When turning the butt section of a rod I'm building up, it came off the turner during it's overnight drying run. The epoxy over the hook holder wrap is ok, no waves or bumps, but the area over the inscription has a noticeable sag. I did the second coat (I'm using LS Supreme) anyways hoping that it would become less noticeable, but no dice, if anything it is worse.

I'm thinking of sanding down the bump to even everything out (not down to the thread, just removing the saggy bump) and applying a third coat. The blank is a Winston, and my guess is that removing the whole thing and redoing it will leave marks on the painted finish (I've removed epoxy from unpainted blanks before without much trouble).

Suggestions for sanding (ie what approach to use) are most welcome!!

Thanks,
Troy

Use a 400 grit wet or dry paper on a flat sanding block and be careful not to sand so far that you hit the thread and then recoat. You'll be just fine.

Troy,
I know what I'm about to tell you is going to be disagreed upon, but here it is for what its worth. I'm doing a rod that has about 13 inchs of butt wrap. (I'm jealous of these guys that can put really nice
finishes on long butt wraps without any problems) I've read books and mags., watched tutorials and still have problems. To solve my bumps and sags on this rod I took 400 grit wet and dry sandpaper wraped it around a block of wood put alittle water to it and started sanding very easy. First taking off the high bumps or sags then evening things out the full length of the wrap. I then changed to 600 grit and lightly sanded it again. You have to be careful not to burn through to the thread. Put masking tape around the blank to protect what you don't want scratched. Also turn the blank. as you are sanding. You probably can get by with 600 grit. Don't forget to use the water. I'm ready to put on a very lite coat of finish on. I've decided to wait for the new threadmaster lite to come out before I do anything else. I hope this helps.

Finish is a pretty amazing stuff. It fills all kinds of scratches. If I have to sand a wrap, it will seldom be with anything finer than 400 and most of the time with a coarser grit. The block is the most important part, using it you can tell just by the dust on the wrap if the high spots are gone. I've never been worried about the sanding scratches if another coat of finish is going on, but I don't use any Lite finish, just Threadmaster regular and LS

Terry Morrell Wrote:
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> Troy,
> I know what I'm about to tell you is going to be
> disagreed upon

Err. What you recommended is common practice, its impossible to get a absolute perfect finish without sanding.

Uh Oh..watch out, there a ton of guys that would never sand a wrap, they don't have to. And so far, I'm not sure that anything "is impossible" in rod building.