I have used FlexCoat high build for a long time (15 years). Yesterday I tried some LS Supreme high build, and it was much easier to get a nice one coat finish. A lot of guys replied to another post I had saying Threadmaster performance was even better. Just wondering what properties it has, or benefits you guys see with Threadmaster.

Thanks,
Marc

Hi Marc.

You should do a search on the subject because it has been covered quite extensively. The short version is that it's characteristics are much the same as the other epoxies. It seems to be clearer and doesnt yellow so for white work I use it a lot. I think it cures a bit harder and has a little bit longer pot life. The only potential problem I have encountered is bubbles but that may be more often due to my technique of application and mixing.

hey doc i've noticed that if you mix a batch pour it out on some aluminum foil and let it sit there and spread out for 5 or 6 minutes then hit it with just a little bit of flame on the bottom of the foil( no more then a few seconds..5 at the most) most of the little bubbles will pop. you have to be careful with the flame though cause if you use too much TM will almost instantly get hard. i've noticed that at some point in warming it up the TM will get real runny and almost immediately after it gets runny it will harden really fast.

Clarity, clarity, clarity!!! That and it's ease of use and quicker set time (by set, I mean time before you can stop turning it) Pot life is good

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!!

LS Supreme High Build is the highest build single coat finish on the market. That may or may not be what you're after.

ThreadMaster is certainly good and probably the clearest of all the epoxies currently being sold for thread finishes.


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Marc, I'm a long term FC user who tried LS and and hate it. I find it useful for making butt caps but for a finish, I detest it. I have less trouble with TM than I do with LS, but still have problems with it. If I'm not using white thread, I use FC. With white thread, I use TM for the promise of no yellowing, and do what I can to make it work. Not a problem with the finishes, just in the user. Having too many problems adapting to other finishes. After using one finish for so long, it's hard to learn how to use another.

We moved from FC to LS and liked that. Then we moved to TM and, before the Lite version was available, we did what Andy suggested and microwaved the TM, which pretty much elminated bublles. You lose a bit of pot life but that's an acceptable tradeoff.

We also switched to using one of those little "cement mixer" expoxy mixers with the ball-bearing in it. That gives a more even mix, and also kills bubbles.

We like the clarity and strength. I'll tell you a story about the strength of TM sometime.

But LS has good properties too, and it yields a different surface. I'd suggest trying both on similar test wraps to see the differences.

Uncle Russ
Calico Creek Rods

ive used fc high build, flex coat lite, ls supreme, and threadmaster...i now use TM lite but i like to build it up where i want it and i like that its thinner than high build i also like TM because its the clearest one ive seen so far although the lite version of FC is also pretty clear