Sense I have been using Chroma Seal I have had trouble with my epoxy finish migrating to the center of the guides and my butt wraps look like they have speed bumps. I have been building rods for a long time and have never run in to this problem before. Can any anyone shed some light on this pain in the, "you know what"?

I wish I could help you but I cannot. This same problem has plagued me on more than one occasion. Usually with Aftcote but not always. No matter how many times I relay the coating it returns to the middle of the wrap. If I remove the lump in the center, it reforms leaving even less on the outer edges of the wrap. Odd. But it does not always happen.

Sounds like you are putting your epoxy on too heavy. That will cause a "football" to form. It has happened to me and always on the tiptop. I've also had the lumpy finish on the split grip and cured it with cutting back on the amount of epoxy I applied with the first coat.

Are you rotating your epoxy via a dryer device? With a thinner viscosity product like the ThreadMaster Light (Chromaseal is a color preserver, not an epoxy finish) a fast rotation speed can result in the finish pulling in towards the center of the wrap.

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It is the same thing with me. It isn't every rod but a lot of them. It has never happend w/ U-40 color lock or any other I have ever used for that matter.

Change your CP and go back to what you were using before
Unless you are doing some thing wrong ???

Bill - willierods.com

I don't think it has to do w/ the amount Light or heavy it does the same. It was worse w/ thread master but did not happen all the time.
I know Chromaseal is a color preserver and I rotate my rods on the Flex Coat turners like I have always done. I think they are about 8rpm.

I'm sure I am using the finish properly. I think changing the color preserver would be best bet. I have changed to Pro Kote finish and still have the same problem.

Thanks for all the input!

I have found with some CP's that thinning them helps them to work better. But ya got to put on more coats
Unless you are getting contamination some where ??

Bill - willierods.com

I expect that if you used no CP your problem would go away.
Roger

Yes Roger that is correct. The problem never happens w/ ncp.

Bill I have slightly thinned it before and tried other things, warming, stirring for several minutes. Same results.

Darren

I still say go back to the CP that gave you no problems --- Common Sense

Bill - willierods.com

Super thin multiple coats will fix our issue.

DR