The rod that was built for me used Tuffleye. It seems to be fairly level, and since it's a one part epoxy, I know it wasn't the mixture that he screwed up. I've been reading on their website and they say that you can eliminate the tacky-ness by wiping it down with rubbing alcohol. The epoxy seems to be pretty evenly spread on that rod. I guess you've just got to let it even out before you zap it with the light.

I'm mostly interested in trying the UV stuff because I have two small children and I'm trying to train a retriever right now, so time is not a luxury that I have a lot of.