Im in the process of experimenting with finishing at 200 RPM. I must say 15 test guides and I am hooked. The best result Ive ever had as its level and more importantly the edges are perfect. I think why it turned out so good is the speed at which I coated each guide. I have never had trouble getting the finish on there quick(lop it on and wipe off the sags) but my bug bear has always been the finish edges. Even with a good handrest for the life of me cannot manage a very nice edge. After the finish is on and nice and level I end up leaving it alone and the edges always seem to come out wonky. Maybe its my 40 a day habit getting in the way.!!!

Now my question --- I have no problem edging the foot end. ***What is the best way to edge the guide leg end?*** What I have done is ball up the finish against my spatula and push it over. The only problem with that is you can see some leftover finish that remains up the guideleg.

Any tips would be appreciated

For myself, since I have the slip chuck from Flex Coat with my 200 rpm motor, I will grab the rod and with a clean brush, clean up that end of the guide and take away as much of the epoxy as needed so there is none working up the guide. Also I look at it more as I have it in my 4-6 rpm dryers and make sure things look good.

I do the same as Mike.
I use my variable speed wrapper that will turn from 0-1000 rpm.
I use high speed, at times up to 1000 rpm to get the finish on the rod. Then, I will slow or stop the rod to remove any excess finish, a final twist at high rpm and then a move over to my 6 rpm dryer.

It works very well.

Good luck
Roger

Do you have issues with finish slinging off at 1000rpm?

No,
Roger

Men, where can you get a 200 rpm motor?

Flex Coat has a system for it, but it is a complete finishing setup. I was able through Custom Tackle at the time get just the motor and chuck part of the setup. I would think any of the sponsors here that deal with Flex Coat could do the same for you. The Flex Coat setup is nice because it has the slip clutch chuck on it and you can stop the rod from turning without having to turn off the motor.

Mark,
If you have a power wrapper - use that.
Most power wrappers are very capable of getting to the required speed.
Just be sure to cover the bed of your wrapper with cardboard or other material during coating times, or the wrapper bed will potentially get a little or a lot of coating drips on it.

After coating on the wrapper or high speed dryer, then move the rod to the slow speed dryer for long term drying.

Good luck
Roger

p.s.
In particular, virtually everyone who uses a drum style dryer - which dries multiple rods on it at the same time all use a different application to apply finish , clean up the edges, etc. before transferring to the drum dryer.
Once a rod is placed on a drum dryer, the finish is what it will be. There is virtually no easy way to touch up finish on a rod after once having it placed on a drum dryer with many other rods beside it.
So, it is important that the finish be perfect before transferring it to the drum dryer for long term drying.

Of course this is the system that most production facilities use for drying many many rods at the same time using a single motor.

Good luck
Roger