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Question on st. Croix finish
Posted by: Steve Broadwell (---.20.29.71.ip.alltel.net)
Date: May 21, 2006 10:30PM

I am building my first St. Croix, an SCIII, model 3S70MF. I have heard on the board that some of the St. Croix blanks have a very fragile finish. This is a gray matt blank - is it one of the blanks with the finish that gets damaged easily?
I tried to search, but no luck. Thanks for any info.
Steve Broadwell

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Re: Question on st. Croix finish
Posted by: David Wells (---.195.140.67.ip.alltel.net)
Date: May 21, 2006 11:03PM

Steve, the only experience I have with St. Croix finish problems has been with the SCIV and SCV rods (not blanks) but the finish on St. Croix blanks and rods is the same as far as I know. I've never personally seen a finish problem with the SCIII rods/blanks.

David

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Re: Question on st. Croix finish
Posted by: bill boettcher (---.an3.nyc41.da.uu.net)
Date: May 22, 2006 05:37AM

What I have seen lately is there finish seens to be softer then most others.

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Re: Question on st. Croix finish
Posted by: Ellis Mendiola (---.dsl.hstntx.swbell.net)
Date: May 22, 2006 06:01AM

I have used several SCIII blanks. No problem at all with the matt finish. I did find the finish on an SCIV to be too soft. I like the blank but not the finish. With colored blanks I will go with the CTS brand.

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Re: Question on st. Croix finish
Posted by: Matt Davis (---.prtel.com)
Date: May 22, 2006 07:18AM

The II's and III's are pretty durable finishes.

The IV's and V's...not so much. A white rag with denatured alcohol rubbed across the blank will turn blue or brown, depending on the blank you're rubbing.



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Better to have and not need than to need and not have.

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Re: Question on st. Croix finish
Posted by: Steve Broadwell (---.20.29.71.ip.alltel.net)
Date: May 22, 2006 08:00AM

Thanks. I wanted to be sure that the SCIII didn't have this problem before I started.
Steve Broadwell

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Re: Question on st. Croix finish
Posted by: Anonymous User (Moderator)
Date: May 22, 2006 08:15AM

It's the SCV that you'll run into problems with. The rest are fine. You may see some color come off on a rag, but the finish itself won't be hurt. The brown SCV, however, will actually soften and remove down to bare graphite if you use anthing harsher than plain IPO alcohol on it.

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Re: Question on st. Croix finish
Posted by: Steve Broadwell (---.20.29.71.ip.alltel.net)
Date: May 22, 2006 09:12AM

Thanks, Tom
I use both 70% and 91% isopropyl, and will stick with the 70% in this case, just to be on the safe side.

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Re: Question on st. Croix finish
Posted by: Ellis Mendiola (---.dsl.hstntx.swbell.net)
Date: May 22, 2006 09:12AM

Tom,
The problem that I had with the SCIV blue blank was that I wrapped some guides and did not like the placement. I removed the guides and can see and feel the indentations left from the thread. The SCIV made a great spinning rod for my daughter. It is a great jerk bait rod and she caught a bass on her first cast at a nearby gravel pit using an old Cotton Cordell stick bait.

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Re: Question on st. Croix finish
Posted by: bill boettcher (---.250.168.245.Dial1.Weehawken1.Level3.net)
Date: May 22, 2006 10:11AM

I have had the same thing happen to me as Ellis had. Only with a SCIII blank.

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