A little strip tease.

WaffleJaw · 07-19-10, 11:34 PM

As Im going crazy with nothing to work on..I decided to start a progression thread of a strip and rebuild or my first rod..(My Barlow's special) .A 7ft MH/fast...Its been a great rod, but as my first build it had alot of blemishes.....epoxy sags,epoxy not fully cured due to bad mixing...Using old/bad color preserver on metallic thread left it really splotchy...(You dont have to use CP on metallics I later found out)
And worst of all cork handles

.....hahahaha!....Im just kidding.

Am I?

Anyway,I stripped the rod down to the blank...Guides,handles,and seat.

Its not pictured yet...But I re-did the finish on the blank with 3 coats of permagloss....With the exception of the handle area that Im not done with yet...The blank looks brand new.

The goal is to build a micro spiral wrap rod....After the test casting will see if I like it....If not,Ill go with the guides on all on top.

Now Im just waiting for the components to arrive.
Im also waiting on Barlows to return my email.....Im curious who made the blank.....Its not the greatest..I just wanna know.

More to come.

(I was gonna detail this out on how I stripped it.But its late..If asked I will gladly explain in full detail)

07-19-10, 11:34 PM	#1
WaffleJaw BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Dallas,TX (DFW) Posts: 2,212	A little strip tease. As Im going crazy with nothing to work on..I decided to start a progression thread of a strip and rebuild or my first rod..(My Barlow's special) .A 7ft MH/fast...Its been a great rod, but as my first build it had alot of blemishes.....epoxy sags,epoxy not fully cured due to bad mixing...Using old/bad color preserver on metallic thread left it really splotchy...(You dont have to use CP on metallics I later found out) And worst of all cork handles.....hahahaha!....Im just kidding. Am I? Anyway,I stripped the rod down to the blank...Guides,handles,and seat. Its not pictured yet...But I re-did the finish on the blank with 3 coats of permagloss....With the exception of the handle area that Im not done with yet...The blank looks brand new. The goal is to build a micro spiral wrap rod....After the test casting will see if I like it....If not,Ill go with the guides on all on top. Now Im just waiting for the components to arrive. Im also waiting on Barlows to return my email.....Im curious who made the blank.....Its not the greatest..I just wanna know. More to come. (I was gonna detail this out on how I stripped it.But its late..If asked I will gladly explain in full detail) Attached Thumbnails __________________ [nelsoncustomrods.com] Last edited by WaffleJaw; 07-19-10 at 11:51 PM.

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