Any problems with doing this? I am going to use Prokote and my unfinished basement offers a quiet location. I would hazard a guess that the temp down there is in the mid to upper 60's F. I have a dehumidifier running down there as well.

It will take longer for the finish to cure at 60, but it works fine. I did it for many years that way, and I would bring the rods upstairs the morning after and get them in a warmer climate to cure.

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Cooler temps will just let it stay wet longer and level better

Just don't LOAD it on - footballs

Bill - willierods.com

Hi Mark,
I just finished a couple over here in Oz and the temperature in my workshop was under 10 degrees C and they set up fine, just a bit longer.

ESFNEM Col
Port Kembla, NSW
Australia

every rod I have ever built was finished in the basement. No issues, sometimes I put a small space heater in there in the winter (I live in MN) but that is all, no issue here.

Eric

"Unfinished basement" = dust. The finish will set up fine - my workshop is in my basement & I have no trouble with the epoxy curing out. What I did is seal the concrete floor & close in the ceiling (heavy plastic stapled to the joists will do). All this before I decided to divide the room; insulate the outside walls; hang drywall and put in a ceiling.

Awesome, thanks fellas!

Pro Kote really works best at temps above 70. If you leave the rod in the cooler temp, it is going to take much longer to cure out and harden. I would not even store the Pro Kote in the cooler area. If you do decide to apply the finish in the basement area, I would at least bring it to a warmer area for the curing process. You will find the results to be best when working in a warmer area.

Bob McKamey
Mud Hole Custom Tackle
bobm@mudhole.com

Bob McKamey Wrote:
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> Pro Kote really works best at temps above 70. If
> you leave the rod in the cooler temp, it is going
> to take much longer to cure out and harden. I
> would not even store the Pro Kote in the cooler
> area. If you do decide to apply the finish in the
> basement area, I would at least bring it to a
> warmer area for the curing process. You will find
> the results to be best when working in a warmer
> area.

Thanks Bob for the info!
I did plan to store the finish in a upstairs (warm) location and to mix it up in that same location as well. I was thinking that I could apply the finish and let it set up in the basement for a day and then transfer it upstairs to a warmer area to complete the process. I like the basement location due to it being quiet and no other people activities down there. I suppose I could turn on a electric heater to warm the immediate area up some too. It would be really easy to hang some visqueen walls to enclose a work area and warm it up.

I do everything in the garage, so I have a ceiling mounted electric radiant heater above the workbench. It heats the work surfaces of that area without trying to heat the whole garage. Works great, even for finishing when it's cold outside (what we call cold in central California).

Greg Foy

Mix up some finish and try it on a piece of scrap and see how it dries

This way you will be sure of what happens

Bill - willierods.com