paint came out pretty good. primed and sanded to 1000 grit. black paint sanded again at 1000 then a clearcoat and some compound. looks brand new. going to figure out how i can post pics and i can show you what i got so far
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So what do you normally do when you a rebuilding an old rod. the finish on it was beat from the sun and it needed a real start over. also Lynn thanks for your comment but do you have a suggestion I could try. not sure if its easy to post pic on this forum but I think it needs paint. just want a good place to start so i can hopefully have a beautiful rod at the end. dont mind taking my time wi
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scrapped it all off its an old fiberglass blank. think will just do two light coats of some black primer and then just epoxy the whole thing to give it the gloss. Any objections Now i need to pick a design. i look for ideas online but always come out to see crazy complicated designs that someone spent 20 hours on lol. is the chevron the prettiest basic wrap to start with?
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Thanks Herb....good to know. I can hear my wife now....may need to do that outside. Appreciate the feedback!
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ok great and thanks for the reply! this was a white rod. not sure if the blank is actually white or not. its quite old so want to remove any old blemishes. i guess you suggestion would be to sand through it all and then just add a couple coats of clear, then good to go with wrapping on guides.
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Hey everyone. Just got some rod building gear and figured i would rebuild an old rod before i go full bore with a new blank etc. Ive stripped all the old guides off and ready for the next steps. Figured I would document the process and obviously use all of you for some help along the way and maybe at the end it can help another newbie like me. Now that the guides are off I'm going to scrape o
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