Dedoing a spinning rod grip, and reel seat?

[Bassboss]

All righty fellas, I know there's a few rod builders on here, and I PMed waffle about it, but my question changed a bit since than?

So I'm thinking about changing the grip from the mushy EVA I have on there now, to some grade AAAA cork (I'll use cork rings, at 2.50 for 100). The reel seat I would prolly use is an Pacific Bay MINIMA Ultra-Lite unless some one can suggest a more comfortable one, WITH blank contact!?

I've gotta few questions though......

I heard from a rod builder (Rick from RK custom rods), that I can get the grip and reel seat off buy placing it them in boiling water, the glue will liquefy and I can just slid it off. So once I get that off I would just put the reel seat on (by adding a bit of glue to it and letting it sit). Anyone tried this, and how does it work, and is there a better method?

Than I would start adding the cork with a little bit of glue between each one and in the hole. Once I put all of that on (with a split grip) I would sand it to shape along with the excess glue, correct?

Am I headed in the write direction guys? What about the size diameter reel reel seat and cork rings would I need? And would I need anything else other than the Cork rings, reel seat, and glue? Some kinda of cork sealant maybe?

Thanks for any and all help guys!!!

edit: Grr.... I knew something looked funny about the title... REdoing a spinning rod grip, and reel seat?