Just saw this on the web. Since we use so many items in an unconventional manner (don't you love the puzzled look on the checkout person's face when you tell them that the "confusing" assortment of items in your cart is for building fishing rods), any thoughts about this stuff?

[www.physorg.com]

Just some thoughts... guessing mind you...

Liquid Glass on thread wraps: it may possibly work as a color preserver but I'm guessing it will be difficult to get a good epoxy coating on this silicone product. As a main thread coating it would be like a very very very thin permagloss and a single coat would leave the thread contours open for abrasion. If you put on enough coats to get a smooth surface then you lose the flexability and end up with a more glasslike fragility. I imagine it would work well as a final finish coat.

Coating the blank: this would most likely work very well as a finish restorer. I don't see any benefit to getting it on the guide rings and there's a possability of it contaminating the line and doing damage. I would tape off the guides before giving the rod a spray coat.

Cork, EVA, Hypalon: lots of possibilities. White EVA would stay white longer and cork would remain cleaner. The site says the coating will last a year but I'm guessing that this would be with "normal" handling of their test products. I will make a guess that the coating will not last a full season on the grip of a well used rod. Perhaps a coating every few months will keep the grip material in good order and your whites white :)

Carbon fiber grips: again you would need too many coats to maintain flexability. Perhaps as a finish coat. As it wears it may take on an appearance like an amine blush.

I can see a rod builder having a bottle handy to give a finished rod a really nice glass coat before delivery to the client. Perhaps stocking a few small bottles to sell to the clients so they can maintain the coating.

This stuff could work real well for protection from saltwater too.

On foam-core, carbon fiber skinned grips you don't need flexibility. They're hard.

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Not like glass, they can take a bump because the epoxy is flexible. Perhaps less brittle would be more appropriate.

Could be an interesting product. I guess one of us just needs to try it.

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A liquid of the same type was required by the Federal Govt to be poured into the engines of the Cash for Clunkers vehicles. Drain the oil and add 2 quarts of liquid glass and run it till it stops. I believe we still have some laying around the shop. Will have to take a look.

Freddwhy (Rapt-Ryte)

Where would you purchase it?

Good Wraps Bob

i'm game. it could have some great potential uses in rodbuilding. if you can get some bring it with you david.