question is is still good to use a color preserver when using metallic thread?? or is it over kill

thanks
chip chappell

There is no actual reason or advantage to use it, makes it absolutly unnecessary.

Ron Weber

no need at all in using CP on metallic thread.

Don't need it but just to get the air out of the thread so not to have bubbles in the finish

Bill - willierods.com

Color wise no need at all, but if you use CP it will stop bubbles from showing up in your finish which is really nice. i dont do all metallic wraps without using CP because i got tired of all the tiny bubbles popping up. they always seemed to show up too far into the curing process to do anything about and drove me nuts. just my .02

i always use CP with metallic. It not only helps with the dreaded bubbels, it also holds the threads in place on your cross wraps

Ohio Rod Builders

Canton, Ohio

chip chappell Wrote:
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> question is is still good to use a color preserver
> when using metallic thread?? or is it over kill
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> thanks
> chip chappell


You will need it if using White Pearl Metallic. I learned the hardway on a dark blank after the first thick coat of epoxy. I cp the trim wraps which were regular nylon and the white metallic turned out a blueish pearl except where the trim wraps that I cp'ed were. That stayed white. I ended up rewraping.

SK Custom Rods
American Tackle Pro Staff

Fish now, cause you'll be dead for a long time.

I'm with Bill, I use cp on everything.

David Dosser
Coshocton, OH

Something for Phil:

I too had trouble with long metallic wrappings until I figured out how to cure the issue.

1. use a very slow very thin epoxy for your 1st coat (aftcote for me)

2. put that 1st coat on SUPER thin, let the thread barely show through

3. never heat it, leave it alone

4. once you have that one thin coat on and cured, you can now do what you need too, which for me means two more thin coats.

DR

Thank you for the tip duane.

Is this an All metallic wrap ??

or a combo of metallic and regular thread wrap If this one and you want to keep the color of the nylon thread -- use CP

Bill - willierods.com

All metallic is what I was speaking of to Phil if that question was directed at me?

I've done metallic wraps 20"+ in length with zero issues and no CP..... in the way I described above.

DR