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Finish for a vinyl winding check?
Posted by: John Esler (---.pgn.com)
Date: June 24, 2010 04:58PM

Greetings,

Do folks typically use rod finish on top of a vinyl winding check, or leave it un finished? I will have the check epoxied up against a hypalon foregrip, and I'll be wrapping decorative thread right up to the check. None of my personal rods have a check for a reference.

Thanks for answering a kind of stupid question!

John Esler
Portland OR

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Re: Finish for a vinyl winding check?
Posted by: Jeff Shafer (---.phlapa.east.verizon.net)
Date: June 24, 2010 08:06PM

Personally John, I have never been a fan of epoxy over a winding check. Vinyl or rubber winding checks are very likely to flex some during the life of the rod. That means that a void will appear under the thread epoxy as the epoxy separates from the winding check.

Jeff Shafer

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Re: Finish for a vinyl winding check?
Posted by: Andrew White (---.ks.ks.cox.net)
Date: June 25, 2010 10:09AM

I always epoxy over mine, because after a year or so of use, an un-finished winding check will start to crack and tear. Finishing over a winding check will keep it from cracking over the years.

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Re: Finish for a vinyl winding check?
Posted by: John Esler (---.hsd1.or.comcast.net)
Date: June 26, 2010 07:03AM

Thanks guys.

JE

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