Steve, If you apply epoxy to the thread alone it will darken a shade. But a guide wrap on a rod may darken much more, depending on the color of the blank. Bright yellow wrapping thread without CP on a charcoal blank will turn into a handsome dark olive. With CP the wrap will be a blotchy, sickly yellow/olive :-) Mart ----- Original Message ----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, August 13, 2007 5:39 PM Subject: Re: [VFB] Color Perserver
Using Epoxy, the color will stay close to the original, it will usually darken a half shade to one shade.Hi Tony, I recently applied Color Preserver on a rod with a Magenta-colored wrap. I applied three coats, yet still had dark colored streaks and areas where there was insufficient coverage. The dark areas were as dark as the reddish-brown rod. If I hadn't applied the color preserver, would the wraps, using just the epoxy, be the same color as the dark streaks that showed up? If so, these would be quite a bit darker than one shade. Steve -----Original Message----- From: Anthony Spezio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Sent: Mon, 13 Aug 2007 6:06 am Subject: Re: [VFB] Color Perserver ED, CP is the bane of rod wrapping. It is nothing but problems. Using Epoxy, the color will stay close to the original, it will usually darken a half shade to one shade. I have never had any luck with CP. It will look good in the beginning but after a year or two, there forms a "cloud" over the wraps. On Bamboo where the rod is varnished, if you don't completely saturate the wraps, the varnish will seep and leave dark spots. The CP will keep the Epoxy from penetrating the wraps. If you really want to use it you can mix 25% Elmers White Glue with 75% water. I know some makers that use this when they have to match colors on old rods that need a wrap replaced. Another trick is to mix nail polish with 50% Acatone so that it will penetrate the wraps. This will also keep the Epoxy from really penetrating the wraps all the way but it works better than CP. I would pass on it, I refuse to use it, if I am forced to use CP, I will charge considerable more to finish a rod. If you need any info on finishing the wraps feel free to contact me off list. Tony --- Ed Ward <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Wondering if any body knows of a substitute > for color preserver or if you even need it > the only store around here that carries rod > building supplies of any kind is cabelas and > they dont carry it , I can order it but then > I'm stuck with the shipping charge which is a > killer. > > --------------------------------- > Moody friends. Drama queens. Your life? Nope! - > their life, your story. > Play Sims Stories at Yahoo! Games. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Building a website is a piece of cake. Yahoo! Small Business gives you all the tools to get online. http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/webhosting ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at AOL.com.
