I tried a search but couldn't find the answer I was looking for. Looking for a tip on stopping epoxy from wicking into cork when making epoxy ramps etc up to a foregrip. Ocassionally I use tinted epoxy and a little wicking drives me nuts, i've tried sealing the cork using U-40 cork seal and other products, but I still get a little epoxy pulled up on the grip. Suggestions please??

Thanks

Walt Davenport
"Roadhouse Rods"

Have you tried sealing the end with clear first any hard clear sealent I think would work, epoxy, perma gloss. I have used perma gloss to seal the voids in cork so my epoxy does'nt seap through my grip when doing fly inlays. Found this out the hard way.

Mike
Mikes custom fly rods

Let it wick. Then, when the flow window begins to close, take a paper towel, fold over a corner and wet it with alcohol. Use this to wipe off the epoxy to the level or area you desire. It will leave a clean, crisp, sharp edge.

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Tom Kirkman Wrote:
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> Let it wick. Then, when the flow window begins to
> close, take a paper towel, fold over a corner and
> wet it with alcohol. Use this to wipe off the
> epoxy to the level or area you desire. It will
> leave a clean, crisp, sharp edge.
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Tom, the problem I have from time to time is when there are a few small voids right there at that line, the epoxy always gets pulled up a little higher in those spots and I can't cut them smooth with the paper towell, it is especially noticable to me with the tinted epoxies.

Mike, I have tried sealing the ends with cork seal and polycrylic, maybe i just need to go to a harder clear finish.

My wife says I'm nuts and no one would ever notice, but I see it and it's something in my fit and finish that I want to improve on.

Walt Davenport
"Roadhouse Rods"

I use 5 minute epoxy. it cures before it has a chance to wick. 5 minute epoxy is very yellow in color, but if you tint it, the yellow-ness is less obvious. You can also apply tinted finish epoxy over the 5 minute epoxy (after it dries) and get truer color rendition.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/23/2010 10:50PM by George Forster.

Ramps are designed to melt into the cork, aren't they? To me they replace ugly winding check. Am I missing some thing here. You can also wet the cork area with Denatured Alcohol before building the ramp then use Tom's suggestion.

Good Wraps Bob

Ramps are designed to melt into the cork, aren't they? To me they replace ugly winding check. Am I missing some thing here. You can also wet the cork area with Denatured Alcohol before building the ramp then use Tom's suggestion.

Good Wraps Bob

You could use rod bond or some other "thick" epoxy.

LIke Ben,
I use rod bond.
Wet ya finger with DNA to smooth and shape the finish as it drys.
mikeb

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