I got some alcohol on a wrap. It was a dry wrap,(no finish applied yet). Can this hurt the integrity of the wrap?

oh, thought ya wuz just drunk again... LOL!! If the wrap is dry, still tight and the color isn't harmed, you're good to go.

Putter
Williston, ND

What a waste of perfectly good alcohol i find that epoxy finishes the wrap better LOL ...... shame on you for spilling it try drinking through a straw next tiime

Always the joker

Don't do what I just did. Took 99% IA to a rod in a desparate attempt to bet off a blizzard of sanddab scales only to have it start degrading the black Appliance Epoxy paint that I used to paint the blank.

Sigh.......Shake your head......Rewrap

Derek

FYI: When trying to decide how quickly an alcohol will dry off (evaporate), take a look at the label of the original bottle and see how much WATER is in that alcohol.

70% IsoPropyl Alcohol (IPA) is 30% WATER (H2O), and has the highest water content of the alcohols commonly used in rod-building. With that much water, it may take a couple of hours for a thread wrap doused with alcohol-H2O to return to bone dry in a cool room with stagnant air. If you can't wait that long, use a hand-held hair dryer / blow dryer on the LOW or MEDIUM setting to drive off the wetness and restore the thread to bone dry. The air stream should feel warm, NOT hot. The moving air itself will greatly help accelerate the evaporation of the alcohol and the slower-evaporating water.

Drinking alcohol, good ole ETHANOL liquor has its concentration reported as PROOF. An 80 PROOF liquor is 40% Ethanol (by volume). And about 60% water, with lots of flavor components in there to titillate & scintillate the palate.

Any water or dampness remaining in the threads will / can easily cause trouble when applying Color Preserver "CP" (non-uniform color or "splotchiness") or the Thread Finish "TF" (epoxy or solvent-based; non-penetration into the thread, or non-adherence of the finish to the thread). The first case ("CP") will look splotchy. The second case ("TF") will develop a flat air pocket between the thread and epoxy, like a silvery / shiny scale. (This is just an effect from reflection of light, not usually a chemical reaction.) - Neither will weaken the thread - but it will look "off" and remind you of this mishap.

Admittedly, by this time, it is almost certainly dry. But this Reply is for explanation and future reference. -Cliff Hall+++



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/09/2006 12:06PM by Cliff Hall.

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