My 130 class rod I used a gator blank 60" used 5 aftco rollers with tip. underwraped with A, then double wraped using D and added trim to the ends. With that tuna rig I would get a #51 stripper, 3 #41s & 2 #31s plus tip and do all the wraps with A. I also wraped a spiral roller on a tuna trolling rig using the american rollers using A thread under & double over on this one. It is a
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I just snaped a nice calstar blank at the 3-4 roller on a big ono (wahoo) I used it to catch many fish including blue marlin the tip was attached with adhesive so it was easier to remove & save and I've never had a tip fail with adhesive on 30-80 class. Richard
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What you may have (in automotive painting) is called fish eye in your finish, caused by contaminents as silicons,wax,grease or oil. It may have happened when someone sprayed silicon or spay wax in the area or just oily fingers. What you would need to do is clean the area first with a good solvent to remove any wax or grease then scotchbrite as Tom said. If you sand first all you will do is move
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Aloha Jim I be on the Kona side. Above the airport 1200'. I read your posts on allcoast from time to time, you do some awsome things. Ulua rod on acid would be awsome but to change the diehard boys over here, don't know. They also use lots of spin cast stuff too. I also have 3 sets of @#$%& rollers to set up for my boat rods, need to find some time. Heres hoping you may return to the islands so
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Jim a package 108"X54" will give you a 120 3/4" diagonal. Could you make that work ? Put the blank in a pvc pipe then in a 9'x4 1/2' box. Just a thought. Richard On the Big Island
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Aloha Daniel; I received a set of All American Roller Guides to do a spiral on a heavy trolling rod and I see they did some shaping and grinding on the feet. So if they were comfortable enough to do that at the factory. I say make them work, with an underwrap and a little grinding should work out. "A"thread will give you a little bigger food base.
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