I opted to go with a higher grade cork grip on XP I completed a week
ago, the cork was much harder than most cork grips sold. So you can
imagine my surprise when the grip split and collapsed where I place
my thumb when casting (I grip my rod with my thumb straight up). I
guess I had made the bore a little too large, and no epoxy filled the
gap and that spot happened to be right where I placed my thumb, and
the pressure of my grip made it collapse
So I mixed up some slow cure, flexible rod wrapping epoxy and mixed
it with cork dust. I mixed it in an old, empty epoxy syringe and
injected it into the crack to the inside of the grip and then at the
end filled up the collapsed area. I actually seems to have worked,
the cracked area is solid, and the collapsed area looks fairly normal.
Tom
