One of the recent threads below featured a post touting the old myth about prepping surfaces with coarse sandpaper for best adhesion. For the newer builders out there that may have never seen it, this is the article by chemist and epoxy formulator Ralph O'Quinn from RodMaker Magazine on proper surface preparation for best epoxy bonds. It's worth a read.

[www.rodbuilding.org]

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Tom Kirkman Wrote:
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> One of the recent threads below featured a post
> touting the old myth about prepping surfaces with
> coarse sandpaper for best adhesion. For the newer
> builders out there that may have never seen it,
> this is the article by chemist and epoxy
> formulator Ralph O'Quinn from RodMaker Magazine on
> proper surface preparation for best epoxy bonds.
> It's worth a read.
>
> [www.rodbuilding.org]
>
>
> .............

Wow! I was just going over that article in my mind recently, and trying to figure out how I was going to retrieve it after having read it so long ago. THANKS TOM!

Now I'm thinking about the Powerball numbers. See what you can do Tom.

To be sure that any contaminants like mold release are not present on the bores of reel seats I put scotchbrite into the patch slot of a shotgun cleaning rod and spin it through the bore with a drill driver for about 30-40 seconds.

Michael Danek Wrote:
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> To be sure that any contaminants like mold release
> are not present on the bores of reel seats I put
> scotchbrite into the patch slot of a shotgun
> cleaning rod and spin it through the bore with a
> drill driver for about 30-40 seconds.

I like that!

To prep the inner surface of my latest reel seat, I wrapped the scotchbrite around a reamer and put it in the drill chuck. It worked well.