Does anyone have a way to polish out minor imperfections from a newly coated wrap. Occasionally I'll get a guide that has a particle of dust that landed on it while drying. Would like to get it perfect without putting another coat on it. Thx

Carefully and cleanly slice it off with a razor blade and let it go.

Epoxy doesn't lend itself to being sanding and polished.

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Hey Tom, Thanks for the reply. Much appreciated. MH

Michael,

If the finish is quite dry, and the imperfection is close to the surface, I will use a clean cloth, like a white handkerchief with the rod in the wrapper. You can spin the finished rod fast in the wrapper, and use the clean cloth as a polishing cloth to buff the surface.

As Mr. Kirkman stated - don't use any sort of sand paper or anything with any grit on it. I do however use a clean white handkerchief for some of these very very minor imperfections. But, again, I do it ONLY if the finish is VERY dry. Do not have even a hint of softness in the finish if you use the process, or you will create a very big mess.


By the way, you used a word, that should not be part of your rod shop in the finishing section. i.e. DUST.

Dust should not be part of your rod shop with respect to the finish area.

This is one of the big reasons, why there is no sanding or turning or any other sort of dusty work done in the rod wrapping and finish area. Any sanding, or turning is done in a different building, to avoid any sort of contamination in the finish area.

If the area has not been used for finish work for a while, I will open all of the window, and put a couple of big fans in the room pointing out the area. I also make sure that there is a fresh filter in the furnace that circulates air through the area - both summer and winter.

Finally, after everything has settled for a day, I leave a fan with a filter on it on low speed, to suck up any thing that might still be left in the air. I do this for at least a couple of hours, before ever mixing up, or applying any finish.

Good luck and may your surfaces always be pure as the driven snow -



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/07/2014 08:57AM by roger wilson.

Hello Roger, thank you for your input. I agree any dust is too much dust. This winter I am going to build a long (13') drying cabinet so that the finishing process is contained and easy to clean between rods. A local builder has one that works very well for him. He even put a small heater in it to keep the temp constant. I like your idea with the handkerchief. I will give it a try. Thx, MH

Michael Harmon Wrote:
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> Hello Roger, thank you for your input. I agree any
> dust is too much dust. This winter I am going to
> build a long (13') drying cabinet so that the
> finishing process is contained and easy to clean
> between rods. A local builder has one that works
> very well for him. He even put a small heater in
> it to keep the temp constant. I like your idea
> with the handkerchief. I will give it a try. Thx,
> MH

Michael,

If you'd like, I still have the plans I drew up 4 or 5 years ago when I built my drying cabinet. It holds 4 rods at a time, is 8'-4" long and has glass doors on it. It wasn't cheap to build, but I love it and no worries on the dust issue. I can email you a PDF Copy of the plans if you'd like. Just send me your email address.

Don

Don Campbell
don@sensorfishingrods.com

Several shops around town, including myself; use a drum dryer in a drying cabinet to dry rods.

With a simple design, you can have a dozen rods in the box with the same space that would be used by fewer individual dryers with their own motors.

Here is one picture of a drum dryer that can dry a dozen rods at a time that has been posted on the picture page.

[www.rodbuilding.org]

Be safe

Micheal

If you check out our new video at the link below and skip ahead to 6 minutes, Roger Seiders will show you the technique of getting rid of these imperfections.

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Hey Don, that's great. Thank you for the offer. I'd like to check it out. My email is emaitchfishingrods@gmail.com. Thank you, MH

Roger, I took a look at the drum roller photo you attached. That's a great idea. Looks like it would work well with surf casting and salt fly rods. I will keep the idea in mind when building my cabinet. Thank you, MH

John, thanks for the reply. I will take a look at the video you recommended. I use your products so I'll watch the entire video. Thank you, MH

Donald R Campbell Wrote:
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> Michael Harmon Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Hello Roger, thank you for your input. I agree
> any
> > dust is too much dust. This winter I am going
> to
> > build a long (13') drying cabinet so that the
> > finishing process is contained and easy to
> clean
> > between rods. A local builder has one that
> works
> > very well for him. He even put a small heater
> in
> > it to keep the temp constant. I like your idea
> > with the handkerchief. I will give it a try.
> Thx,
> > MH
>
> Michael,
>
> If you'd like, I still have the plans I drew up 4
> or 5 years ago when I built my drying cabinet. It
> holds 4 rods at a time, is 8'-4" long and has
> glass doors on it. It wasn't cheap to build, but I
> love it and no worries on the dust issue. I can
> email you a PDF Copy of the plans if you'd like.
> Just send me your email address.
>
> Don

Hey Don, I hit reply instead of quote. Please send the plans to me. My email is emaitchfishingrods@gmail.com. I appreciate the response and the offer. Take care, MH