Aspiral on my new pike rod. Thread gudebrod olive green, sulky metallic pewter and gudebrod metallic copper.
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the customer want a rod wrapped in blue.
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Harrison is one of the best factory for carp blanks, many big carp name make their rods line with this blank (solar, bruce ashby,big carp). I have personally mounted some blanks of this name, and I can say that it is very very good quality ( I have collaborated in the past for some years, with Custombuild cosidered as the best factory in the world for carp blanks, so I know something on this a
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Thanks to all of you. Ihave much apprecited your help. The scraping tecnique work well, but is a little longer ( I don't have tried now with heat). Now I must talk with the customer to see if it is the case to use some stripper to put down the working time and so the cost for the total work. Thaks a lot . Paolo Cevenini
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Thanks for the advice Geoge. Iam no familiar to this technique and I am concerned to not damage the blank, but i must try. Thanks again.
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Hi everybody. I have here three blanks that I have refinished two years ago with permagloss, but the customer now returned to me because the pemagloss start to pell of in some spots, expecially on the top part of the rod when it receive much more sun exposure than the bottom (he fishes nearly 5 days per week). So, now, I have to remove all the guides and refinish all the three blanks completely.
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Yes, don't worry ,it is normal but it have no effect on the cured finish.
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Hi. Here in Italy I don't find the Sctchbrite grey, but only the less finer sizes. I need to prepare ablank for a refinish. Can I substitute the scotchbrite with a 0000 wire wool or 000? Is it equally good? Thanks alot in advance. Paolo Cevenini
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Thanks a lot for your help.
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Thanks to all for the very helpfull advises.
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Hi everybody. I have in my hands four rods with a glossy garnet finish, that after some years of use are become opaque in surface. The customer want from me that I polish the blank to restore it at the original sparkle. I need your advise on what can I use to make the job. Thaks a lot in advance. Paolo Cevenini
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Hi. In your experience, what is the best method for turning rod after the epoxy application? I mean: do you hand turn the rod until the finish is set? Do you prefer to hand turn until it start to gel and then move on the drier? Or after epoxy application do you prefer to move the rod directly on the drier, and in this case at what speed? And in your experience, what are the differet results with
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Buonasera sig Busi. ho provato ariscaldare la vernice, ma essa ha aderito molto tenacemente alla vernice della canna e quest'ultima salta via con estrema facilità e senza nessuno sforzo. Paolo Cevenini
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Thanks for the help. The guides will be placed in the same location , and I think to put a couple of coats of permagloss to cover the wrapped area, for make a perfect surface to work on. Thanks a lot. Paolo Cevenini
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Hi. I am in training to take off the guides on a carp rod that I made two years ago, but i have a real problem. I have used nylon thread (gudebrod) without color preserver, so the finish have completely penetrate the thread, but now, after take off all the guides and all the wraps, when I remove the shouldes of finish formed at the sides of the guide feet, the finish come off easily, but takes of
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Hi everybody. I'm an user of LS Supreme, both lite and hi build, but I have heard so many good things about Threadmaster, and I am curious, just to test different finish to know what work best for me. In comparasion of ls hi build, what are the caracteristic of Treadmaster hi build? Flexibility, pot life, curing time, easy to take off from blank with no thread.... Thanks a lot in advance. Paolo
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Hi everyone. I need to build 4 surf rods with a high conicity, and the customer want the grips made with nu-skin rod armor to take the rod grips as thinnest as possible. I have no experience wiht this type of material. I have read that in most cases it is not applied directly on the blank but over a cork tape. Is it only a question of feeeling? Are there some probably problem if I put it directl
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Hi. Do you know that there are some problem to put permagloss over the diamondite color preserver? I have used it with ls supreme hi build with good results. Thanks Paolo Cevenini
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Hi. I want to know your opinion on what is the best rpm speed for drying motor. I have a 20 rpm motor that I use for apply finish and for dry it, But on the forum I have read that a lot of you use slower motor , and I want to know why. Are there some type of problem using a 20 rpm instead of 10 or slower? Is there some difference between regular finish and hi build with the different speeds as a
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Thanks a lot for your help. Paolo Cevenini
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Hi everybody. It is two days that I have put the color preserver (u40 color lock) on my wraps. They are tied with gudebrod nylon A olive green on a graphite color blank. I have completely fill the tunnel under all the guides by putting a drop of color preserver at the opening. I have put two coats. All is going ok, but after two days the thread over the tunnels on the biggest base guide seem to b
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Hi. I'm in train to re-built a medium-heavy spinning rod (8", 1-2 oz casting weight), and I need to coat with the butt wrap some inscriptions made to the manufacturer under the first coat of finish. It extends for about 19 inch from the handle. For me there is no probloem to make a long butt wrap, but the only preoccupation that I have is which type of finish I put on. Normally I use ls supr
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thanks for your quick answer.
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Hi. I'm an happy an user of ls supreme, but I have an headhache. Normally I put my first coat (no color preserver), with the regular version to easily penetrate the thread and the second coat with high build to make the depth I require. But I have seen a lot of difference in drying time between the two versions. At the same room temperature (70°f) , the high build take nearly 4-5 hrs to be tack
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Hi everybody. I'm in train to change a damaged guide on a rod that I have built one year ago and finished with LS Supreme High build, and the finish is a lot less elastic even with a little heat of an hair drier, compared to Flex coat high build. When I take off the thread the finish start to crack and not to peel. I also have some problem to peel off the finish where it isn't on the thread, beca
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Thanks mr Kirkman for your disponibility.
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