Actually, I have not attempted any finish removal. I've been spending my free time going over old postings in this website. Thanks to all of you fine folks for taking the time to share your knowledge, Ideas and experience. At this time, I'm kind of leaning toward Citristrip. I think that I will stop at the local Lowe's on Wednesday.
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I'm sure that a lot of you know this but I'm somewhat new and didn't. I love the look of the Fenwick yellow-gold rod blanks. They are no more. I had a surf rod built on a honey colored Lamiglas blank with blue hypalon grips and diamond wrap. It is beautiful to the eye and casts well too. Looking through dealers websites I had come to the conclusion that the honey Lamiglas was, also, no more
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Got an E-mail from Lamiglas. Select models of their beautiful honey colored fiberglass rod blanks are available. They can be ordered form Lamiglas dealers or direct from Lamiglas. Of course, a lot of you guys probably knew that. I didn't.
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I've been reading old posts on this forum while thinking about this and other questions. One suggestion struck my interest. Wire the tip to a solid surface, apply a pulling pressure to the blank and heat the tip with an alcohol lamp. If a lamp works, then why not a soldering iron? The iron would localize the heat and the instant the adhesive reached it's fail point, the rod would be released.
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Removing the tip. I've been reading past postings in this forum. Someone suggested that the best way to remove a tip was to wire it to a fixed surface, apply tension to the rod in the opposite direction and heat the tip with a butane lighter. Pop, it should come off. The idea about a lighter seemed like a bit of overkill. Why not a soldering iron? It would localize the heat and apply only e
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Thank you, Roger. I sent an E-mail to info@lamiglas.com. I'm sure that they will respond in time for me to find a proper blank. In the meanwhile, I have plenty to do, mostly, going over the early postings on this site. There is a wealth of information there. Then there is the testing of Citristrip on the Fenwick bl
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As usual, I operate from incomplete information. As I was in the Lamiglas website, looking for a suitable rod blank, I found a description of salt and inshore and also boat and trolling rod blanks that said that the honey colored blanks were still available. However, when you try the add to bag bar, it had no option for ordering honey. I know that this post is off topic but I tend to wander of
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Thank you, Lynn. If I enter a project with my eyes wide open, I could never blame anyone else if that project fails. You mentioned the Ugly Stik. I have a couple of those. One, a real heavy "Louisville Slugger" type boat rod blank, the other suitable for a 30 lb. mono wound Jigmaster. Perfect for a loaner setup for a friend or relative. I should concentrate on those and leave the
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Yes, Matthew, It is a beautiful yellow-gold Fenwick SP847. I'm probably overthinking this but Fenwick rod blanks are no more so I cannot waste one. I've been using Fenwick FS series rods since my grandfather taught me to fish. FS 53, 61, 68, 75, 85, a Fenglass Pacificstik 1870C, a homebuilt heavy boat rod that I built using a white LB967 blank and a bass Lunkerstik. My three HMGs just don't ha
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I hate to bring this up but on the Citristrip website, under the FAQ section, the manufacture recommended against use on fiberglass. They said that Citristrip could leave fiberglass in a "sticky" state. Citristrip may, certainly, be trying to protect themselves against any liability. It may not effect all fiberglass in that manner. I think the thing to do is run a test on a broken ro
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I would love to strip it bare. What would be the best chemical stripper? I've been told not to use acetone as it will harm the fiberglass. I'm assuming that it is not an epoxy. When I broke a thread free, pulling the thread would spin the rod blank and leave a clean area under the wrap. An epoxy coating would have been much more difficult to unwrap. Of course I'm just guessing and am hopin
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I have inherited an old, full length, Fenwick SP847 rod blank that was built up as a surf rod, using a metal ferrule that fit into a hardwood handle and reel seat that was not included. I decided to try and salvage the rod blank and build a saltwater casting rod using a Penn Squidder and 20lb. mono. I, very carefully, removed the windings and line guides as not to nick the blank. This left onl
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Am I correct in thinking that a spiral wrap has the first guide, from the reel, on the upside of the rod, spiraling down to the tip which would be on the down side of the rod? I didn't read your post as carefully as I should have, Michael. I apologize. After thinking the concept in greater depth, I'm wondering if I should wind a left hand or right hand spiral.
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Hello Michael, That would be true if the rod was built to be a spinning rod with the guides underneath. However, I built it to use a Penn 113h Special Senator reel with the guides on the up side. It was built with a white Fenwick blank and I think that I did a good job of fitting the grips, guides and windings, I did not realize the effect that the spine would have until I went out on a party
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Thanks, Roger and Dave. I was in one of the big box sportsman stores yesterday and they didn't have anything close to the 12-0586. They had several that would compare to the 12-0437 but by the time I added the guides and wrap, I'm sure that would change. The markings on the rod blanks include "Ugly Stik tm rod" on the butt. The only other markings are "Shakespeare 12-0586 on
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Greetings gang. I'm new here. I built a heavy duty boat rod, in the early 80's, using a Fenwick blank. I thought that it turned out well, until I used it and the tip wanted to go sideways. I then learned about the spine. I'm now retired and want to build more rods, but build them correctly. I have several blanks, including a couple of Ugly Stiks. The markings are: Shakespeare 12-0586 and 1
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