Ok between the guys at anglers workshop and all the help from you guys on this forum, I have guide spacing, static load, spiral wraps, wraping guides, handle assemblies, reel seats,cork grips, foam grips and finish pretty much down, thanks for all the help, BUT what do I do about LINT in finish, I am vacuming,misting the air wyping everything down, doing everything I can think of or a least what was mentioned in dale clemens book. I know you guys have some trick for this problem, thanks again.

if you are doing all that and still have dust particles in the air, the only real answer is a drying box.....

Drying box.

Lots of guys don't need a drying box, and maybe I don't either. But I built one when I started and I wouldn't be without one today.



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

Scotty-

If you use a brush like I do try keeping them covered somehow after cleaning. They may be picking up some junk standing in a cup or whatever while you are doing your cleaning routine. Holding a brush up to the light and running your finger across the top of it will show you what if anything is in your brush . My room over the garage doesn't heat well so I will use one of the standup shop lights to warm the room up to 70 deg. or so. When it is on you can see a surprising amt of stuff floating in the air-moreso if moving around on carpet. Pull your t-shirt off in front of that light and you'll think maybe you should be wearing a respirator. LOL Get some plastic carpet runner to put down in areas where you normally move. H. Depot has some little filters you can put over HVAC registers. If you are getting it in while applying the finsh these may help. If it is happening afterward only the box will help. I need one , too. Pretty frustrating getting all the other things right and having that happen at the end.

Chris

Narrow it down. Is the fuzz airborne or on something and you are picking it up? Something to consider... vacuums move air. If you are vacuuming right before finish, you may be kicking out particles in the air through the vacuum exhaust.

Is it already in your finish when you put in on the rod? Does it appear after you lay finish? If you figure that out, you can address the issue effectively.

I second Chris' motion about the brushes. If you use brushes, do you wipe them with a towel or anything after cleaning? There's a good way to pick stuff up. Are the fibers in your mixing cups? Sometimes the plastic mixing cups can have little fibers in them too.

It bothers me that Chris is wrapping shirtless. I guess he got tired of ruining shirts.

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I noticed that when I wipe the spatula on a paper towel, I get some of the lint from the paper towel on the spatula and then accidentally transfer it to the rod if I don't check the spatula first! Same with with wiping down brushes, etc. I just gotta check more often and make sure to keep the parts cleaner!

If you are wrapping in felt lined V notches, try wetting the felt slightly with a drop or two of water. It will reduce static charges building on the rod and attracting airborne particles of oposite charge.

C. Royce...thats interesting. Never wouldve thought of that....I no longer use V-blocks but always wondered why I had less dust with the rollers before I got the box I use.

Scotty,
1. giv e your furnace a good cleaning.
2. Change your furnace filter frequently.
3. Don't sand in the same room, or better yet building, that you do you finish work.
4. Use a good vacuum, and empty it frequently and change the filter often.
5. Any time that you do finish work, clean the shop and vacuum on the day before you do the finish work.
6. For worst case, use a dryer box, to keep any knid of junk off the finish.
7. Use painters tack tape to tack all wraps etc. before finish application.
8. Above all - wash your hands frequently, if you don't use latex gloves during your rod work. There is an awful lot of junk on your hands - oil, dead skin etc. Frequent washing helps to keep this body junk off the rod you are building.
9. Before doing any guide placement or other blank work, wipe down the blank with alchol or other good solvent. This will insure that any skin oils or other junk will be wiped off the blank , before you start adding any guides or wraps.

Take care
Roger

Keep your thread clean. I found my lint problems that came from thread that I kept on the workbench or in the drawer. Now I keep it all in ziplock baggies.