don't know if you play guitar, but the calluses that leaves on your fingers are a devil when tying with floss....just my .o2 cents
don't know if you play guitar, but the calluses that leaves on your fingers are a devil when tying with floss....just my .o2 cents
Make sure youe under body is smooth. Use a short piece of floss, no more than 10 inches. Be sure your hands are clean. Don't use the rotary function of your vise. Stroke the floss repeatedly while wrapping, at least once every 45 degrees. wrap slowly and watch while you wrap. If the body becomes uneven, unnwrap to an even part and then continue forward. I think Don Bastion has a good tutorial on his DVD.
Lou, I am just curious why I shouldn't use the rotary feature for floss.
The repeatative stroking is what keeps the floss even. It's not practical to do this concurrently with rotating the fly.
"....It's not practical to do this concurrently with rotating the fly." I appreciate the help Lou. I guess I have been flossing wrong for all these years.I use my rotary function for applying my underbodies too. Even ribs, hackle, dubbing are easy. Almost too easy!
I use the rotary function as much as I can, but not for a floss body. Try the technique I've explained. If you don't like it, don't use it.
lou,
How do you manage to not get the floss to fray if you are stroking it repetatively ? The individual filaments in the floss will break quite easily after being handled as you suggest.
The comment from Ronn was rather amusing, considering he is/was a dentist i am sure he has done a lot of flossing.
I would imagine this is where the sanding off of finger prints and wetting the fingers with saliva comes into play. I would imagine those steps would cut down on friction significantly. Of course, that's just my best guess...Originally Posted by Jamie Caddick
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