to heavy use....But its paint and can be redone.

Derek

Maybe some permagloss on them and then thay will hold up!!