has any one used this stuff for real seets and handles?? Thanks for any info

thats paste

I have used it a couple of times to bond real seats on surf rods. I don't use it anymore. It is a thick paste and dries like concrete. It is easier to use rodbuilding epoxy. However, when that stuff goes on, it stays on. A week or so after a hurricane hit our area I went fishing in the bay and hit a submerged object and knocked 14 finishing size nail holes on the bottom of one of my friends aluminum boat. I patched all of the holes witlh PC7. That has been over ten years; the boat gets a lot use and still no leaks.

It's not really well suited for use on fishing rods. It's thick and heavy and requires a gap or space between the components or else you'll just push it all out of the joint.

PC-7 ia another example of a product used because it is recommended somewhere, somehow, for rod building. The stuff is downright awful to work with - thick sticky paste that gets on everything and is hard to cleanup. A better alternative is then newer paste expoxies. Personally I use the Kardol brand, its much easier to work with having the consistency of soft vaseline. The stuff cures like concrete and is extremely strong.

There are there are a couple others available. Many marine retail dealers (BoatUS, Boaters World, West Marine, etc.) have paste expoxy kits similar to the tubs Kardol comes in. Rod Bond, I believe, is a similar epoxy, though I have never used it.

Thsi topic brings me a chuckle cause when I first began building rods I would use the regular liquid epoxies and try to use the stuff to mount reel seats with. I managed, but would wind up gettig the stuff all over everything, The cleanup would take me longer than the actual bonding job itself.

Lou

Lou

Back when we did maintenance for two realty companies in the mornings and went to our painting contract jobs in the afternoons I used PC-7 for repairs, plumbing, broken doors and frames where the owner would not pay for true work, i.e., proper repairs. I've even worked PC-7 into a cracked galvanized water pipe, coated the pipe around the crack and wrapped the whole with duct tape and it probably hasn't leaked yet. However, I will not use PC-7 on a fishing rod, period. Rod Bond, 2 hour epoxy, 5 min. epoxy, all are better suited for rodbuilding. Ralph

Sounds like it is - really - hard stuff! Got some on order - got to play with it.

Should have posted this here to begin with! There are publications you can trust and those you can't.

In Tom's book he has a whole chapter on adhesives and which ones are best for rod building. He stated that PC-7 was a good product, but not very well suited for rod building chores. Rod bond and the liquid types were mentioned and each for what. Stick with just these two and you can cover anything that comes up in rod building.

Ah yes, old PC7. Used it since the early '80s. Hard to clean? YES.
Thick & hard to mix? YES. But there is nothing better to use on Stand -up tuna rods & heavy saltwater tackle. The stuff is indestructible.

It's also the wrong stuff to use in close fitting joints. I've had to repair more rods built with PC-7 than any other type. Nothing wrong with the epoxy itself, it's just not designed to be used in the type assemblies we usually face in building rods.

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