Here's a question from the Volume 3 - Issue #4 issue of RodMaker magazine:
"Previously you hae stated that thread wraps made with color
preserver are just as strong as those made without color preserver
and where the epoxy has been applied directly to the threads. I do
not believe that to be the case and know that guides I have had to
remove that did not have color preserver were much harder to remove
than ones that did have color preserver on them. In fact I see no
comparison between the two in terms of strength. Wraps made without
color preserver are just stronger than those made with it."
Rick . . .Lawrenceville, GA
What I said was that wraps made with color preserver were plenty
strong enough to do the job that needed to be done, not that they
were as strong as wraps where epoxy was applied directly to the
thread. I have never believed that using color preserver on a
thread wrap was necessarily a recipe for disaster and can point
to dozens and dozens of big fame trolling rods I have made, all
with color preserver applied to the threads, that have weathered
well over a decade of hard use against large fish and regular use
under adverse conditions, that are in as good shape today as they
were when I made them.
There are other variables to consider of course. Are you talking
about a color preserver that fully penetrates the thread and bonds
to the blank? Are you talking about an epoxy that also fully
penetrates the thread all the way thorugh the blank, or one that
fails to penetrate and only sits on top and partially in the
threads? I am sure there are cases of failure where color
preserver was not used and vice versa. What I do know, is that
properly applied and finished, wraps made with color preserver
will do an adequate job on most fishing rods under most types
of use. ~ Tom Kirkman
Publishers note:
If you have any tips or techniques, send them
along! Help out your fellow rodmakers!
~ Publisher, FAOL
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