Hey backbeach, sorry I spelled your handle incorrectly this morning. When stripping old wraps off of rod guides, I prefer to use a #1 Xacto knife. I cut the threads along the top of the guide foot and peel the epoxy coated threads away with the knife. Often you can get a single thread loose so you can unwind the thread from the blank. That works nicely when you can do it. I then lightly scrape the remaining bits of epoxy from the rod blank using the knife, being careful to scrape only the areas where the guides were and lightly enough not to damage the blank. As already suggested, forget the acetone. Once you have the guides removed and those areas scraped clean, wipe the blank clean with a soft cloth and rubbing alcohol to clean the blank prior to rewrapping. You will get best results if you remember to keep things very clean thru each step.

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