Hi Guys.
I have just changed from Pacbay finish to Bullard. For some reason the last four rods I have varnished have a strange "smeared" effect on the epoxy.....can anybody shed any light on this?
Mick

Mick,
Are you referring to thread finish with a smeared look?

What exactly do you mean - "smeared"?

I assume that nothing has touched the epoxy as it has been curing has it?



Be safe

Bulalrd is Envirotex. Pretty sure it isn't really meant for exterior use although some get by with it. Wonder if that's what got messed up.

Most likely amine blush, caused by a combination of CO2 and moisture.

If you'll set the rod in a very warm place, even in direct sunlight, for a few days it will tend to rectify itself.

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Roger....It is really difficult to describe.....imagine you marbled the epoxy with an opaque varnish.....kind milky!
Neeless to say its driving me nuts!! I never had this with the Pacbay epoxy...
When I run my finger over it... it leaves a watery residue on my skin almost like it has been sweating

Tom
I think you might be onto something.....my workshop is most probably the dampest it has been in years, I ruled out reduced temperature as this is always an issue in Scotland!! I will varnish as normal upstairs with the central heating on where it is dry and see if I get the same reaction....for someone who builds rods for a living it has been a real pest!!
Thank you for your help guys...I knew this was the forum to come to!
Mick

Mick,

I use Bullard finish, and it would blush on me regularly, about 50% of the time. I've found that it doesn't blush nearly as often when I warm the epoxy before I mix and hit it a bit with the alcohol lamp after the epoxy is in place. When it does blush, it will clear up in a few days.

Joe

Joe
Thanks for that...I am glad its not just me I was starting to get paranoid!!
Mick

Last year, a carpenter friend gave me about half a gallon of EnviroTex Lite, that was left over from a bar and table top top project, in a Pub, that he worked on.
Since then I have used it on more than a dozen rods with excellent results.
I suspect that many of those expensive little bottles, sold as rod finish, have EnviroTex inside!

Actually, just 2.

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Garry

After a year have you noticed any yellowing in it

Bill - willierods.com

No problems of any kind.
As Tom points out, two name brand rod finishes are actually relabeled EnviroTex.

Bullard is one....care to say which other one?

Russ in Hollywood, FL.