hello,
i'am in need of help again. to start with i'am useing flex coat hi build and pac bay rodsmith finishs. i am useing the small divided cups to mesure and stir in, the finish goes on fine but after 24 hr. its not taky to the touch but you can press your nail in to the wrap and it will leave a print . this is real agervating. please guys tell me what im doing wrong and how do i fix my flub ups. any help would be a god sent

Being able to press your nail into the finish after 24 hours is not unusual. It usually takes a few days to completely cure. Keep in mind that it's never going to be rock hard. It needs to be somewhat flexible. What are divided cups??

Mike (Southgate, MI)
If I don't want to, I don't have to and nobody can make me (except my wife) cuz I'm RETIRED!!

the divided cups are the one like you buy from colleen at acid rods. they look like they came off the top of night quil.

Depending on the temp I have seen finish take 3 days to harden to the point where you don't leave fingerprints if you press real hard. That is when the basement only gets to about 60 degrees. Gets kinda cold up here in the winter. Give a couple more days and it should harden a bit more.

thank's guys,
i just went back and checked and it seems alittle better.yuo can still leave a nail print but it will go away.
i'll keep an eye on it hope it does ok. have any of you tried the thread master from andy. i tried to give him a call today but he must have been buisy. but i'll try again. just wondered what kind of results came from this finish.
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guys are the greatest!!!!!!!!!!!!

Most all finish epoxies take at least a few days to totally cure. Some even take up to a week. I usually make it a practice to put the last coat of finish on a rod, then let it sit for a good three-six days before I fish it. Sometimes it really, really tries my patience, as I want to get it on the water. For the last couple of rods I've used Threadmaster finish. It's probably the most user-friendly finish I've ever used, and it seemed to completely cure in about 3 days or so. I've even heard of folks fishing a rod with TM the next day. I wouldn't be comfortable with that, but I can tell you that 3 days seems to be plenty for TM.

ThreadMaster rocks!! Always make SURE you are mixing the epoxy you're using at a 1-1 ratio and mix for at least 2 min.

Bill in WV

I think if you do a search here and type in threadmaster ALL DATES, [www.rodbuilding.org] you will get a ton of info on Threadmaster. Most user friendly finish that I have ever used. Has some great characteristics that you might want to read up on

Mike (Southgate, MI)
If I don't want to, I don't have to and nobody can make me (except my wife) cuz I'm RETIRED!!

I'm with Mike,

I really like the Threadmaster, I've done several of my own rods with it and have been VERY pleased. I laid the 2nd coat of epoxy on my last rod at 10pm, at 6am the next morning I took the rod fishing. The threadmaster sets up that well for me.

One other note, the mixing 2 minutes applies to ALL the epoxy's and make sure to use a mixing tool that is FLAT (like a popsickle stick) this allows you to slowly "fold" the mix and does a much better job of mixing the two parts for me.

DR