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airbrushing rod blanks
Posted by: Gregory Macc (---.hsd1.nj.comcast.net)
Date: February 07, 2007 05:25PM

To you guys who paint/air brush your blanks I have a few questions\
1: which type paint do you use do you do any real prep work besides light sand?
2: which type clear coat do you use?
3. DO you paint the blank while hanging it vertically of horiziontal?
4. what type of nossel do you use? i have a 3.5 is that sufficiant?
any trick or hints to pass along will be greatly appreciated. thanks Greg

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Re: airbrushing rod blanks
Posted by: Emory Harry (67.170.180.---)
Date: February 07, 2007 06:55PM

Those that are painting blanks may already know this but I thought that I would mention it for anyone who does not. It may well be worth it to get the color blank that you want but most of the potential coatings are surprisingly dense and can add as much as 5% or even 10% to the weight of the blank plus they are plastic as opposed to elastic which means that the added weight and plasticity can significantly reduce the finished rod's performance.

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Re: airbrushing rod blanks
Posted by: Anonymous User (Moderator)
Date: February 07, 2007 09:44PM

I've only airbrushed one and that was to get a camoflauged effect. Otherwise I tint PermaGloss and wipe it on in a single pass. Wait 20 minutes and then wipe on another coat, again in a single pass.

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Re: airbrushing rod blanks
Posted by: Derek McMaster (---.dsl.pltn13.pacbell.net)
Date: February 08, 2007 12:03AM

There is a wealth of information on this very subject available to answer all of your questions provided in the archives.

Derek L. McMaster
Rohnert Park, CA

Born to Fish, FORCED to Work

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Re: airbrushing rod blanks
Posted by: Gregory Macc (---.sniparpa.net)
Date: February 08, 2007 01:41PM

Tom What do you use to tint the perma - gloss with ?

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Re: airbrushing rod blanks
Posted by: Gregory Macc (---.sniparpa.net)
Date: February 08, 2007 01:43PM

Derek,
I have searched the archives and read the disscussions on people doing it but have not seen any discussions on how to set up and techniques on doing it.

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Re: airbrushing rod blanks
Posted by: italo busi (---.47-151.net24.it)
Date: February 11, 2007 06:37PM

I usually paintbrush the blanks with polyurethanic paint, in two coats, and when the rod is completed, I use one coat of epoxy. I use this metod only for saltwater rod and often only for trolling rods.
ciao Italo

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Re: airbrushing rod blanks
Posted by: Dennis Herold (---.dsl.atmc.net)
Date: November 09, 2018 08:33PM

I had six inches of airbrush work done on four Rods just above top grip. Acrylic water-based paint was used and now I'm having problems with the paint bleeding when I put the UL-40 supreme on. Is something I can use to stop the bleeding before I use the UL-40 supreme . Thanks

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Re: airbrushing rod blanks
Posted by: Dennis Herold (---.dsl.atmc.net)
Date: November 09, 2018 08:34PM

I had six inches of airbrush work done on four Rods just above top grip. Acrylic water-based paint was used and now I'm having problems with the paint bleeding when I put the UL-40 supreme on. Is something I can use to stop the bleeding before I use the UL-40 supreme . Thanks

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