I am getting very confident with my epoxy and didn't think twice about applying it to very small single foot guides for the first time today. Poor prior planning led to a serious uh-oh getting it applied smoothly under the 'overhang' of the guide ring. The coffee filter dosed with alcohol keeps getting whacked by the ring as the rod spins around. Had to give it up for now and will have to revisit the problem tomorrow with a touch up application of epoxy. Any suggests will be greatly appreciated!

Pesco Ergo Sum

If you have too much epoxy, stop the rotation with the guides on top of the blank and let the finish sag down to the bottom where you can touch your finish applicator to the drops to wick the extra finish away.

Bruce-
Try cleaning that spot up with the rod stopped-move the filter instead!

like posts above say, stop the dryer and wick, rub , brush, scoop, whatever the extra away. modern rod finishes level very well even after you stop the dryer and start it up again for good while. you said you have alcohol dipped something to wipe it away, only do that when you want to totally remove the finish. its not good idea to mix that in with finish that is going to stay on the rod it will mosy likly not do anything but still not agood idea at all.

I appreciate the help so far, but I guess I wasn't clear enough to help you help me... I am not suffering from excess epoxy but from an irregular shaped rim on the ring end of the guide. Puzzled as to how to get that perfect ramp down from thread to rod when the space under the guide ring is so small and close to the rod. Was using the end of an awl to reach into that cramped space to attempt to move the epoxy around. The coffee filter with alcohol on a spinning rod has always done the trick to even things up when the initial application was less than perfect before.

Pesco Ergo Sum

The epoxy will continue to flow back into that space even if you remove it several times.

What you have to do, is wait until it has set to a point where it no flows. Stop the rod, remove it, and then very light flame/heat it just enough so that everything smooths over. But not so much that the epoxy will flow back into that area.

There is a certain window of time that you must work in to get what you're after.

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Wait until the epoxy is starting to set up in order that it doesn;t flow back, then use a piece of thread as flossing your teeth. Floss it up under the rod to eye area.