Glued up a grip Friday night...one of those spinning rod grips where the front part of the cork screws down to lock the seat. Anyway......when the two sections of the grip went together there was a slight ridge or rim between the two parts (I probably didn't align them just right). It was quite small but I tried to sand it down...wasn't as careful as I should have been and ended up with a lower spot in the grip. Not too bad...And I'll probably just leave it but I wondered if I can mix some cork dust and adhessive to fix it.....and how to go about it if I do.

Thanks,

Keith

Keith,
Yes, you can do it quite easily. Mix up some rod bond or elmers with cork dust to make your own "putty", put it on and when dry, sand it to where you want it. Put the dremel tool in a corner and look at it from a distance while hand sanding with a small block like a rubber pencil eraser or the like.

I've never actually measured, just going by look and feel, but if I had to take a guess, I would say the ratio is about 60/40 adhesive to dust. Just start adding dust to the glue and when it starts to look more like cork than glue, you are there.

I posted this 7/8/03 under cork repair A quick way to replace damage cork rings. First cut the damaged cork ring off the blank by using a razor blade to neatly cut out the cork ring glue line. Now ream out the new replacement ring to fit the blank diameter. Now with a sharp razor blade cut one side of the cork ring. Place that ring in to a pan of boiling water while mixing up your epoxy glue. The boiling water will make the cork supple enough to spread apart when opening the ring to go around the blank. the cork ring should fit snugly to the other rings on the blank. Next apply the epoxy glue to the repair area. The next step is to gingerly spread the repair ring apart and place it on to the blank. Squeeze tight to Squeeze out the excess glue, next clean up the excess glue with. alcohol. To make sure the ring fits tightly place a screw type water hose clamp on the ring and screw down tell there is a firm bonding. Now wipe off all excess glue with alcohol. After glue has dried remove clamp and lightly sand the cork to match the rest of the cork rings. After sanding the entire cork handle or forgrip should look brand new with now and no sign of repair.
Good Wraps Bob

Bob: That sort of repair was just discussed over on the BFHP/Rod and Reel site. One additional point was made: make that cut of the cork ring along one of the "defect" lines that many rings have (chose a ring that has one for this purpose), that way the cut will not be noticed at all when you are finished.

Tom that is true! You place a 1/4 inch strip of masking tape between the good cork and bad cork and us the edge of the tape as a straight edge whe cutting the glue line as so you wont damage the good cork. What is important is you soften the new replacement cork to fit around the blank. then when you squeese it close it well fit tight in to the old cork.
Good Wraps Bob