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Rod Building So, you've landed a nice fish on a plug you made, eh? Now, the next step, building your own RODS!

 
 
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Old 03-14-2012, 08:25 PM   #2
stripermaineiac
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Hi Pete,I've been buildin since 70. Yrs ago Clemens had some pigments that you added to what ever epoxy you used to get the color you wanted. Ist you have to test an waste a couple mixes to get the color down pat.Doing 2 batches made a rod have 2 colors no matter how hard you tried. The fix was one batch. Then how to hold the blank so you had no braces. Fix put on a tip you don't mind wasting with hot glue and rig one of your roller so you can put a nut n bolt then slide it into the tip opening and lock it in place. Next put a dowel wrapped with maskin tape that will jam into the but and lock on your rotator. Now you can paint the whole blank gettin one color.
Krylon has some plastic paint you can paint your blank with. however you need to put a finish over them or they'll peel once scratched. Lami went through this in the mid 80's on their 13 ft blanks. Had to come up with a spray on epoxy that worked. They hung their blanks then sprayed them then baked the finish on.
No matter how good a job you do it will eventualy get knicked or scratched showing the color underneath. Hope this helps. Ron McKee-Aka Striper Maine-iac
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