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My first strip and refinish job, questions...
Posted by:
Dave Lester
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Date: October 06, 2005 08:43PM
I'm about to rebuild the first fly rod I ever made. I was not happy with it, and wasn't using it because of the poor job I did. My question is, after stripping the rod and sanding it, there will be some small imperfections in the surface, I can already see. Will a couple coats of rod finish fill these in any? I don't expect the finish to be as nice as original, but I would at least want to make it decent.
Also, I used 5-minute epoxy on the reel seat. What's the safest way to remove it? I want to save the cork handle. Can I just cut it off and make an extension from inside the blank under the handle, using a piece of old blank? Any advice is certainly welcome and appreciated. Re: My first strip and refinish job, questions...
Posted by:
Dave Lester
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Date: October 06, 2005 08:50PM
Ummm, I got the info on the reel seat. "Search" works great! ;o) Re: My first strip and refinish job, questions...
Posted by:
larry pirrone
(---.ontrca.adelphia.net)
Date: October 06, 2005 08:50PM
DON'T CUT IF OFF. wrap the reel seat in a bagie and place it in boiling water untill it heats up. the five minute epoxy should let go and you should be able to pull the reel seat off. if that does not do it heat it them cool it down in a bucket of ice. alternate. that should do the job. Re: My first strip and refinish job, questions...
Posted by:
Raymond Adams
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Date: October 06, 2005 09:04PM
Dave,
Check the Library section for refininshing. Also I would avoid sanding at all if you can. Too easy to sand to much! Raymond Adams Eventually, all things merge, and a river runs through it.. Re: My first strip and refinish job, questions...
Posted by:
Cliff Hall
(---.dialup.ufl.edu)
Date: October 06, 2005 09:28PM
DAVE - A very extensive discussion of this very subject on rod blank re-finishing was just Posted (and is now coming to a natural conclusion). Make sure you read it, and especially the Links to the 2 Ralph O'Quinn (ROQ) articles contained therein. Your rod blank - Is it Fiberglass or Graphite? Keep that in mind as you read ROQ. Then bring back your more specific and lingering questions here to your Thread, and you'll be on your way. Pay attention to what your are doing, and think ahead by reading ahead some, and you will be fine, Dave. Check it out: [www.rodbuilding.org] Best Wishes, Cliff Hall, Gainesville, FL-USA+++ Re: My first strip and refinish job, questions...
Posted by:
Dave Lester
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Date: October 07, 2005 05:57AM
Thanks, Cliff. Good info in that thread.
As I'm chipping away at the old epoxy on the wraps, some of it just doesn't want to come loose, specifically the edge that contacts the blank. Is there anything I can use to help the removal? Re: My first strip and refinish job, questions...
Posted by:
Doug Moore
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Date: October 07, 2005 08:48AM
Dave you can apply a bit of heat from a hair dryer and use the edge of a plastic knife to remove that stubborn finish. Regards......Doug@ TCRds Re: My first strip and refinish job, questions...
Posted by:
Bob Crook
(---.onspeed.com)
Date: October 07, 2005 09:11AM
Also read Ralph O'Quinn's article in the the library above. Re: My first strip and refinish job, questions...
Posted by:
Cliff Hall
(---.dialup.ufl.edu)
Date: October 07, 2005 10:19AM
"BULLSEYE" for Doug Moore's/TCRods advice. -CMH+++ Re: My first strip and refinish job, questions...
Posted by:
bill boettcher
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Date: October 07, 2005 07:21PM
Cliff
Went back to the thread you mentioned. Read what Ralph said about the LS. Now i have to clean off a scrap blank and test it. Sorry, only registered users may post in this forum.
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