[prof tench]

Try the back of a knife and finish off with the finest wet and dry you've got, 600 is about right. Take it easy.

Cheers, T

 

[prof tench]

Depends on whether you go for a ground or high gloss finish m8. With a rod as powerful as the B14, you can paper off the original finish to go down to a lovely ground finish without softening it up any, then whip and just treat the whippings to two coats of Gibbs two pack resin. I promise this will look smart especially with Wine or Bottle coloured whippings. Re-builds tend to be expensive even if you refit the original rings, because it can be a time consuming job stripping the blank down especially if there are great blobs of hard epoxy all over the blank as there often are on modern rods these days. I would stick to a blunt edge for scraping as you can afford to go quite hard and won't damage the blank or chop any fingers off!

I still wouldn't pay silly money. I think K.L. at Hornsea charges £85-00 for a re-build, steep but does a very high quality job. As you're in Yorkshire, if you get stuck, p.m. me and I'll have a look at it. But bear in mind I am an amateur and don't do rods in a hurry.

Cheers, T

 

[prof tench]

Both Veals and Phil the Rod (Hyde) were advertising 'Gibbs' last time I looked, usually about £7.99 and undoubtedly the best of its kind for an amateur, as you only need turn the rod every 15 minutes while it cures.

T