I've been using Envirotex Lite for years. My rods see a lot of Sun here in Florida, and I can't tell any difference between Envirotex, and the other "rod specific" epoxies I've used. I have surf rods built over 10 years ago using Envirotex, and they still look great.
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I'm in the process of building a monster, Gatorglass, Shark Unlimited blank, With the rod diameter being so large, I had to come up with something different than EVA for a set of grips. Rope was out of the question. After a lot of searching, I decided to try some of this material, even though I was skeptical of the end result. I applied this to the blank, and I have to say, this stuff is awe
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Garrett Stivers Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > You may want try calling Stuart tackle in Miami FL > I believe they make a #6 reel seat just for those > beast. Chaos Rods in pompano my also have one in > stock. I just finished building two unlimited and > one 80-130 for some sharkers and was able to get > away AT28 reel seats because we tr
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I'm in the process of building a 10' Gator, Shark-Unlimited. 80 to Unlimited line class for a customer that I purchased from Mudhole. For the life of me, I can't find a reel seat large enough to to get down where it needs to be. 30mm is the minimum ID that it can be, a couple more mm would put it at the ideal position. The second thing I may need advice with is, will a graphite reel sea
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I'm not sure if I'm allowed to put in a link, so I won't. Do a search with these keywords, Water Transfer Printing / Hydrographics, and you will see there are many places who do this. It's not overly expensive, and is very durable. The best part, is that it is virtually weightless. I have had a few firearms coated with this method, tough stuff. It will conform to any shape, so a fishing r
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This is my first post here, but have been a long time lurker, so take it easy on me with my first post.. I have used most rod finishes out there, and all have worked just fine. A couple of my friends have been building rods for quite a few years, and when I asked them what they used as a rod finish, they both said they used Enviro Tex Lite. I was pretty skeptical about the flexibility an
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