Sunday was my first attempt with Permagloss. I must say, I won't have to pluck any nose hairs for a while, the permagloss singed them all off! Normally when I use Flex Coat, my first thin coat covers only to the ends of the wrap, I would fill the fillet between the wrap and the blank with the second coat. I did it this way also with Permagloss but after 4 coats, I have these little ridges forming at the ends of the wraps.

I'm thinking had I started to fill the fillet on the second coat, the end thread wouldn't have "wicked" the finish and held it on the edge - sort of like filling a glass with water and the top surface of the water is actually higher than the edge of the glass. I'm not sure what this phenomenon is called but is this the reason for these little edge ridges? Thanks.

I have also noticed this phenomena with Klass Kote, another very thin (and less odorous) finish. My solution is to just fill the wraps with 2 thin coats of finish, and then let the finish thicken a bit for the final coat and fillet. I think the viscosity of the finish has a lot to do with the success of the fillet/taper onto the blank.

Hello Tom
I think what is happening is due to the wicking effect of the fast evaporating solvent in PemaGloss and your uncovered thread quality and or left on fuzzies. What happened is the fast curing action of the solvents evaporating builds up solids on the threads edges (fuzzies). This results in little "ridges" forming.
A possible way to get rid of them is to thinnly coat this edges then allow this coating to cure. Then trim them off uniformily with a very sharp scapel. Then finish the entire thread coating by adding more thin coats.
Not using thin enough coats probably also contributed to the problem. The key to this finish is putting on the first coat so that ALL the thread are covered and saturated. With a a first coating that covers the threads and no more you will have to look very close to see the edge of the PermaGloss on the rod as the covering is built up apply THIN coats.
Consider practicing on some samples to perfect finish technique before doing it on a to be delivered rod.
Hope this helps.
Joe Kassuba


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