Hey Tom.....I'm no expert on bamboo but i have something that can help u: a Very well written book by Wayne Cattanach on (title) Handcrafting Bamboo Fly Rods. All of Chapter 13 is on (ch. title) Fly Rod Repairs and has sections on polish varnish, overvarnish and stripping and refinishing.....if u don't wanna get the book, i can get the info from it off-list, but if u are getting into bamboo, i can't recommend a better book....
SJHassan, from MD.
Tom Davenport <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Tom Davenport <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I have recently purchase 3 bamboo fly rods in as many eBay auctions.
All were inexpensive Horroks-Issakson rods, and the first two were
quite pretty and performed much better than I thought they would.
The third one turned out to be a lemon. Listed as a probable 6 weight
rod it has the heft of a 8 or 9 weight and was varnished by a previous
owner with a dark, walnut varnish that makes it look like it was made
out of the hardwood.
Anyway, I've decided to make a project out of it and strip off the
varnish, try to straighten out a slight bend in the middle section and
rewrap the guides.
Since I have never done anything with bamboo, I have a few questions:
1.Any cautions for stripping the varnish? I was planning to just use a
generic varnish remover.
2. I know heat is used to straighten out sections before they are
glued, but is it possible to use heat to straighten out a finished
section?
3. Can I use regular rod thread for wrapping? Do I just seal the
thread with the varnish?
4. What varnish do you recommend, and can it be applied with a brush?
I read somewhere that the ideal would be to dip it.
Thanks, Tom
On Jan 18, 2004, at 4:39 PM, Michael B. Bliss wrote:
> I was reading somewhere and can't remember where that Antron has been
> changed. For some reason I am thinking that is no longer trilobal but
> four
> sided. Can someone confirm this and tell us what that means to the
> reflection quality. Or take me out of my misery and tell me I am all
> wet.
>
> Mike
>
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