White thread problems mitigated quite a bit

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Posted by: Michael Danek (50.42.145.---)

Date: December 20, 2012 10:29PM

Build rods long enough and you'll encounter the problem of white thread not being opaque enough (the dark blank shows through, or dark threads under the white show through) even with CP. I've found that the pearl metallic Pro Wrap 9880, with CP, is very opaque, and really looks like white when next to another color. So it works very well as a narrow trim band on other color windings, with the dark thread underneath not showing through. Whether it is that good without CP, I don't know. But what I do know is that it looks white and is better than any other white thread I've ever tried.

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