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Installing cork tape
Posted by: Mike Thompson (---.gso.bellsouth.net)
Date: October 20, 2001 10:14PM

I have used 1/8'' cork tape for butt grip and after installing cant seem to join it where you cant see a line where it butts together. I got a good tight joint spiraling down the blank and rolled it with a wooden board on a flat table but still cant get a one piece look with it. I used 1/16'' on the fore grip and it looks real good,can anyone give advice on installing this differently or a way to correct this. The blank is a saltwater 8' with a butt diam. of .615. Any help will be appriciated.

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Re: Installing cork tape
Posted by: Mike B. (---.proxy.aol.com)
Date: October 21, 2001 06:49PM

You're going to have a seam no matter what you do. Just make sure the edges butt up perfectly with each other and then go out and use it a bit. After a few trips, the seams tend to disappear as the cork weathers just a bit.

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Re: Installing cork tape
Posted by: Jeff Thomson (---.vz.dsl.gtei.net)
Date: October 21, 2001 10:53PM

Sand it a bit.

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Re: Installing cork tape
Posted by: Greg (---.fmr.com)
Date: October 22, 2001 08:55AM

The procedure for installing both thicknesses (1/8 and 1/16) should be them same. As with anything in rod building, the more you do it the better you get at it.

Since 1/16 tape is much easier to work with, I usually use the 1/16 100% cork tape as a base and the regular 1/16 cork tape on the top.

-Greg
[www.ReelsAndEels.com]

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