You can try Versitex
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You can try printing it on white water slide decal and get a better medium to work on vice attaching photo paper.
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I wanting to build a fly rod and wanted your opinions on fly guides. Whats the difference when using single foot vs traditional snake guides, pro-cons?
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You cant go wrong with a Batson blank, great quality and great service. I have to agree that Carol is excellent to work with, all my Batson gear comes from her.
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I second the threadmaster, I used it once and never turned back.
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One other option is to use paint used on boat finishes, it has the glossy protective finish already in color.
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You should be fine reaming out that much, Ive done it many of times.
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Try Anglers Workshop
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I second the APLS chuck addition...
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you are absolutely right on the weights, I guess you can call it the nature of being a custom builder, we can never leave good alone. :)
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They actaully make a Fusion Clear.
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I have used Createx paints and painted with an airbrush set with success. As noted earlier prep the blank prior to painting and again prior to spraying your clear. It was a lot of trial and error on my part firguring what paint and sealer combo to use. After thinking about it I decided to airbrush, just for the fact that i can control the amount of paint going on the blank thus lessening the amou
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It was a hopeless search on myside prior to changing the date range option.
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I am leaning towards the Krylon, now what finish to use?
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There is a lot of threads on balancing, I beleive you have to select "All Dates" under option and it will pull a bunch of stuff in. Funny is I found that out today while doing a hopeless search on painting blanks. Heres a link:
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Should I sand teh existing finish and stay away from solvents? If do what grit? Ive read a fair amount on painting the blanks, but never heard of Awlgrip. I have to check that out.
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I was pondering painting a blank white and wanted some input in to how I should go about doing it. The blank in quesiton is painted and was wondering if I should strip the current finish or just paint over it. I know painting is another issue, but Im hoping your comments will shed some light for me.
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I second that....
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Ken, Much appreciated, again rodbuilding.org produces. Bob, I didnt know Bill Batson is from the Big Island, I was born and raised there, I ll have to give him a ring one of these days.
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Ken, Can you post on conventional setup, I can use that as a base to work off of. I though about calling Batson, but figured if I posted it would leave a reference for someone else to use. This will be an Ulua "giant trevally" pole for fishing in Hawaii.
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I was wondering if anyone had built on this blank before. I looked up the rod spacing section on Batson, but that section has had no updates. Im looking to wrap this for a buddy soon, but I cant imagine where to start without without some hint on the guide spacing.
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I beleive this topic has already been disucced, seach the forum.
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Is DNA Denatured Alcohol, sorry I never heard the term before
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Lynn, Let me do a little more research and planning and get back to you. Thanks
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Anyone use or know where I can purchase Kigan guides?
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I got anxious and just wrapped it black with metalic gunmetal, looks OK but nothing that says wow. I tell you this blank color really throws me off. I think I stick to the SCIV blanks, the cobalt blue look so much better.
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It was "Factory Made", I just saw it 5 minutes ago. It looked like St Croix's factory, I recognized the cobalt blue color on the LTB blank.
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I tried the metalic blue and it popped out too much, its not dark enough. I'll take a look at the aquamarine, I guess its another trip to the shop.
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I got a Blue/Green blank Im wrapping and never thought about of thread color till i actaully staged the guides. Im stuck now trying to figure out what color threads to use, this blank color is really weird I can put a color combo to match the blank. What have you used, can you show some pics?
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Thanks for the inout guys and thanks for the reciepe Karry. Its the little things like this that makes a decision alot easier.
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